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    New speed ski record set at Vars

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    Holy shit! 0-125mph in 5.5 sec.!

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    Vars rocks! Best speed track ever. Sorry Les Arcs & Verbier.

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    Seriously nutty.
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    good thing he got those wobbles at the top

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    Holy shit, that would be insane to see in real life

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    Quote Originally Posted by tahoe420 View Post
    Vars rocks! Best speed track ever. Sorry Les Arcs & Verbier.
    I haven't been to Vars but I was at Les Arc for the olympic demonstration event. I was going to say that I thought Vars was a faster track however I looked at the records and though Vars was fastest in '95 and '97, Les Arc was tops from '99 to '06. Vars is again fastest in '14 and '15 by a few km/hr. So, I asked a buddy who has raced on both courses what his thoughts were. Will post up when I get an answer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wyeaster View Post
    good thing he got those wobbles at the top
    Yeah, it's so fucking steep off the top if he would have bit it up there he was going for a very scary ride. Those lads (and lassies) have the cojones, tell you what.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drlutton View Post
    Holy shit, that would be insane to see in real life
    It is so cool! They sound like jets.
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    the parting shot from the helicopter is a mind-bender
    so freaking steep
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    Quote Originally Posted by garyfromterrace View Post
    I haven't been to Vars but I was at Les Arc for the olympic demonstration event. I was going to say that I thought Vars was a faster track however I looked at the records and though Vars was fastest in '95 and '97, Les Arc was tops from '99 to '06. Vars is again fastest in '14 and '15 by a few km/hr. So, I asked a buddy who has raced on both courses what his thoughts were. Will post up when I get an answer.
    So when you gonna try that course out?

    I forgot to mention this book when we were talking about speed skiing but it has some great descriptions of the events. Guy set a world speed record once. I'll give you the book next time you're here if you want
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    Quote Originally Posted by buttahflake View Post
    the parting shot from the helicopter is a mind-bender
    so freaking steep
    Yeah, the other shots just don't seem to be able to do it justice. It is like a mountain sized ski-jump in-run.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abraham View Post
    So when you gonna try that course out?

    I forgot to mention this book when we were talking about speed skiing but it has some great descriptions of the events. Guy set a world speed record once. I'll give you the book next time you're here if you want
    Hey Abraham! Very cool, I really like Dick Dorworth's writing and the dude was a fucking bad ass. Oh, and um, yeah... I'd sure like to run that course... um. Yeah.
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    Weird, that's the same outfit I wear touring.

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    How do they prep the course? Seems like that would be the key to these speeds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canada1 View Post
    How do they prep the course? Seems like that would be the key to these speeds.
    also key to not dying

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    yeah, but did plake get an illegal forerun on the course before this guy started

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aenigma View Post
    Weird, that's the same outfit I wear touring.
    latex fetish eh?
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    what length ski? 210?
    Terje was right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DasBlunt View Post
    what length ski? 210?
    210? Hahaha. Try like 240+

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2FUNKY View Post
    210? Hahaha. Try like 240+
    hahah, no idea here.....240 nice.

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    Terje was right.

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    those fucking Italian guys!! they usually get all the women too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tahoe420 View Post
    Vars rocks! Best speed track ever. Sorry Les Arcs & Verbier.
    From a guy who's been there (my old buddy salmon adam):

    "Les Arc is a super highway...long , flat and takes about 35 seconds or more. Record there is 251kmh with more track to go, but has not been run in more than 10 years and no one there is interested in speed skiing anymore? More runs over 250kmh than Vars but no race?? Also you need way more track to increase speed at Les Arc because it is not as steep. Vars is a sling shot. By the time you are coming out of the chute up top you are doing 200kmh. Steep as fuck at the top and 0 to 200 kmh in 5 seconds.

    If all the stars aligned at Vars ( perfect track,perfect snow, perfect clean run, there are 3 guys that could probably do close to 260kmh. Vars is the new mecca and rightly so.....going off the top of that fucking monster was the craziest thing I have ever done....but happy I did."

    Note: Adam busted 200km/hr at Vars a couple of years ago and then retired.

    So Tahoe420 it appears as though you are correct.

    I've a couple of great photos I'll post if I can ever figure out how to do that again....
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