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Thread: New speed ski record set at Vars
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03-28-2016, 08:27 AM #1
New speed ski record set at Vars
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03-28-2016, 08:36 AM #2Registered User
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Holy shit! 0-125mph in 5.5 sec.!
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03-28-2016, 09:34 AM #3Registered User
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Vars rocks! Best speed track ever. Sorry Les Arcs & Verbier.
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03-28-2016, 10:48 AM #4
Seriously nutty.
The trumpet scatters its awful sound Over the graves of all lands Summoning all before the throne
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03-28-2016, 10:53 AM #5
good thing he got those wobbles at the top
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03-28-2016, 10:54 AM #6
Wow
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03-28-2016, 10:57 AM #7
Holy shit, that would be insane to see in real life
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03-28-2016, 10:59 AM #8
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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03-28-2016, 11:02 AM #9“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
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03-28-2016, 11:04 AM #10“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
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03-28-2016, 11:06 AM #11
the parting shot from the helicopter is a mind-bender
so freaking steep
good find, guycrab in my shoe mouth
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03-28-2016, 11:09 AM #12
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03-28-2016, 11:14 AM #13Registered User
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03-28-2016, 11:20 AM #14“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
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03-28-2016, 01:30 PM #15
Weird, that's the same outfit I wear touring.
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03-28-2016, 01:56 PM #16
How do they prep the course? Seems like that would be the key to these speeds.
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03-28-2016, 02:16 PM #17
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03-28-2016, 02:29 PM #18The Shred Pirate Roberts
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yeah, but did plake get an illegal forerun on the course before this guy started
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03-28-2016, 06:59 PM #20
what length ski? 210?
Terje was right.
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03-28-2016, 07:50 PM #22
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03-28-2016, 09:27 PM #23
those fucking Italian guys!! they usually get all the women too!
"we all do dumb shit when we're fucked up" mike tyson
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03-29-2016, 08:30 AM #24
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....“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
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