[VIDEO] French Skier Breaks World Speed Record, Going Almost 160MPH The French speed skier Simon Billy broke the world record at the speed skiing World Championships in Vars, France, when he reached a record 158.8 miles per hour (255.5 km per hour), breaking the previous world record in speed skiing held by Italian Ivan Origione at 158.4mph https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqFodz8oRHJ/?igshid=ZjE2NGZiNDQ= Industry News SnowBrains | March 23, 2023 0 Comments
The Top 7 Olympic Winter Sports That Didnโt Make the Cut The Winter Olympic Games are not even 100 years old. The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France, and in those 98 years some disciplines and events have come and gone. For the 2028 games in Milan/Cortina, Italy, a new discipline was added with dual moguls, taking it to a total of 16 disciplines and 116 separate […] Olympics Julia Schneemann | October 11, 2022 4 Comments
VIDEO: This is What it Feels Like to Ski at Over 100-MPH Down the World’s Steepest Groomer [arve url="https://youtu.be/m0usbT-I4zM"] SnowBrains | May 9, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
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VIDEO: Ever Wanted to Know What Would Happen if you Crashed at 120MPH on Skis? Wonder no more… As the niche sport of speed skiing gains popularity and more and more people attempt to go faster than the previous guy, yardsales like this will become way more common. Watch as those damn snow snakes take out Spanish speed skier Juanki Sanchez whilst he’s flying downhill at over 120 mph in Vars last weekend.ย Crash Steven Agar | April 25, 2018 0 Comments
What’s Better on Skis? Speed or Air? My thoughts wandering afar, I glanced down. Yikes! I’m speeding again. I try to be as law abiding as possible. Sure, I don’t obey the speed limit very often, but I try to refrain from truly speeding. That is until this time every year. About the second week of October or so. Every year. It doesn’t happen on purpose. I can’t really explain it. Like salmon returning from the sea to spawn, it just happens. I start driving too fast. Given that it happens quite subconsciously, I can’t even chalk it up to trying to achieve some kind of cheap thrill. Something […] Featured Article Andy Hays | October 23, 2014 3 Comments
Swiss Attempt To Break Speed Skiing Records w/ Insane New Course | 156 MPH! Its certainly not anything new that the French and Swiss seem to be genetically prone to take part in competitive and risky activities constantly trying to one up the other.ย This year the Swiss have taken it a step further. Ramp Construction The current speed skiing record holder is Simone Origone from Italy.ย Simone skied an astonishing 156.2 mph in […] Kyler Roush | April 25, 2013 5 Comments