missyle 0 Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Hi there, I'm new here and new to winter sports. This may be a foolish question but generally is skiing or snowboarding generally faster speedwise? Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I would argue that skiing is faster...especially on groomers... the neeeeed for speeeeeed...love it danz Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 It depends person to person and the equipment you use. Hard question to answer. If it comes down to pure proven speed, speed sking is the fastest none motorized sport. There are guys who do it on boards but not as fast yet...... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 missyle, are you looking for speed or what? And are you riding anything yet? FWIW, the speeds that I achieve on my snowboard may not be spectacular by other people's standards, but they make me panic good 'n proper at times... Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 I reckon it feels like you are going faster than you actually are on the groomers. In pow it doesn't feel like you are going that fast, even if you are macking down a hill. Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 the average intermediate skier goes way faster than the average intermediate boarder, at least on groomed runs, in the powder it is about the same. i realized this when riding with danz on a groomer, and he just pointed and shot down the mountain, twice as fast as me on my board. Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: If it comes down to pure proven speed, speed sking is the fastest none motorized sport. There are guys who do it on boards but not as fast yet...... Yep, true. Just for info (and because I'm stuck in the office with nothing better to do), the current speed ski world record is 248.105 km/h. On a snowboard it's 201.907 km/h. Not bad. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Thats fast my personal best was 143.5 kms on 185 dynamics at the sun peaks velocity challenge. Did it in a pair of reg pants and a No fear shirt. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 200km/h is mental!!! You certainly wouldn't want to catch an edge going at that speed - could get ugly! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Buddy of mine crashed at 160 plus on skis. Slammed his butt, it was so blue. The local newspaper put it in the paper with the quote, "this is why you dont want to crash 160km" Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 skiing for sure, I do both and there is no way I could keep up with self on skis if my clone was on a board. But its a rare opportunity to really let loose,best time is the very first run of the day and you are the first man on the lift and there is a sweet groomer with no one on it then you can really let rip but be careful, as others have said you can do some serious damage as the speed picks up. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 At the Ski Jumping the other day, most guys were recorded as hitting the jump at 90km/h. They were jumping up to 130m. Downhillers go faster and often fly over 50m off lips, even though they try to flatten their jumps and stay in the tuck. 200kph? Sounds like twenty minutes on the lifts for 30 seconds on your skis. If I ever get up to 160km/h, I bet my butt area will change colour too.... Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 Interesting world record numbers there. Link to post Share on other sites
hedgehogger 0 Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Speed is what I'm in it for. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 i tore the capsule of my knee on a slope in NZ that the Austrian downhill team used for summer practice. they apparently liked it icy. my guess is skis like speed and ice more than boards... but of course if speed is what your about u should be looking at an alpine board for comparisons. Link to post Share on other sites
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