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Canadian Speed Skiing Association
The Canadian Ski and Snowboard Association is a federation of its nine ski and snowboard disciplines, whose mandate is the development of elite amateur athletes and the pursuit of excellence at national and international level competitions for all disciplines.
France Ski de Vitesse
Site features links, news, forum, results, events and more. French and English versions. The Pro Mondial will take place this season in les Arcs and again in Vars, on the two most wonderful speed ski tracks on earth. Compete in these two races for the fun of speed and to support the organizing resorts and France Ski de Vitesse actions.
Philippe May the Speed Skier
The 2002 FIS World Cup Champion. Philippe May was born on October 8th, 1970. He grew up in a small village in the Swiss Alps, called Versegeres. Versegeres is located in the valley below the famous ski resort Verbier. Although the rest of Philippe's family are not big skiers, it seemed from an early age Philippe was bound for the slopes.
Ross Anderson Professional Speed Skier
Although world affairs have changed a lot of planning and sponsor relations since Sept. 11, Ross Anderson has continued on with his training for competition this winter. The motivation however has changed along with the rest of the world. Being an American Indian and being the best he can be while a top contender for #1 in the World for 2002 and a shot at being the fastest human on the earth on skies.
Speed Ski New Zealand
Man and nature combine, a sheer vertical freefall of ice allows acceleration from 0 - 160 k/ph within 6 seconds. Dressed in a futuristic rubber suit and wearing a darth vadar style helmet you accelerate faster than a formula one car, reaching speeds of 140 MPH in 15 seconds. Suddenly the reality is "You are Speed Skiing".
Speed Skiing
The world's ultimate web site for speed ski racing. The legacy left to us by skiing's long history is that each winter brings us an increasing number of ways to enjoy winter, and to race against each other on snow. Ever heard this before: First one down the hill wins!
Speed Skiing Records on SkiingHistory
Speed skiing went through a number of organizational convolutions after 1984, stabilizing in 1993 when the French Ski Federation became the sanctioning body for the races. Eighty to a hundred racers follow the annual World Speed Skiing Championship Tour of three to five races, similar to alpine skiing’s World Cup.
Speed Skiing Tips from Jeff Hamilton
The first speed skiing contest, called the Kilometre Lance (Flying Kilometer) was held 65 years ago in St. Moritz, Switzerland...the winning speed was a whopping 66mph. Where will it end? Some speculate speeds will eventually peak between 160 and 175mph.
Sun Peaks Resort Velocity Challenge & FIS World Cup
A speed skiing event open to all adult ski racers from novice to professional. The event is held on the Headwall speed skiing track and is fully lift serviced by the Crystal chair. The top racers at the Velocity Challenge go from 0 - 170 km/h (110 mph) in 8 seconds. So come out and be part of the fastest non-motorized sport on earth!
The Dutch Speed Ski Team
What makes our team so interesting are the different background in sports and profession of its members. Some of use where active and competed nationally and internationally in many defferent sports and have professional backgrounds in the medical sciences like physiotherapy, sport sciences, and the exacted sciences.
Tracie Max Sachs the Quick Chick
Welcome to the site of professional speed skier Tracie Max Sachs. Tracie has been speed skiing for four years and is ranked number one in the U.S. and number two in the world. Tracie Max Sachs was born on Oct. 28, 1972. She was born and raised on Long Island, NY. She currently lives and works in Manhattan.