(Pic Credit: Flo Hagena or Hannes Niederkofler)
The list of world records on skis it's possible to set keeps getting longer and two records were broken in the past few days.
In the sport of Speedriding – descending a steep slope wearing a small parachute on your back, Armin Senoner, has set a new world record at Königspitze in Solda in the Italian Ortler Alps at just over 95mph – or 152.9 km/h, not only breaking the existing world record but also passing the 150 km/h speed for the first time.
Then in Tignes, a more unusual record, in that it measures the distances skis travel upwards instead of downhill, has been set in the super pipe.
23-year-old Joffrey Pollet-Villard set a new world record for highest air in a superpipe on skis, launching 8.04 meters (26 ft, 3 in) above the deck and breaking the world record previously held by American Peter Olenick of 7.58 meters (24 ft, 11 in) set at the 2010 X Games in Aspen.
Armin Senoner's record broke the previous fastest set of 146.46km by Frenchman François Bon in 2006 and came after a year of intense preparations.
Armin's manager, Bartolomeus Kohl had to enlist the services of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale – World Air Sports Federation (FAI) who raitified that the slop[e and equipmernt used were all acceptable for a fair comparison in the record attempt.
FAI's experts were then present throughout the attempt and Armin's speed was followed by a special GPS device by www.digitalalps.it, which was recommended by the FAI and is used specially for aero sports activities.
The new world record trial took place according to all rules and regulations; furthermore the FAI observer confirmed that the previous world record held by Francois Bon at /h had been broken by Armin Senoner.