Speed Skiing at Sun Peaks Resort
Earth’s fastest skiers race March 1-4.
I thought speed skiing was dead. But, according to the folks at Sun Peaks Resort, it’s not.
Rather, speed skiing as a competition has become rare.
In North America, at any rate.
In fact, the RE/MAX FIS World Cup of Speed Skiing, which takes place at Sun Peaks in British Columbia on March 1-4, 2007, is the season’s sole FIS World Speed Skiing World Cup competition in North America.
Billed as "the world’s fastest non-motorized sport," speed skiing’s top racers accelerate from 0 to 170-km per hour (that’s 110 mph for us Americans) in just 8 seconds.
And close to 100 of them do it at Sun Peaks each March.
"Imagine a ski racer wearing a Darth Vader like helmet, a bright red rubber suit and 240cm long skis," explains Adam Earle, Velocity Challenge Race Chairman. "Combine that with the rocket-like sound the racers make as they cut their way through the air, and it becomes a spectacle not to be missed!"
The event is staged on the Headwall speed skiing track, with the finish line near the Sunburst mid-mountain lodge. The Headwall is steep. Real steep. That affords the racers the quick acceleration they need to attain the ultimate rush of skiing at ridiculously high speeds.
It has to be seen to be believed.
Event Schedule
- March 1
- Race Training, 10:00am to 3:00pm
- March 2 Race Training, 10:00am to 3:00pm
- March 3Race Day, 10:00am to 3:00pm
- March 4Race Day, 10:00am to 3:00pmAwards Ceremony, 5:00pm in the Village SquareAfter Party, 7:00pm at Club MackDaddy’s
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