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Challenge Your Ski Savvy Friend or Family Member with the Gift of Speed Skiing

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Harold Kramer in Extreme Adventures

Skiing is a challenge for beginners, but the challenge can disappear as they get more familiar with the techniques required to master it. It eventually becomes a past time activity that is relaxing and gives the skier a chance to enjoy the outdoors during the winter months. There are ways to add a new challenge and twist to this sport that will allow the avid skier to have a new and exciting experience.

Speed skiing is one way to make skiing more challenging for the experienced skier. What is speed skiing? The main purpose of this sport is skiing downhill as fast as you can in a straight line. This non-motorized sport is considered one of the fastest. Most speed skiers reach speeds of 200 mph or more. These speeds are faster than terminal velocity reached in skydiving. Equipment such as aerodynamic helmets is used to increase the skiers speed. Ski suits are normally made of latex or have a polyurethane coating that helps reduce wind resistance. A back protector is the only mandatory safety equipment required. Special skis are and poles that shape around you body are used to boost speed as well.

This type of skiing is performed on specially designed courses that are very steep and approximately one kilometer long. Thirty of these courses exist across the world and are at high altitudes that help eliminate wind resistance. Speed skiing is one of many great extreme adventure gifts and is perfect for any experienced skier that likes to try new outdoor winter sports. They can truly test their skiing skills and get an amazing adrenaline rush that regular downhill skiing cannot provide.  Sometimes determining the best gift can be hard. You can’t go wrong by giving the adventure lover in your life the chance to try something new that will test them on all levels.

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