As mentioned, the less friction on the bottom of your board, the faster you will be able to go. Carving between edges is much faster than skidding and involves a lot less friction. You will need to confidently and assertively dig your edges in to limit contact of the base of your board with the snow. Stay low over your snowboard by tucking your body in and putting your arms behind your back. This will keep your board and body weight pointing straight down the fall-line of the hill.
Equipment wise, a stiffer and longer board with a freshly waxed base will allow you to go a lot faster. Stiffer boards are more responsive and can make it more comfortable to ride at speed, and longer boards have more edge contact with the snow which is great for distributing your weight more equally.
The Jones Flagship is a good example of a stiffer snowboard that can help you achieve higher speeds. The speed an Olympic racer rides at depends on wind and snow conditions. The fastest snowboarding record was broken in by a parallel slalom racer at mph. Parallel slalom is an Olympic race which, although termed as a type of snowboarding, does not resemble traditional snowboarding much at all.
In slalom events, competitors ride on long narrow slalom boards with their feet and bodies facing forwards. They wear hard boots similar to ski boots and have stiff plate bindings. In competition these riders also wear tightly fitted spandex suits to improve their aerodynamics. Typically, these racers average about 70 mph during a race. Snowboard cross, aka boardercross , is another snowboarding racing event. A typical cross course is narrow and dotted with obstacles such as jumps, flat sections and rollers designed to test the competitors ability to stay in control at speed.
These riders average between 55 and 60 mph while racing. In other Olympic snowboarding events such as slopestyle, big air and halfpipe events, speed is not the main objective but is very useful to gain momentum for jumps and rails. These events are more about technique and control. Skiers are able to go a lot faster than snowboarders. The top skier speed is recorded at mph whereas the top snowboarding speed was topped at mph.
Typically, skiers ride an average of 3. Downhill skiers average between 40 and 50 mph and can reach speeds above 80 mph in the right conditions. Regular weekender skiers hit top speeds of around 55 mph vs 43 mph for snowboarders. Although both sports rely on gravity to get you down the mountain, there are simple reasons why skiers are able to go faster.
Skiers have an advantage for speed because they naturally face forwards. With two separate decks under their feet, they can gun down a run using minimal edges. In contrast, snowboarders have a side-on position and have to shift their center of gravity between their toe and heel edges to avoid sliding out, which creates more friction.
The asymmetrical snowboarding form means that snowboarders have a lot more drag. Skiers are able to tuck down and reduce their resistance to air. Downhill racing skis are a lot longer than the average snowboard. A shorter board typically causes more wobble at high speeds.
Also, the typical skier will wear a tight fitting ski outfit whereas snowboarders often feel more comfortable in baggier gear. Clothing drag is a big factor in slowing snowboarders down. Come to think of it, I already did that both on Piste and in helicopter-assisted back country. My piste data will be on a backup somewhere but I don't have it. I do have the heli data.
Quickly looking at a few typical runs from one day shows that typically speeds peak at about 50 or 60kph. The helicopter runs at about kph. Tree runs are obviously slower. Obviously you could do more if you tried; I haven't looked to find the peak speed 'cos I don't care about it.
I'm faster than most in the back country as I've done it a lot and I take pictures. Skiiers are slower in powder full stop. Piste speed profiles will be different, but they're not going to be that much faster in general. The advantage of the skiers is that they can get down much lower than the snowboarder. I remember this quite clearly because I was amazed that Dieter Krassnig was racing wearing sunglasses and a red toque that seemed to be barely hanging on to his bald head!
He looked like a friggin' shriner. I'll be snowboarding there too!! Maybe up to mph? I did it late night when there was noone around and I was the first one on a freshly groomed slope that helps increasing speed , but I remember thinking "If I hit a tree now I'm history".
If you want to go fast try McKinley in Alaska ;-. That's not fast for a racer, but obviously that was probably a peak speed on a curved course, records are held going pretty much downslope with no turning.
Your analysis works for distances calculated on a 2d map, although of course slope angles aren't generally as high as one might like to think.
The GPS certainly records x, y, and z and I would assume that speed is calculated using all three plus time of course Looking at my data very briefly and unscientifically speed seems to correlate with slope: that is, the steeper the slope the faster I go. If the GPS wasn't calculating using z then you'd expect this to be the other way around, or at least less pronounced.
Not definitive.. When I get some time I'll check with the source data, unless someone beats me to it. Actually I don't know if they measure horizontal speed or total speed. I could try throwing it off the balcony but that might not be such a good idea.
Fortunately, speed is not really everything that skiing and boarding are about - tearing up the mountain dangerously fast is a sure-fire way of loosing respect on the slopes. You will rarely, if ever, see an instructor tearing it around the mountain at a hundred miles an hour with his lesson in tow. So, skiing should definitely not just be chosen based on speed. Snowboarding more than holds its own in every other enjoyable, or necessary, aspect when compared to skiing!
Alternatively, if you'd like to also know which sport is easier to learn for beginners - check out our previous blog post: Skiing vs.
Book with confidence for ! Skiing vs snowboarding - which is faster? Even as you get better at both sports, the odds are still stacked against snowboarders. Winner: Skiing What about the equipment? Winner: Skiing Are there figures to back this up?
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