British skier sets ski towing world record
- 7 years ago
Former British Olympic skier Graham Bell has set a new world record for the fastest towed speed on skis.
Bell reached an average top speed of just over 189 kilometres per hour as he was hauled along by a vehicle at an Arctic test centre in northern Sweden.
Despite the achievement he is still not the fastest man on skis though. That record – with the aid only of a slope and not a vehicle – belongs to Italian Ivan Origone, who reached 254 kilometres per hour downhill in 2016.
Bell reached an average top speed of just over 189 kilometres per hour as he was hauled along by a vehicle at an Arctic test centre in northern Sweden.
Despite the achievement he is still not the fastest man on skis though. That record – with the aid only of a slope and not a vehicle – belongs to Italian Ivan Origone, who reached 254 kilometres per hour downhill in 2016.