When have you hit "Tuna Speed"?

[makado420]

seems legit. Never been to Belleayre but it looks like a good steepish mountain to straight line. What's that place got for a vert like 1400?

1300 almost 1400 lol it's a smaller mtn but no body rides there so I usually have the place to my self it seems alows for some fast days


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[Boston Bulldog]

Now remember; When fishing for to reach tuna speed, watch out for Dolphins

 

[MadMadWorld]

Yeah I don't believe it myself.

Actually IMO anything over 60 qualifies as tunaspeed because it's hard for people to go much faster than that with mainstream ski gear. I doubt I've passed 65 this season and its certainly not a race in my mind it's too dangerous to try to max out on speed.

But occasionally on a good day with fast snow, clear slopes, good visibility and all the factors in place most good skiers should be able to touch 60 and I would tend to believe anything up to around 65mph, only more if the skier had serious creds.

I have spoken with a few witnesses to Tuna Speed and most of them agree you did not look like you were in control.

 

[mountainjam]

Here is what the company that sells "Ski Tracks" says about accuracy:

"Track statistics such as Max Speed, Slope Angle are calculated on good quality location data over approximately 100 meters (300 feet). Our tests have shown that the accuracy is about ±5% depending on location. With regard to Ski Distance, Ski Vertical these are accurate to around ±5% again depending on location."

I've tested the ski tracks app in my car while driving and it appeared to register my car's actual top speed. I can also say that while I can't confirm 100% that my ski tracks speed was completely accurate, I can confirm that my highest speed run definitely felt like the fastest I'd ever gone while tracking myself. When I tracked the 63mph run I had intentionally been working at going faster and increasing the max speed on the app, and with each run that felt faster the speed went up on the app from 50mph my first run, to 56, then 58, then 63. On the 63mph run I was pretty much straight-out and not completely in control, more like riding it out until the runout at the bottom. So it may not have been 63, but it was faster then my earlier runs, and it was faster then my buddy who I smoked and who only got up to 52mph on his track. It's all relative. If nothing more it has pushed me to ski faster, no matter what the actual speed is.

I have 179 K2 Fujas, and I weigh 230lbs (I lift), so I had a lot of momentum and good sized skis.

 

[bdfreetuna]

I have spoken with a few witnesses to Tuna Speed and most of them agree you did not look like you were in control.

say what?

 

[Hawkshot99]

I don't know how to do a screen capture from my phone, but here is a screen capture of the AlpineReplay stats. That was last winter on full FIS ace stock straight lining. Go ahead and tell me how its fake.

 

[MadMadWorld]

I don't know how to do a screen capture from my phone, but here is a screen capture of the AlpineReplay stats. That was last winter on full FIS ace stock straight lining. Go ahead and tell me how its fake.

The fact that you were going 85 and it's only 136th says it all.

 

[Puck it]

I call BS on all of these top speeds. No way.

 

[Tin]

I call BS on all of these top speeds. No way.

You've never gone straight down the Tramline without turning? What a puss!

 

[MadMadWorld]

You've never gone straight down the Tramline without turning? What a puss!

I'm sure a few people have....unintentionally

 

[Puck it]

You've never gone straight down the Tramline without turning? What a puss!

On a deep powder that is almost possible. I have straight lined Avalanche from the cat track and there is no way I have hit more than 60 if that.

 

[Tin]

We need to purchase an official AZ Radar Gun. We could all meet up at Wachusett and the person who gets their ticket taken first shall be given the Tuna Cup.

 

[makado420]

We need to purchase an official AZ Radar Gun. We could all meet up at Wachusett and the person who gets their ticket taken first shall be given the Tuna Cup.

That sounds like a sick Idea except they wouldn't be able to catch use to take are tickets if we are going tuna speed


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[Hawkshot99]

The fact that you were going 85 and it's only 136th says it all.

I dont take the top speed to seriiusly as its only a tiny blip of data. The "sustained speed" however is quite accurate. It is a series of readings over a 10 second span. It is the slowest you went in that time span.

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[Hawkshot99]

I call BS on all of these top speeds. No way.

For someone who mostly skis trees natural terrain or caually skis along speeds seem crazy high. But take out a very stiff race ski and go full tuck no turns down a entire mtn and they are not BS by any means.
I have nothing to prove to any of you, so I dont really caee if its BS to you.

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[MadMadWorld]

For someone who mostly skis trees natural terrain or caually skis along speeds seem crazy high. But take out a very stiff race ski and go full tuck no turns down a entire mtn and they are not BS by any means.
I have nothing to prove to any of you, so I dont really caee if its BS to you.

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Then why post it?

 

[Domeskier]

For someone who mostly skis trees natural terrain or caually skis along speeds seem crazy high. But take out a very stiff race ski and go full tuck no turns down a entire mtn and they are not BS by any means.
I have nothing to prove to any of you, so I dont really caee if its BS to you.

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I agree. Most of the Tunaspeed skeptics like to point to average speeds of world class downhill racers, apparently forgetting that downhill courses are intentionally designed to make achieving Tunaspeed difficult. I have no interest in achieving tunaspeed and, even if I wanted to, I do not have a smart phone with GPS to verify it, but I think a decent amatuer on the right terrain can max at the speeds Tuna and other are reporting.

 

[Nick]

60 is reasonable on a decent long pitch. I've hit that (according to my app again) but that sounds like a reasonable "high" value.

 

[Nick]

Then why post it?

I'm assuming to make the point that it is possible.

 

[Puck it]

For someone who mostly skis trees natural terrain or caually skis along speeds seem crazy high. But take out a very stiff race ski and go full tuck no turns down a entire mtn and they are not BS by any means.
I have nothing to prove to any of you, so I dont really caee if its BS to you.

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