British speed skier Jan Farrell has broken the world record for the fastest speed achieved on an indoor snow slope.
Jan reached 104.956kph (65.2166mph) yesterday, May 18th, on the 620m long slope at Snowhall Amnéville in North Eastern France – one of the world’s longest indoor snow slopes and the only one in France.
The previous record holder was German Klaus Schrottshammer who managed to hit 104.440 km/h (64.896 mph) on the 550m slope at Landgraaf in the Netherlands in 2011.
“It was a Long day with 12 runs, four at over 104kph!” said Jan “A special thanks to everyone involved (witnesses, officials, Snowhall Amnéville personnel and spectators), they almost froze to death!”
The record was made according to Guinness World Records specifications, with 10m timing.