
		April 25th 2009 Ricardo Adarraga finishes the season with a great performance in Verbier, a 3rd place in the Swiss Cup and qualifying himself among the top 15 speed skiers of the world. During the competitions in Verbier Ricardo Adarraga regularly finished among the first 10. It is the first time a skier from Spain qualifies among the first 15 skiers in a FIS Speed Ski World Cup race. Ricardo Adarraga finished the world cup race 11th with a speed of 195,22 kmh. The winner was the italian Simone Origone with a speed of 198,27 kmh. Origone won his fifth World Cup. In Ladies category the winner was the swedish Sanna Tidstrand with a speed of 195,02 kmh. Sanna is the winner of the World Cup 2009. The race also saw the brilliant comeback of the american Tracie Sachs who ended second despite having been away from the tracks for some time due to her knee problems. During the Speed Masters race Adarraga qualified 5th in the semifinal and was even faster then the swiss speed skiing star Philippe May. In the final bad luck prevented that Adarraga ended up among the first 8 and maybe broke the spanish record (212,14 kmh). Adarraga finished 12th with a speed of 207,7 kmh. Ricardo Adarraga: “It has been an incredible week. The hard work mentally, physically, material , the change of wax has been rewarded. With every run I felt stronger. I have had a personal duel with my friend Klaus Schrottshammer from Austria. In each run either he was 1 km faster or I. With every run we were pushing each other. The fact that he ended up 3rd in the final leaves the impression what is possible for me. I feel very happy for Klaus. In the final run the wind blew some powder snow on the track. While skiing down at 207 kmh my skis lost partially contact with the ground, To avoid bad consequences I had to steer with my hands to maintain the line. This has cost me probably between 4 and 5 kmh and that left me with just 207,7 kmh. But all in all I should not complain. A week ago I did not expect to be a bit dissappointed about a 12th place in the Speed Masters race! I skiied 3 times over 200 kmh and I had the honor to be one one of the 29 racers that started for the first time from almost the top of MontFort track.”. The Speed Masters race was won by the italian Simone Origone. He established the new track record with 216.83 kmh. In the Ladies category the winner was the swedish Sanna Tidstrand with 209.9 kmh Adarraga won his first trophy in the Swiss Cup. He qualified 3rd with a speed of 201.78 kmh. “Because my mother is Swiss the Swiss Speed Skiing Federation kindly offered me to join the Swiss Cup competition, where only swiss skiers compete. Switzerland is one of the big Speed Ski nations. To be third in Switzerland is for me as important as beiing the spanish speed skiing record holder. Sharing the podium with Phillipe May and Jonathan Moret, two of the five only men to ski over 250 kmh is for me a great honor. ” Results

	News February 2007 February,2nd 2008: Origone brothers dominate in Vars In the historic speed ski track of Vars (France) the Speed Ski FIS World Cup 2008 has begun. Iván Origone (Italy) won the race with a speed of 187,3 km/h, second was his brother Simone (current World record holder) with 187,2 km/h. Third was the french Bastien Montes with 184,6 km/h. Ricardo Adarraga finished 22nd with a speed of 177.8 km. He finished 17th in the first run. The race saw the succesful comback after a 5 year break of the legendary speed racer Karine Dubouchet. She won the race with 180 km/h. Resultados




				The Speed Ski track of Montfort in Verbier



	Swiss Cup podium: 2. Jonathan Moret 1. Philippe May 3. Ricardo Adarraga

Abril 2007

End of season in Verbier.
The speed ski season as ended in Verbier. Simone Origone won for the second time the FIS Speed Ski World Championshipsde. Second was the swiss Philippe May from Switzerland, third the french Bastien Montes. Ricardo Adarraga Spain finished 22nd.
Sanna Tidstrand is the new women's FIS World Champion.

Results

Pictures Verbier 007

April, 14th 2007: Tragedy in Les Arcs.
During the Speed Masters 2007 in Les Arcs the british Speed Skier Caitlin Tovar had a bad accident. Caitlin slipped while trying to step down to her starting position. Unfortunately she was not able to stop sliding down the black slope parallel to the KL track. Caitlin suffered severe injuries in head. The competition was stopped. Caitlin died 2 days later. 2 days before she established new Women's British Speed Ski record.
The whole Speed Skiers community is sad and feels sorry for this tragic loss. Our thoughts and feelings are with family and friends of Caitlin.

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April 12th 2007: New oficial Spanish Speed Ski record. During the Speed Masters 2007 in les Arcs Ricardo Adarraga established a new oficial Spanish Speed Ski record
212,14 km/h (in 2005 Adarraga skied 213,52 km/h as forerunner).

Results Speed masters 2007 Les Arcs

Febrero 2007

February 2007: First Speed Ski FIS World Cup 2007 race in Bad Mitterndorf (Austria)
First Speed Ski FIS World Cup 2007 race in Bad Mitterndorf (Austria)
The Speed Ski FIS World Cup 2007 was opened with an excelent organization. The mythical ski flying installtion of the Kulm was converted into a Speed Ski track. Simone Origone (Italia), owner of the Speed Ski World Record won the compettition. Tracie Sachs (EEUU) in the women's competition.

Clasificación

Fotos/Pictures Bad Mitterndorf 2007

November 2006

First Speed Ski race in Landgraaf (Netherlands)

First Speed Ski race in Landgraaf (Netherlands)
The first indoor Speed Ski race has been celebrated in Landgraaf (Netherlands) 15 of november 2006). The event was sponsored by Paradiski (Les Arcs y La Plagne. 15 speed skiers participated. Snowworld in Landgraaf (Heerlen) is with its 500 meters the longest indoor ski track of the world. For the first time speeds of skier were measured in an spedd ski competition.
Millar Reid from Great Britain was the winner with a speed of 103,5 km/h, that can be considered the first Indoor Speed Ski World Record. Ricardo Adarraga was 8th with a speed of 97,81 km/h establishing a first Spanish Indoor Speed Ski record.

Results

Fotos/Pictures Landgraaf 2006

251.4 km/h!!!

Simone Origone breaks Speed Ski World Record

Simone Origone from Italy is the new Speed Ski world record holder. 20th of april 2006 during the “Pro Mondial” race in Les Arcs he skied with a speed of the 251.4 km/h. His brother Ivan was second egalizing the old world record with 250,7 km/h. Third was the swiss Jonathan Moret with 250,17 km/h See details on www.kl-france.com

Sanna Tidstrand from Sweden established a new Womens World record with 242,59 km/h.

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Unfortunately no spanish Speed skier could participate this year on the race. Next year we will be back!

Past news:

February 2006

Interview with Ricardo Adarraga in spanish ski magazines Solo Nieve and
Ski Revolution (pictures of FIS WSC 2005 in Cervinia)

April 2005

Ricardo Adarraga first spanish skier to pass 200 km/h

Ricardo Adarraga is the first spanish skier to pass the mythical 200 km/h barrier. During the “Pro Mondial Cup” April, 29 2005 in Les Arcs he reached 205.25 km/h, and established the new oficial spanish Speed Ski record. Results

Thirty minutes later starting as forerunner in the 7th run Ricardo Adarraga passed again 200 reaching 213.52 km/h. The fastest speed ever reached by a spanish skier. Certificate
(The FSV only accredits as oficial record speeds reached by qualified competitors, that is forerunners’ speeds are not accredited. In Spain Speed Ski is not ruled by any oficial institution)

“This is incredible! When I started 2 years ago in my first skiing competition I would have never expected to pass the 200 in a 2 year time lap. This would have not been possible without the valuable help of so many experienced Speed Skiers like Tracie Sachs, Philippe May, Xavier Cousseau, Ross Andersson, John Hembel and others. But the biggest thanks go to Magnus Jacobson (www.magnusworld.se) and very special thanks to the most succesful dutch skier ever: Merijn Vunderink (www.speedski.nl). These two guys taught me all I know about Speed Skiing! This one is dedicated to you both!”, Ricardo Adarraga said.

Pictures of the Final

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