A gradient of 98 percent and – on skis – from 0 to 200 kilometers per hour in 6 seconds? It sounds like a nightmare, but not for Frenchman Simon Billy. He broke a world record yesterday in the French ski resort of Vars by skiing at 255.5 kilometers per hour.

The 31-year-old Simon Billy skied down the steep slope Chabrières yesterday at 255.5 kilometers per hour. No one else ever went that fast. The previous world record was set by Italian Ivan Origone, who raced down it in 2016 at 254.958 kilometers per hour.

Only track in the world
The piste in the French mountain village is terribly steep with a gradient of up to 98 percent. It is the only place in the world where such official speed records are broken.

https://youtu.be/5L36so4P8kc