Top Speed S1
198.670 km/h
- Year
2016
- Track
Vars
First S1 Season
2010
Year of birth
1971
Height
187 cm
Weight
87 kg
Sponsors
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Joost Vandendries
Belgium
Joost Vandendries is a Belgian speedskier.
Born in 1971, in a country mostly known for cycling, he only started skiing at the age of 16. Since then he has been a very passionate skier.
He debuted the FIS Speed Skiing World Cup in 2010 in Vars. After a bad crash in Verbier the same year with subsequent back problems he had to take a break from the sport.
He returned to Speed Skiing in 2015. In 2016, back in Vars he improves his personal record with a speed of 198,670 km/h. 2017 has been a good year finishing with a solid 12th position in Andorra pushing beyond 193 in the Riberal slope.
Joost current goal is to break the 20 year old Belgian record of 215.311 km/h.
Off season Joost is alternating between paragliding and waterskiing.
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