{"id":339458,"date":"2025-12-09T18:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339458\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:31:09","slug":"frenchman-burns-hole-in-skis-while-breaking-downhill-speed-record-on-a-sand-dune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339458\/","title":{"rendered":"Frenchman burns hole in skis while breaking downhill speed record on a sand dune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At 23 years old, Mah\u00e9 is a former high-level alpine skier who currently resides in the Savoie region of France.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And even though his typical domain is fluffy snow, participating in ski tournaments such as the European Cup downhill event, he first started skiing on the sand last year in the Atacama Desert in Chile \u2013 which he described as: \u201can experience that deeply inspired me and sparked my desire to explore this unique discipline further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He returned to South America in 2025 to attempt the world record, after following a very specific physical training programme for several months and training on sand to progressively increase his speed and refine his technique on the rough surface.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/sports-and-fitness\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more stories about record-breaking athletes in our Sports and Fitness section!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fastest-sand-skiing-holding-skis.jpg\" alt=\"Mahe holding his skis\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Yet once he felt ready, Mah\u00e9 made his way to the dune early in the bright morning of 25 September, accompanied by witnesses and a video team consisting of Kyliant Hulot, Aur\u00e9lien Droux, and Fanny Marzin.<\/p>\n<p>After ascending to the top of the hill, the speedy skier knelt down to begin his descent at 8:37 a.m. \u2013 and if his team wasn\u2019t there to monitor his time with a speed gun, it\u2019s entirely likely that you could\u2019ve missed seeing Mah\u00e9 fly down the dune in a blur of whirling sand!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fastest-sand-skiing-downhill-at-107-mph.jpg\" alt=\"Mahe doing downhill at 107 MPH\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Just when he had reached his top speed, the experienced athlete felt the bottom of his ski melt off from the temperature and friction of the terrain. Thinking quickly, Mah\u00e9 sat upright and slowed his descent, carefully avoiding what could\u2019ve been a nasty fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fastest-sand-skiing-holding-speed-gun.jpg\" alt=\"Mahe holding the speed gun\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the gun blinked a measurement of 75 mph (121 km\/h), and the cameras attached to Mah\u00e9 confirmed that he had successfully completed the feat \u2013 causing the skier and his team to celebrate wildly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project represents for me a unique way to combine performance, innovation, and the exploration of new environments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>And even though we\u2019re very proud of his achievement, we\u2019re also just glad he landed safely in one piece!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fastest-sand-skiing-whole-team.jpg\" alt=\"Mahe and his team\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Mah\u00e9 \u2013 you are Officially Amazing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 23 years old, Mah\u00e9 is a former high-level alpine skier who currently resides in the Savoie region&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,170700,35917,451,170702,3,170701,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-339458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-fastest-sand-skiing","11":"tag-guinness-world-records","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-mahe-freydier","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-sand-skiing","16":"tag-top-stories","17":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}