Look away now if you have just spent a fortune on skiwear. Quirky entrepreneur Ben Hedley has sped his way into the record books on a pair of skis he bought second hand on eBay.
In January this year he entered his first competitive race and now he is is ranked eighth in the world.
Speed skiing involves travelling as fast as possible straight down an extremely steep slope, often steeper than 45 degrees.
Ben, from Clapham, London, said: ‘You plunge straight down and accelerate from 0 to 100mph in four to five seconds  … Details & Pictures