Diego Poncelet set the Guinness World Records title for fastest skateboard speed achieved standing at 151.83 km/h (94.34 mph) in Les Éboulements, Québec, on 22 September 2026. The mark broke the previous record of 146.73 km/h set by his late friend Pete Connolly on the same hill in 2017.
Seven runs, one narrow wind window
Poncelet made seven runs that day. Six came in the morning, and he took the title on his fourth at 148.27 km/h. Three of his seven attempts beat Connolly's mark, but Poncelet wanted 150 km/h.
The team paused nearly six hours for better afternoon wind. His uncle, Miguel Sánchez Cuenca, read conditions as the tailwind turned northeast at 10–14 km/h. On the decisive run, Poncelet gave a thumbs-up to the camera and tucked into a speed-skater stance.
His first run of the project had already reached 146.88 km/h, narrowly above the old record. Grégoire Schab drove the Porsche 911 chase car and called the run intimidating, since there is no braking once a rider drops into the hill.
A road remembered, a friend honoured
The closed section of Route du Port drops at an 18% decline over a 600 m straight. At speed, Poncelet steers by memory of the road and its painted white lines. A custom carbon-fibre fairing on his signature 9.81 Skateboards pro model was approved by the World Skate Association.
Connolly, a British downhill skateboarder who died in 2025, had encouraged Poncelet to chase 150 km/h. Poncelet spent years testing roads in Austria, Ireland and Canada before choosing this one. After the run, he jumped into the arms of his family, and his mother had joked that an ambulance might be needed for her.
Poncelet, a two-time downhill skateboarding world champion, told reporters he had not admitted that 150 km/h was the real goal because he feared it was unreachable. He said he felt completely ecstatic only at 151 km/h.
An uncertain frontier remains
Guinness adjudicator Andrew Glass noted that Poncelet barely appears as he passes, because he simply zips by. The record stands ratified before a Guinness adjudicator, with no braking once a rider drops into the hill. Poncelet's stated motive was the search for a feeling no one had known before.
