The ski rack conundrum

[Dgodshall17]

Alright folks, this might be the “stupid question of the day”, but I’m going to throw it out there anyway. When you’re at a resort, what’s your preferred method of placing your boards in the ski rack? They clearly can’t just lean into a slot like traditional skis or snowboards. I end up laying them out across the top, folding my softboot bindings up as much as possible to limit the space I’m taking up. Is there a better method? One that doesn’t receive the “evil eye” from the more conformist population at the resorts?

[sempai]

You can usually lean and lock them up against the leg(s) of the ski rack.

[Wookie]

You can usually lean and lock them up against the leg(s) of the ski rack.

Yup instead of using the normal slots on the ski rack (which are typically too tall for skiboards) I lean my boards up against the legs on the end of the ski rack. With soft boot bindings this would be a spot where you wouldn't have skis on the left and right of your boards and be worried about taking up space. When I am riding boards without breaks I use a small velcro strap to hold this skiboard base-to-base or wrap the leashes around them to hold them together.

I don't have any at my local resorts but when we ski out West most mountains have low racks for kids skis. If those are available that's where my boards go. Frankly I find that little kids are more courteous with their skis than the average adult on rentals.

[macrophotog]

I don't have any at my local resorts but when we ski out West most mountains have low racks for kids skis. If those are available that's where my boards go.

Someone needs to post the picture of the kid's ski rack at Solitude during Westfest 2017 where we took over the entire rack with skiboards

I can't find the picture anywhere in my stuff.

[Courtney]

Someone needs to post the picture of the kid's ski rack at Solitude during Westfest 2017 where we took over the entire rack with skiboards

I can't find the picture anywhere in my stuff.

Bingo! The correct answer is to find an adorable little ski rack and displace the children



Wow, kids ride fat little skis these days.

[Wookie]

Bingo! The correct answer is to find an adorable little ski rack and displace the children



Wow, kids ride fat little skis these days.

Awesome, this scene would blow my mind if it happened at a hill I was skiing and I didn't know other skiboarders were there. I always forget where I left my gear but depend on it being the only pair of skiboards on the hill. I just walk out and stumble around until I find some skiboards and grab them. All those SIIs would have messed my brain up, I would not know which one to grab.

[Steeps]

I usually just make do with the crossbars off the rack. My main hill this year has wooden racks built from 2x4s, so it works well enough. Metal racks tend to be a little more precarious. Usually when I come back out from the lodge, some wanker long-planker has covered them up, and I have to go digging to extract them.

Can't match that rack, but this is the whole quiver last year. I was corrupting the youth with them.

[Tom91381]

my group will use a car, if we have to
Or if we just do the drop off


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[STILL BOARDING]

Alright folks, this might be the “stupid question of the day”, but I’m going to throw it out there anyway. When you’re at a resort, what’s your preferred method of placing your boards in the ski rack? They clearly can’t just lean into a slot like traditional skis or snowboards. I end up laying them out across the top, folding my softboot bindings up as much as possible to limit the space I’m taking up. Is there a better method? One that doesn’t receive the “evil eye” from the more conformist population at the resorts?

I always try the end of the rack, placing them on the inside of the cross bars. Securing them with a ski lock.

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