 Poster: A snowHead
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Do these offer proper protection to skis when being shipped by air? Apart from packing clothes around the skis, is there anything else available on the market to protect them?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bubble wrap?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Cheers, cathy and kermit. Was thinking more along the bubble wrap lines rather than spanking 70 quid on something new....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I have a sheet of bubble wrap that stays in my ski bag - skis get wrapped in that and then spare sets of clothes shoved in the bag as well. Never had a problem. Yet.
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To protect the edges I use some pipe insulation - you know the foam stuff that comes in lengths of about a meter. With both skis together just cut up a couple of lengths and slide it over the ski edges........easy and light too!! 
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| Sleipnir wrote: |
| To protect the edges I use some pipe insulation...... |
Excellent for pole shafts too.
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Tommy4681, do you have Coroplast in the UK?
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Tommy4681, Me thinks packing clothes around skis kills two birds with one stone, bit of protection for skis and more space in your suitcase, or whatever. On saying that when I started skiing (3 yrs ago) I was worried about damage (I've always flown), but now I'm not really bothered - the bases are now full of PTex and stuff from rocks, trees etc, they're still a lot better than me! Don't worry about it.
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Anything that you pad/cover skis with will only offer cosmetic protection to your skis - and that's assuming it's an unpadded bag - airport handlers are capable of bending anything.
In about 15 years of flying with my own skis, they've never suffered damage.
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Ha ha ha! I'm loving it! S&R are such a rip off!
Completly agree with allanm btw, get a ski bag with maybe just padding around the binding, then pack clothes around the rest of the ski...
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