 Poster: A snowHead
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When heading off for a snowbound jaunt, how do you pack your skis??....bottom to bottom & wrap a towel around the bindings?...wrap both of them individually in towels and lay them one by one into the skibag so they don't hit each other?....put half a kilometer of bubble wrap around each ski & pole, get a Shamen to bless them, dowse them with Holy Water and kiss them as they head off through the 'Oversize Conveyor' like a child on their first day of school?....or just lash them into the skibag and tell them you'll see them on the other side, hopefully....well?
Me, for a long time would just slide them bottom to bottom, put a fairly soft beach towel around the bindings and put them into my bag, but judging by the lacerations on my skibag, I'd say it's been pretty detrimental to my edges...I've just bought brand new Salomon Tornado Ti's and I think I might reassess my position.
Anyone?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Skis put together, base to base, with velcro ties around top and bottom, stops them hitting each other and/or coming apart, protects the bases.
Then stick plastic bag around bindings to stop the grease getting on other stuff.
One leg of ski trousers goes over the bottom of the skis. Thick jumper around the top. Old spare hat goes over the tips, trousers are folded over at the bottom to protect the tails. Then keep chucking clothes in there until ski bag is full. Poles get lobbed in at some stage.
Despite all of this, on a recent trip a rear binding was smashed, I think because there were two pairs of skis in one bag, and the way it was packed must have left a gap where they could hit each other.
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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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Monium, Would you not be concerned with the edges cutting up your clothes?
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I pack mine pretty much the same as Monium, never had a problem with the edges cutting things as long as the skis are held together by the velcro straps properly.
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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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Shove em in the bag with the bindigns clipped together, stuff with clotehs/kit and anything else that won't fit into my main bag. Skis are built to take abuse, don't overthink it.
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I travelled back recently with 2 pairs of skis straight in to the bag and they didn't suffer any damage.
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dazman, good choice of skis!!! 
An interesting read as i'm about to take my first pair of skis on a plane!
I've heard that pipe insulation stuff is pretty good for poles.
Kersh
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As said above, velcro skis together put some tape and cardboard around pole tips to stop them poking in to cloths and then just wrap all you ski clothing in the best way you can around it all, woked for me for years.
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