How Do You Carry Your Skis Like A “Ski Pro Megeve” Does And Not Kill Anyone?
As simple as it might appear to the uninitiated, injuries due to the way we carry skis and poles, both to and from resorts, can be avoided – here is how professionals do it. The first thing to know is that travelling with skis, boots and poles is not an easy thing to accomplish even for the best of skiers. With this in mind, we will keep safety and ease of transport as our goal, and trying to look like the real ‘ski pro’ that you are. Preparation phase: Place your skis with the ski tips up and the bottoms, the base that is, facing each other. You can obtain inexpensive Velcro ski strips (you will need a pair) from your ski hire shop, and you will place them on the top and on the bottom of both skis to strap them together, ski bindings to the outside. Take your ski poles at the straps (the loops that go around your wrists) and place the loop on each respective ski then tie them together with a short piece of cord around the ‘waist’ or middle of the ski. The following is very important f
