Alternative to the old wooden dowel ski rack?

[troth]

Hockey pucks work great, I used about inch of scrap PVC on the backside as a spacer.

Material being super expensive these days, I figured just buying junior hockey pucks in bulk should do the trick.

Anyone tried?

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[arild]

Hockey pucks work great, I used about inch of scrap PVC on the backside as a spacer.

Nice! Are those standard or junior size?

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[troth]

Nice! Are those standard or junior size?

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Yep, just regular old hockey pucks that I had sitting around

[arild]

Yep, just regular old hockey pucks that I had sitting around

Cheers.

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[whyturn]

Still loving my metal grizzly lumber racks with some window trim for padding




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[chicken feathers]

I recently made one from dowel rods and some 2x6 scraps. Easily fit 8 pairs in a pretty small footprint. Still have to make another rack or two for the resort quiver. The hockey puck idea is sweet! I may make a few of those for skis that I grab more days than not.

[406]

People that store them flat don't worry about camber loss in a hot garage? I guess if you get new skis every year or 2 not an issue. I stand mine up and hold them against the wall with some L hooks into a 1x4.

[yeahman]

People that store them flat don't worry about camber loss in a hot garage? I guess if you get new skis every year or 2 not an issue. I stand mine up and hold them against the wall with some L hooks into a 1x4.

Got some skis I've been storing flat for 5+ years, never noticed any loss of camber or change in the way they ski. Could just be I'm too much of a gaper to notice.

[Eluder]

People that store them flat don't worry about camber loss in a hot garage? I guess if you get new skis every year or 2 not an issue. I stand mine up and hold them against the wall with some L hooks into a 1x4.

How hot are you keeping your garage?

[blur]

How hot are you keeping your garage?

Same principle as the hockey puck, block of wood cut out to match boot toe, strewed to the wall.


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[Conundrum]

I have about a 9'x9'x3' wall space for bikes and skis. After spending some beers and time with a tape measure, I'm think of a combo of something like this (will probably make something vs one up) with something like ski grabbers behind it. Looking at 5-6 bikes and 14ish pair of skis. Any thoughts or want to trouble shoot it?





I like the idea of something similar to the pucks but the bindings might stick out too far and cause some issues with depth. And the grabbers give height adjustment of where the bindings are vertically. Do grabbers suck? The lumber racks look sweet but I have too much shit that I don't want to get rid of and don't have wall space for both.

[gregorys]

How hot are you keeping your garage?

In my case, can be pretty dang hot.
They're up high in my uninsulated garage.
Portland doesn't get _that_ hot in the summer, though we did have a 117F day a couple of years ago. (That was freeking crazy!)

As @yahman says - I might be too much of a gaper to notice, but having actually bent a pair of skis (back into shape) intentionally, I'm not worried about a hot garage and mis-shaped skis. (People have worried the same about hanging from the tips.) It takes a LOT of heat and a LOT of force to bend a ski. Even with a scalding hot garage, the body weight of the ski seem like super, super unlikely causes of ski deformation.

[arild]

Did this today, might need some adjustment, but basically used junior size hockey pucks for the bindings' toe pieces. Also will add another board so the tails don't hit the wall.


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[utagonian]

Check to make sure the rear bindings don’t hit the wall. They chew up the drywall so another board might be good there too.

[arild]

Check to make sure the rear bindings don’t hit the wall. They chew up the drywall so another board might be good there too.

Thanks, and yeah, that was the main reason I wanted to add the second board. MDF boards aren't much durable when encountered by pivots and 916s!

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[One (+) Sentence]

Hockey pucks work great, I used about inch of scrap PVC on the backside as a spacer.

Nice Paul Kenny's sticker on the Nordica skis! I worked there from '95-'98 when they were still in Warm Springs.

edit: and the Subshack sticker! Johnny G. worked at the short-lived PK's snowboard shop, The Wicked Pickle, also in Warm Springs before he opened the Subshack...

[arild]

Fixed!

Also slaughtered my old Cochises, took the tech toe blocks.

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[Upinsmoke]

What new HL ski is that?!

[ASmileyFace]

What new HL ski is that?!

Hahaha that was my same thought, haven't seen that profile or topsheet yet

[shank]

Secret skiiiiii

[skuff]

Fixed!

Also slaughtered my old Cochises, took the tech toe blocks.

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Nice rack! (giggle-giggle)

Like the mismatched pivots, as well

[Upinsmoke]

The other thing in that picture is the pile of HL skis still in plastic in the corner…nice work Arlid

[arild]

The other thing in that picture is the pile of HL skis still in plastic in the corner…nice work Arlid

Hah, I wish. Only three pairs, alongside some Igneous,Downs, and Dynastars. Can't comment on the secret ski, sadly. [emoji16]

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[One (+) Sentence]

Hah, I wish. Only three pairs, alongside some Igneous,Downs, and Dynastars. Can't comment on the secret ski, sadly. [emoji16]

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What is your involvement with Heritage Labs?

[Upinsmoke]

Hah, I wish. Only three pairs, alongside some Igneous,Downs, and Dynastars. Can't comment on the secret ski, sadly. [emoji16]

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haha, nice! No worries on the secret ski…I got an invite to play too.

Arlid has been involved since the start with HL. He can correct me, but he helped bring the fl113 and fl105 & r105 to life. I’m sure there is more that I don’t know.