Ski carrying device

No device is needed.

Shoulder is best "device" !

Just learn how to carry skis correctly.

Lol, amazing how you can tell how good a skier is by the way they carry them and stroll in boots. not fool proof but close to.

Ranchero_1979 wrote:Lol, amazing how you can tell how good a skier is by the way they carry them and stroll in boots. not fool proof but close to.

Absolutely!!

This is a vital skill that many beginers and intermediates neglect to practice. Looking good carrying skis and having that sort of nonchalent swagger in ski boots is a far more visible skill than any amount of carving or popping down the powder.

IMHO there should be classes devoted solely to this activity.

In regards to carrying skis and other "ski related skills" it is amazing how beginner skiers do not observe better , more experienced skier and try to model their behavior.

Ski instructors think just ski techniques and rarely now provide instruction on other important "ski skills". Just one example is evident.

Learning how to get up from a fall.

In past 10 years have never seen an instructor, teaching this vital skill BEFORE skier falls. Typically, once a skier has fallen ( in a tough section), is stressed, frustrated and must learn how to get up ( while rest of class is watching).

Not very good learning context.

I agree with above posts,,,you can tell with about 90% accuracy who the beginner, less effective skier are based on how they carry their skis.

Here is my list of the most ineffective way to carry skis.

1. dragging them
2. holding each ski with each hand ( one per hand)
3.Throwing them ahead every 5 meters ( yes saw this)
4. Carrying them across arms like firewood.
5. placing one on each shoulder, then across throat in front. This is called the guillotine approach.
6. the famous "chevalier technique". You have all seen this. Skis under elbow à la jouesting knight. Great technique for spearing child.
7.The last and most ineffective method is,,,,,,,leaving the skis on the ski rack.
( Every year ski resorts have hundreds of orphan skis left on ski racks)

This summer take out your skis and learn how to carry your skis, poles,boots and still have a free hand to hold your girlfriends ( wife's ) hand.

I suspect only 5% know how to do this simple move.

pavelski wrote:
This summer take out your skis and learn how to carry your skis, poles,boots and still have a free hand to hold your girlfriends ( wife's ) hand.

I suspect only 5% know how to do this simple move.

I can see a competition coming on!
:mrgreen:
Photographic evidence of the daftest place where ski carrying was attempted.
:thumbup:

But Pavel ....
What about husband, boyfriend, partner (of either gender) and child hand holding as well for the sake of equality.

What I want to know is whether the skis should be pointing down at the front or the back when you carry them on your shoulder. I always carry mine over my shoulder like a sack of cow cake (had plenty of practice carrying those in the past), and it seems to work OK.

The way I carry them is ....
(other techniques are available)

Tips forward, front of the binding resting behind my shoulder, tips slightly down so the weight of the skis keeps them "on" my shoulder.

Oh and on my left shoulder, left hand resting on top of the skis - don't need to hold them, they just stay there once balanced.

Thanks Andy, so does that mean your skis are pointing down at the front?

I will definitely have to get myself some skis, so I can practise this :wink:

I'm not sure, but I think I generally turn mine on their edges, to stop them from sliding off, and use my right hand to keep them there, leaving my left hand free (it's very difficult to remember when I haven't got any skis here at home).