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Travelling with skis
Recently there had been a query asking about any problems with taking
multiple pairs of skis on airlines. I just finished a roundtrip on Northwest Airlines from Los Angeles to Ottawa. I carried three pairs of skis and two sets of poles in one of those hard-shell plastic "Sport Tubes." There were no problems with the airline. And they kindly didn't break or lose anything! In my suitcase, I had several ziplog bags of assorted waxes. I purposely didn't take any base cleaner or solvents. While in Canada, I purchased a small aerosol can of Swix Base Cleaner. I meant to just give it away at the end of the week, but in my brain-dead condition at the end of the Keskinada, I accidently packed it in the suitcase. When I arrived back home and was unpacking my suitcase, I found a note from the airport security explaining that they had removed the base cleaner from the luggage. I was impressed that they checked that carefully to find it. I had a great week of ski racing at the Canadian National Masters and the Keskinada. A lot beautiful skiing (albeit a bit cold at times!) and wonderful people there. Rick Mitchell Springville, CA |
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Any race report, Rick? Looks like you had a good 25k in slow conditions
at the Keskinada. Can't find any listing for the Canadian Masters. Gene Rick Mitchell wrote: Recently there had been a query asking about any problems with taking multiple pairs of skis on airlines. I just finished a roundtrip on Northwest Airlines from Los Angeles to Ottawa. I carried three pairs of skis and two sets of poles in one of those hard-shell plastic "Sport Tubes." There were no problems with the airline. And they kindly didn't break or lose anything! In my suitcase, I had several ziplog bags of assorted waxes. I purposely didn't take any base cleaner or solvents. While in Canada, I purchased a small aerosol can of Swix Base Cleaner. I meant to just give it away at the end of the week, but in my brain-dead condition at the end of the Keskinada, I accidently packed it in the suitcase. When I arrived back home and was unpacking my suitcase, I found a note from the airport security explaining that they had removed the base cleaner from the luggage. I was impressed that they checked that carefully to find it. I had a great week of ski racing at the Canadian National Masters and the Keskinada. A lot beautiful skiing (albeit a bit cold at times!) and wonderful people there. Rick Mitchell Springville, CA |
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The Canadian National Masters were hosted by the Onaping Nordics Ski Club.
Their website is http://www.personainternet.com/~tarlton/ Once there, you can click your way to the masters results. This is a small club, but they did an outstanding job putting on the races. Every race went off flawlessly. Plus they are a very friendly group and made everyone feel at home. Even the award cermonies/banquets were held in a spectacular lodge and were really fun affairs. As far as my race reports, I had my best races when the conditions were somewhat California Sierra-like (fresh powder, slightly below freezing.) When the snow temp and air temps started getting down into the -15C to -25C, these skiers took me to school! I have some things to learn about cold weather waxing. As I said before, it was a great week of racing and I would repeat it in a heartbeat. "Gene Goldenfeld" wrote in message ... Any race report, Rick? Looks like you had a good 25k in slow conditions at the Keskinada. Can't find any listing for the Canadian Masters. Gene Rick Mitchell wrote: Recently there had been a query asking about any problems with taking multiple pairs of skis on airlines. I just finished a roundtrip on Northwest Airlines from Los Angeles to Ottawa. I carried three pairs of skis and two sets of poles in one of those hard-shell plastic "Sport Tubes." There were no problems with the airline. And they kindly didn't break or lose anything! In my suitcase, I had several ziplog bags of assorted waxes. I purposely didn't take any base cleaner or solvents. While in Canada, I purchased a small aerosol can of Swix Base Cleaner. I meant to just give it away at the end of the week, but in my brain-dead condition at the end of the Keskinada, I accidently packed it in the suitcase. When I arrived back home and was unpacking my suitcase, I found a note from the airport security explaining that they had removed the base cleaner from the luggage. I was impressed that they checked that carefully to find it. I had a great week of ski racing at the Canadian National Masters and the Keskinada. A lot beautiful skiing (albeit a bit cold at times!) and wonderful people there. Rick Mitchell Springville, CA |
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