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

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

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
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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