Best Ski bag - Dakine Concourse Double?

Looking for a good and protected ski bag with full padding for two pair of skis,
with storage for poles and other stuff.

Surfed the web and found this Dakine Concourse Double:
http://www.dakine.com/images/xlg/1600580_xlg.jpg

Anyone who have used one and would recommend it?

Happy to get advice on any other comparable/better ski bag as well.

martin

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Burton wheeled cases:

Here's one for $75

http://www.craigslist.org/nby/spo/120315532.html

Bob Lee wrote:
Martin T wrote:

Looking for a good and protected ski bag with full padding for two pair of
skis, with storage for poles and other stuff.

Surfed the web and found this Dakine Concourse Double:
http://www.dakine.com/images/xlg/1600580_xlg.jpg

Anyone who have used one and would recommend it?

Happy to get advice on any other comparable/better ski bag as well.

Did you know that some airlines will now charge you extra for putting
two pairs of skis in one bag, even if there are two people traveling?
Weight restrictions and all that. If you plan on traveling by air with
that thing, my advice is to check with the airlines beforehand about
checking a bag with two pairs. It might be better to have two single
pair ski bags.

Other than that, I just get an economical plain fabric ski bag and use
clothing to pad the skis.

Bob

I've met two different people who were both hassled by airline clerks
for having clothes in their ski bag. One was able to talk his way out
of the extra fee but the other one got stuck with a $50 (IIRC) charge
for oversized baggage. The airline's logic being that if there was
more than just skis & poles in the bag, it wasn't a ski bag but rather
luggage. Basically the airlines are looking for extra revenue wherever
thay can find it, and if one airline gets away with it, they'll all
follow suit (just like on the weight restrictions and associated
charges for overage). If you read the regulations for most airlines,
they say "ski equipment only" or something like that. At least one I
found a couple of years ago explicitly said extra clothes, etc were not
part of the ski equipment allowance. What sucks is I have a Rossi
double bag that is friggin' huge. It's like one foot in diameter and
padded. I could pack a week's worth of clothes in that thing along
with skis and poles.

TexasSkiNut wrote:
Bob Lee wrote:
Martin T wrote:

Looking for a good and protected ski bag with full padding for two pair of
skis, with storage for poles and other stuff.

Surfed the web and found this Dakine Concourse Double:
http://www.dakine.com/images/xlg/1600580_xlg.jpg

Anyone who have used one and would recommend it?

Happy to get advice on any other comparable/better ski bag as well.

Did you know that some airlines will now charge you extra for putting
two pairs of skis in one bag, even if there are two people traveling?
Weight restrictions and all that. If you plan on traveling by air with
that thing, my advice is to check with the airlines beforehand about
checking a bag with two pairs. It might be better to have two single
pair ski bags.

Other than that, I just get an economical plain fabric ski bag and use
clothing to pad the skis.

Bob

I've met two different people who were both hassled by airline clerks
for having clothes in their ski bag. One was able to talk his way out
of the extra fee but the other one got stuck with a $50 (IIRC) charge
for oversized baggage. The airline's logic being that if there was
more than just skis & poles in the bag, it wasn't a ski bag but rather
luggage. Basically the airlines are looking for extra revenue wherever
thay can find it, and if one airline gets away with it, they'll all
follow suit (just like on the weight restrictions and associated
charges for overage). If you read the regulations for most airlines,
they say "ski equipment only" or something like that. At least one I
found a couple of years ago explicitly said extra clothes, etc were not
part of the ski equipment allowance. What sucks is I have a Rossi
double bag that is friggin' huge. It's like one foot in diameter and
padded. I could pack a week's worth of clothes in that thing along
with skis and poles.

Oh yeah, I forgot to add that the standard advice to contact your
airline for clarification will probably only yield a recitation of
their posted regulations. I was trip leader for some of our ski club
trips and tried in vain to get any of the airlines to confirm that
using clothes as padding was acceptable, even though they all admitted
they had allowed it in the past. It basically boils down to what kind
of day the agent checking you in has had and how desperate the airline
is for money.

I've got quite a few friends with those SporTubes (or whatever they're
called) that will only (i.e. barely) hold a single pair of skis and
poles. Some even have wheels. Seem pretty good at protecting the skis
and you don't have to hassle with the airline about sticking clothes in
it...

I use a Board Bag. This trip into the US, I had one pair of skis, and
stocks. And padded them with clothes cos I'm not stupid and have seen what
US domestics do to ski bags, but at LAX got some clerk who wanted to do me
for excess luggage cos my bag was over the IATA length limit (my skis were
163cm, ie short). Excess on Delta is $100 USD. I argued and the supe said
"let it through" but it's scary that at LAX going to a ski destination
airport, they wanted to charge that for a skibag, due to length.
Weight was not a problem, it was light-as. And won't be going home! It'll be
full of excellent american towels, and thermal undies from Sierra Trading
Post.

--
ant

Martin T wrote:
Looking for a good and protected ski bag with full padding for two pair of skis,
with storage for poles and other stuff.

I've had a problem finding anything long enough for my track skis but
eventually found some in the UK from Fischer. The XC3 looks like it
would do what you want, and being fit for skis up to 210 will take your
track skis as well as the mountain planks.

I actually went for a simpler bag, as I generally pad out with clothing.

As others have mentioned, the state of happiness of the check in agent
will determine one's success to some degree. We've had no trouble with
Ryan Air to Oslo Torpe even though they officially say "only 1 pair of
skis in a bag". A pal was asked on a recent (earlier this month) trip
on that route and he went for the "some of the truth... but not all of
it" method: "well, there's two pairs of very light track skis in
there...", while somehow never quite getting around to mentioning the
metal edgers... Worked this time, though there's no guarantee.
On package charters it seems to have been a given that pretty much
everyone crams in whatever they can for as long as I've been taking them
(6 years now). Some airlines don't charge extra for skis, though will
just count them against the baggage limit by weight as if they were
anything else. As has been said upthread, Read The Small Print, and if
you don't comply say a prayer, cross your fingers and smile nicely...

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Martin T wrote:
snip

The best ski bag is the one you haven't dropped off the chairlift over
the out-of-bounds cliff area the first day of a week-long trip to
Jackson Hole. Or so I've heard.

JP

An utter privilege to read such a post. Please
do stop in again, yes?

"Peter Clinch" wrote in message
...
Martin T wrote:
Looking for a good and protected ski bag with full padding for two pair
of skis,
with storage for poles and other stuff.

I've had a problem finding anything long enough for my track skis but
eventually found some in the UK from Fischer. The XC3 looks like it would
do what you want, and being fit for skis up to 210 will take your track
skis as well as the mountain planks.

I actually went for a simpler bag, as I generally pad out with clothing.

As others have mentioned, the state of happiness of the check in agent
will determine one's success to some degree. We've had no trouble with
Ryan Air to Oslo Torpe even though they officially say "only 1 pair of
skis in a bag". A pal was asked on a recent (earlier this month) trip on
that route and he went for the "some of the truth... but not all of it"
method: "well, there's two pairs of very light track skis in there...",
while somehow never quite getting around to mentioning the metal edgers...
Worked this time, though there's no guarantee.
On package charters it seems to have been a given that pretty much
everyone crams in whatever they can for as long as I've been taking them
(6 years now). Some airlines don't charge extra for skis, though will
just count them against the baggage limit by weight as if they were
anything else. As has been said upthread, Read The Small Print, and if
you don't comply say a prayer, cross your fingers and smile nicely...

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

In article ,
says...

An utter privilege to read such a post. Please
do stop in again, yes?

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Wow, you're more annoying than I am!

Top-posting is cheating though.

Psoting below your own text delimiter and complaining of snippage is
really out there as a tactic too, ask Sp0ck about newsreader setup for
that ploy.

I hope an anvil falls on your feet.

On 28 Dec 2005 19:45:39 -0800, "TexasSkiNut"
wrote:


I've met two different people who were both hassled by airline clerks
for having clothes in their ski bag. One was able to talk his way out

Oh yeah, I forgot to add that the standard advice to contact your
airline for clarification will probably only yield a recitation of
their posted regulations. I was trip leader for some of our ski club
trips and tried in vain to get any of the airlines to confirm that
using clothes as padding was acceptable, even though they all admitted
they had allowed it in the past. It basically boils down to what kind
of day the agent checking you in has had and how desperate the airline
is for money.

There may be times where having a printed copy of that airline's
luggage policies with you would be helpful, taken from their own
website.

The way you approach the clerk will matter very much. Yelling and
screaming and being obnoxious is likely to get every possible extra
charge added on.
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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