Is there a ski carrier out there for use on a hatchback?

How do you carry your skis, poles, and boots with you, from your car to the slope?

• Do you use the ski bags, ski tote hand carrier, other inventions, or just use the bare hands to carry your ski gears?

• Answer:

  Well, here's the question, to your question: do you have a bag or not? A)If you have a bag: put both skis together, face them bottom to bottom to eachother 1)slide one ski over the other down the other, from above, so that one ski's brake stops right above the other, thereby inerlocking the ski brakes 2)if you have a ski strap, place one just below the curved front tip of your skis (front specified just in case you have freestyle skis), if you don't have a ski strap, just get one, makes things more comfortable. You don't need a second, though you could place one at the bottom end/tip 3)put your poles tothether, 3.1)if they have interlocking baskets (the bottom part that keeps the poles from jabbing all the way through the snow), lock your baskets. 3.2)If you buy a pair of poles with a locking pin for the top, use it to lock the top parts of the skis. 4)place both pole straps over the tip and above the ski strap (which is why you should get one). The ski strap will keep the poles from sliding down the skis or flying around in the bag (or from having to carry them separately, see below if you're not using a bag or moving your skis) 5)Place skis and poles inside bag. 6)Carry bag w/skis to desired destination. ;) B)If you have no ski bag, or if you're ready to go skiing and you've stored your bag in a locker: 1)repeat steps A)1 - 3.1 2)place your skis on the ground 3)take one pole and place its strap in between the two front ski tips, just above the ski strap 4)take the other pole and place its tip inside the strap end of the pole you placed in B step 3, and place the current pole's strap over the end tip of your skis: the end result is that you can use your ski poles as a handle! You'll have one free arm to wave to people, or to smack them around if they're really bad. Alternatively, you can lock you skis and poles, throw your skis over your shoulder, where one of your shoulders is in between the bindings. You'll now have to hold your poles in the other hand, since one had will be holding the skis. You can then use your poles as a weapon, or as a pointing device. Ta dah! And that's the breaks.