I noticed on the Yakima site under FAQ's that skis are supposed to be loaded tips to the rear. I've seen it elsewhere exactly the opposite.

Does it matter? I've been doing tips to the front although having the rears forward may cause less wind resistance.

Any thoughts? (OK, I'm bored and want to go skiing and planning for next year is as close as I can get.)

Steve

Dude you really are bored. Think of it like this, imagine every ski as a little spoiler and having all that extra downforce is glueing you to that snowy road. I don't think it really matters. There may be minute differences in drag and stuff but so what.

Seems like a lot of discussion lately re:ski tips, crossing, forwards or backwards. The answer goes all the way back to when you mount ur roof rack, but really steve, don't you want to do what's best for your babies? Crush has already established that if you know how to talk to your skis they'll listen, why don't you ask them and see if they have anything to say on the subject? I'll bet they say put me inside the car, truck, suv! At least that's what mine told me.

Jimmy you're right. The next time I load them up, I'll leave the sunroof open and see if they complain on the ride up. They're always complaining on the ride home, you know, Steve could lose a few pounds, can't believe he let that snowboarder beat us, can you understand why he wears that hat, blah, blah, blah....

You think it's bad when they moan on the way home. Try putting them in the bag for the summer. My board wouldn't shut up "please don't put me in the dark again. I can't take it again please, just let me hang on a wall or something but not the bag nnnoooooo!"

I tell ya it pulls at your heart strings. Then I put it back in the bag, I'm cruel like that.

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I tell ya it pulls at your heart strings. Then I put it back in the bag, I'm cruel like that.

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But does that shut em up?

Steve sounds like maybe u are on Rossi's, maybe another French ski? We all know how whiney the french can be! My atomics and the volkls before them, austrian, stubborn, very stubborn, absolutely refused to ride in the rack without giving me tremendous grief. Everytime i tried all they did was bang on the sunroof until I gave in and put them inside.