Ski Rack Fail on the Highway

Consider yourself lucky.

We packed a ski rack with 3 pairs of pow skis two season ago on the first big powder day. Shit flies off and no one in the car notices until people are honking and pointing at us.

We drove around the route we took 3 times and no signs of skis anywhere, no clue what happened to them. Went and bought a 30 at 9am and drank our sorrows.

My roof rack ripped into like 10 pieces one day I was driving to colorado, 80mph on the freeway + 60mph winds and she was toast, destroyed my skis. Disclaimer: my box was already cracking and fucked up, so it was kind of my fault.

this happened to me, had my roofrack on in the summer( one of the ones that you clamp under your doors for like a civic) with a ski rack attachment. and it flew off on the highway, inbound to the city. somehow there was no one behind me (thank god). Its also super sketch because im a sailing coach and I used to cartop small boats on it all the time. so glad it failed when it did

fillupConsider yourself lucky.

We packed a ski rack with 3 pairs of pow skis two season ago on the first big powder day. Shit flies off and no one in the car notices until people are honking and pointing at us.

We drove around the route we took 3 times and no signs of skis anywhere, no clue what happened to them. Went and bought a 30 at 9am and drank our sorrows.

damn that makes me feel alot better!

I was driving the prism, my heart went down right thru my cornhole when i heard them rip off

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Oops. I have a roof rack and have been good so far, but these stories scare me. I might put my skis in my car now... And do the ski rack companies warranty any of that? Don't think they would just curious.

.lenconOops. I have a roof rack and have been good so far, but these stories scare me. I might put my skis in my car now... And do the ski rack companies warranty any of that? Don't think they would just curious.

were going to send the company a very.... nice letter haha but the only thing they'll probably do is send us a new roof rack. They have ways to get around paying for the damage. weasels

I was coming back from Vermont with a full car and the visibility wasn't too good and it was night. About halfway through the trip there's a deer lying in the middle of the highway so I decided to hit it since I was hauling ass and didn't want to swerve, causing an accident. Luckily I had almost zero damage on my car minus one of the wheel wells being busted up, that and I was dragging around guts for about an hour and a half.

My brother was driving about 60 on a rather windy day last season when we hear a noise resembling a decent size rock hitting the side of the car, it wasn't a rock unfortunately. I look out the mirror to see our sky box flying across the road.

Bumper to bumper driving is very common on this road (highway 93 between Boulder and Golden), so it was extremely lucky that the car behind us was a couple hundred yards away and that box rolled off the road. Super scary.

Your so lucky, no one hurt.

This was always my worst fear when i had a rack. Fortunately someone came along and pried my rack off with a crowbar while I was at work before such a tragedy could strike.

Hitchhiked from illinois to arkansas with a backparck that was everything I had for the next month. fell of the roof in missouri somewherewhere and never found it. Some of my favorite tour shirts were in there as well as all kinds of other sutff. RIP.

Was building the money booter at my local resort with a bunch of buddies. We had thrown on our ski boots and skied down to the jump for some final touches after the bulk of the work was done. We all clicked out of our bindings on a knoll near the jump, my friend that was running the snow cat then proceeds to then plow over the skis. Funny thing was that I had tossed mine in the bushes and told my friends to do the same as I doubted my friend could see them from the cat. Snow cat fucked them up royally

almost drove onto the highway last year with my skirack undone. I was very sp00ked.

had a bike on the roof rack and got it ripped off when i drove under an overhanging branch on a dirt road. that fucked up my roof pretty good

I forgot to close the racks down all the way a few years ago (I thought the last guy to put his skis on the racks closed it). 3 pairs of skis flew off the roof on I-90 (6 lane freeway)coming back from Snoqualmie. I pulled over, jumped out, and the first car to come around the corner stopped and waved at me to pick up the skis. As soon as I got out to the middle lane, a bunch of cars came around the corner, and it was a mess. I think 6 cars were hit, but no injuries. I had to pay a fine for not securing the racks. 3 pairs of skis were destroyed.

Lost a few pairs at about 50mph as a result of SteezyJibber not closing them. No damage thankfully

LINE TC's were in the back of my F150, Ford's POS tailgate lock didn't lock, TC's slide out, get to the hill, realize they are gone, go back to look, nowhere to be found :/

I don't have a story, but a question..

Does a clamp style roof rack damage your skis by having them exposed to salt and other debris on the road? Will this affect the life of the skis?

one time when I was following behind a guy driving an F150 with his tailgate open, I saw his skis fly out the back. stopped, scooped em up, and now ski on Line TCs to this very day. Such a solid pickup

theabortionatorHitchhiked from illinois to arkansas with a backparck that was everything I had for the next month. fell of the roof in missouri somewherewhere and never found it. Some of my favorite tour shirts were in there as well as all kinds of other sutff. RIP.

I mean this as a compliment not some super creepy thing. If all these stories you tell on here are true you should right a book on your life and even if they aren't maybe just right a fiction story based on your stories.

crotchventI mean this as a compliment not some super creepy thing. If all these stories you tell on here are true you should right a book on your life and even if they aren't maybe just right a fiction story based on your stories.

I've thought about it. And yeah a lot of stuff is true. Not everything I say is real but a lot of the stories are. And honestly a lot of more ridiculous ones that will never make the internet.

The above story is about "The sketchy tribe of wooks". Actually one free tickets to a festival with it. Walking around looking for anywone heading to arkansas, The sketchy wook tribe seemed like my ticket there. We were rolling 3 or 4 people deep on the mid bench seat on a jeep. The back was full of all the coolers they had pirated. When we hit bumped we tried to jump to keep the suspension from bottoming out. When we got to st louis, we realized we needed to shed weight. They started taking things out of coolers and throwing it in this parking garage. A food fight where the only victim was this poor concrete wallnow covered in about 40 different kinds of food.

Another highlight around that time was finding out that all 4 or 5 of them had scabies. The casual manner to which that was brought to my attention deserved a laugh if it wasn't such an "oh fuck" moment at the time. The fact that this was a heat wave in early june, almost riding on top of each other was a concern. At one hotel we stayed at they managed to clog the toilet and the tub. The tub had a weird green color to the liquid that I could not identify, I chose to go for a swim instead.

I'll skip the backpack since I mentioned it already.

So we get to wakarusa in arkansas. None of us had tickets. We found the line of cars waiting to get in and a line for tickets. We turned around and went down a closed road, past several cops, none of whom stopped us and arrive at the festival entrance. We had successfully cut of about 3 hours worth of festival goers. Now the gate. They say "wristbands" to which we all raise a wrist and shake it a bit, which surprisingly seemed to satisfy them. They ask us to exit the vehicle for a car search. They searched the car and told us we could get back in. We drove about 10 feet to another "wristbands" to which we all held up a wrist and shook it once again. She smiled waved and we were inside wakarusa. No tickets, no $100 on site vehicle pass(highly sold out) and no line. And so began another chapter of summer 2012.




When I mention ridiculous shit happening to me. A guy dressed as cleapatra making out with my shoes on halloween 09 on the sidewalk in buffallo, and a bunch of other stuff.

I'm a people person for better or worse. I run into some crazy people, and tend to attract some wild shit.

IF I can find somebody to write a book and I'm not dead or forget everything by then I totally would. Maybe people would read it, maybe not. I wouldn't really care if it lost money, just think it would be funny. Especially if I put ALL the good ones in and didn't censor out some of the best parts.



/too long didn't read

theabortionatorI've thought about it. And yeah a lot of stuff is true. Not everything I say is real but a lot of the stories are. And honestly a lot of more ridiculous ones that will never make the internet.

We can do this. We'll make a kickstarter or something. This needs to happen.

I want the first copy.

This is the most depressing thread i've ever seen.
RIP to all the fallen skis during this era of shitty roof racks...
Let us have a moment of silence...

ASAP_MtnsWe can do this. We'll make a kickstarter or something. This needs to happen.

I want the first copy.

There is probably one person on newschoolers that likes writing and would right a book about him or the kickstarter idea could work would probably be hard to get funded cause most people aren't going to know who Theabortionator is. How much does it really cost to write a book.

ASAP_MtnsWe can do this. We'll make a kickstarter or something. This needs to happen.

I want the first copy.

I was thinking of starting a kickstarted to get hydraulics on my suby wagon but this sounds like a better idea. Could probably get somebody to right it for a 30rack of beer and a hi five.

crotchventThere is probably one person on newschoolers that likes writing and would right a book about him or the kickstarter idea could work would probably be hard to get funded cause most people aren't going to know who Theabortionator is. How much does it really cost to write a book.

I don't know if anyone has the time to listen to me try to remember shit, and then piece it together into some kind of coherent thought/book. At least not for free.

If something was ever going to happen I'd probably just spill the beans on almost everything and really throw down the juicy stuff because why not. IF you're going to do it, might as well go all out.

They would also need to be could at identify what a good story is versus a "holy fuck you're dumb, that was dumb, now I feel dumb" story.

I'm sure I have plenty of both.

theabortionatorI was thinking of starting a kickstarted to get hydraulics on my suby wagon but this sounds like a better idea. Could probably get somebody to right it for a 30rack of beer and a hi five.



I don't know if anyone has the time to listen to me try to remember shit, and then piece it together into some kind of coherent thought/book. At least not for free.

If something was ever going to happen I'd probably just spill the beans on almost everything and really throw down the juicy stuff because why not. IF you're going to do it, might as well go all out.

They would also need to be could at identify what a good story is versus a "holy fuck you're dumb, that was dumb, now I feel dumb" story.

I'm sure I have plenty of both.

We could sit in some freezing crap-shack in Ohakune and drink beer, you rant and I'll type it. It'll be like the ski-bum's version of Tucker Max.

The "holy fuck that was dumb" stories are the best, generally they make people who have also done epic dumb shit either sympathise or feel better about themselves.

Man this has gone off topic.

rozboonWe could sit in some freezing crap-shack in Ohakune and drink beer, you rant and I'll type it. It'll be like the ski-bum's version of Tucker Max.

The "holy fuck that was dumb" stories are the best, generally they make people who have also done epic dumb shit either sympathise or feel better about themselves.

Man this has gone off topic.

The best threads tend to.

If I die midway I should compile a list of good friends and people I've road tripped with. Anyone I've road tripped with that was cool has gotten the unedited versions and some of the internet free gem stories.

Sent an application to turoa the other day. Sending a bunch of other ones out but figured I'd throw in the option of another season in Kune.