re: 2021-2022 Ski Thread

2nd lions head. Just pay it and get it over with

Anyone flown southwest out of Nola with an oversized ski/board bag? I just read that 62” is the max length and then it’s $75. My board bag is 68”. But I’m also reading that often they don’t check length just weight. Not a huge deal but just want to know what to expect.

We flew with a snowboard bag on SW out of Nola and they never measured it. Just asked me what it was, weighed it and took it.

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Snow ski equipment, including skis or snowboards, ski boots, and ski poles: including one pair of skis or one snowboard, one set of poles, and one pair of ski/snowboard boots encased in a container(s) acceptable to Carrier. When substituting ski equipment for a free bag, Southwest Airlines allows up to two bags (containing one set of snow skis, ski poles, and ski boots) to count as one item, even if they are packed and tagged separately.

Note: Snow ski equipment will not be subject to excess size charges. However, excess weight charges may apply.

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Your bag is fine as long as the weight is ok

Have fun, I know you've been looking forward to this for months bro.

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How often do you go to justify buying your board? I

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Ill be honest, someone gave my daughter a board, boots, bindings and a bag. We never would have bought it. MAYBE the boots but thats it; the rest I think we will always rent unless we move somewhere where driving to/from the slopes is an option.

Honestly, he gave it to us as gift to sell so we could be ski gear but I don't even know what the thing is worth or how to ship it so we just bring it with us and use it for fun.

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How often do you go to justify buying your board?

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I did the math a few years ago.
The board pays for itself quickly, but the boots/bindings is where the rental places keep themselves in business.

Here, I'll do it for you. Let's assume 4 days skiing with an off-day in the middle.

Demo snowboard: $71/day
Boots/Bindings: $3/day
Add damage waiver: $6/day
Total after tax: $451.

Snowboards on sale at evo.com (Sick boards):
Salomon Assassin $440, Yes Typo $450, Jones Mountain Twin $500, Ride Warpig $530, Arbor Coda Camber $580, My fave: Capita Mercury $600, Never summer proto Synth $620, Burton Custom Flying V $630
-- Above this, you get into like carbon fiber --
So, for $500 - $550, you can get a BRAND NEW board. at $71/day + $6/day waiver plus tax.
That's only 6 rental days. It's easily paid for in 2 trips.

Bindings can get out of hand quick, but we can ball park this around $225.
Boots start expensive and go up from there, $275 is like entry level... but that's fine for here.
$500 for boots/ bindings.
At $3 per day "add on" for rentals, that's 167 rental days.
But of course, you can't just rent the boots/bindings.

Then you have to add a bag - $140.
Fly it to and from your spot - $45x2 = $90 each trip
Get it tuned up once you get there - $40
All told, it's roughly $1200 of up front investment plus the $150 per trip shipping and maintenance fees.

It takes until rental day 15-17 for you to break even.
For most people, that's 5 years at 4 days per year.
Is your equipment gonna last that long? What about technology advancements? What if you damage it?

On The Other Hand.... If you already have the boots and bindings.
You can buy a new board every year for Free.


The simple answer is:
People that ski all the time save a ton of money owning their own equipment.
For the rest of us, it's a value assessment.

Thanks Duke

$71 a day would be unreal… I’ve never seen anyone pay above $35-38 a day for board/boot rental.

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$71 a day would be unreal… I’ve never seen anyone pay above $35-38 a day for board/boot rental.

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Yeah, $35 is for the premium board too. Can get on lesser equipment for $25-28 a day. I thought that seemed high, but like I said, I never actually rent at the mountain so I don't know the markup.