Though I’ve snowboarded a couple of seasons, I remain a skier at heart. It’s not really about the way a board moves compared to skis… it’s about how lazy I am. With snowboarding you have to stop at the top and stick your boot in the binding (for me, this involves sitting down), and then you have to take it out again at the bottom and do that half-sliding, half-skating thing to get to the front of the line. With skis, you just ski off the lift and don’t stop until you’re at the front of the line on the bottom.
Still, one disadvantage we skiers have is all the stuff we have to carry. At the end of the day, boarders just throw their snowboards over their shoulders and tromp off to the parking lot. Skiers have four things (2 poles and 2 skis) to tote out. It can be a little awkward.
That’s why I thought this little ski- and pole-carrying gadget looked nice. Called the Graspen, it secures all your equipment so you can just tote everything out to the car like a piece of luggage. It’s cheap too. For $12, you can get the Graspen from the Vacation Gadget Man.
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