The tool every skier must have!

I know that if you asked skiers to list 20 "essential" skiing tools no one would select this one!

Yet it is like you computer question? Not will the computer crash but WHEN will it crash!

So it is with this essential skiing tool. The question is not will I need it, but when will I need it!

Trust me you will need it. The day you will need it and you followed my advice a got it, you will thank me!

I bought mine 20 years ago and all my friends laughted , my kids all said, "Rent it silly man" Until they needed it fast and it was not available. Pavel to the rescue!

This essential tool is the crutches. Yes you read correctly those two units that go under arms to support you! If you are a serious athlete they will come handy often!

The reason in buying rather than renting is that you will "modify" them to suit your needs.

Let me explain.

The pads on all models are hard and designed for serious movements.You must get dense foam and sew on a sleeve to hold this foam.

I am sure all skiers will understand the problem with the "standard" models and I am sure they will all say, "why didn't I think of that" once they read the following passage.

The challenge is using the crutches ( besides the pain)is that your hands are not free, so how do you get that great coffee to TV room? How do you bring that novel to reading room? How do you carry your Ipod or pencils?

Here is the solution. I call my model the GT 2000 model!
Take some old ski boot liners. Two different sizes are better. A child's liner and a 27.5 adult is the best combination.
Insert liners between wooden vertical shafts just below hand rest and drill in two small screws to hold liners in place.

Make sure liner toes are facing out! Now you have two "pockets" very much like cowboys have on their saddles.

They can hold coffee mug in large liner and toasts in smaller!

My reading glasses now are never lost since they are tucked into the small liner.

When that pain cycle kicks in and you are desperately looking for the morphine pill , it is tucked into the toe section of the liner.

That TV zapper lost all the time? With GT model you just keep it tucked in larger liner so that when wife comes to watch her Sex in the City or Desperate Wifes program, you just innocently look the other way while you watching your Warren Miller movie! It will take some time for her to find the zapper! They never think of looking into the boot liner! I get at least 15 minutes of extra movie time!

So do not wait till THAT day! It will happen. Make your GT crutch model now!

Hopefully, i will never need the GT model-or crutches at all!

pavelski wrote:They can hold coffee mug in large liner and toasts in smaller!

Pav, you've been waxing again haven't you? :lol:

Holding your toast in old boot liners??? yeeuchhh.

Pavel,

You should have said earlier. I would have bought a bigger tool box!

:lol:

Ross,

You will!!

Dave,

I do have some standards! I do have some "moral" standards. Never would I place a toast in an old liner!

Forgot to say Dave that I have every year 20-30 boot liners from various ski boot companies. These are new liners!

I was hoping that you "accepted" that I would not lower my hygiene conditions! Hughhhhhh!

I have found all sorts of secondary uses for these liners such as;
electrical drill hoster
hot baby bottle holder
Pencil holder on my desk
Coffe mug holder near wax bench
nest for robins ( strange)
Bottle holder in my sports car (imagine a high end sports car with no bottle holder)
etc...

pavelski wrote:Never would I place a toast in an old liner!

:lol:

Ok, I'm glad to hear that - one day we'll ski the same slopes Pavel; but I think I'll still decline if you offer me toast... :D