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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
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Subject: Re: ski tips, up or down?
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Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 20:23:38 EST
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> On my many ski trips, there is no uniform way to place skis on a 
> rack.  It seems to me that there must be some optimum way to
> orient a pair of skis to reduce air resistance and enhance
> car handling.  After all, there are only four possibilities:
> 
> 1) skis up tips forward
> 2) skis up tips back
> 3) skis down tips back
> 4) skis down tips forward
> 
> Ofcourse some people have those wierd racks that mount skis together
> and sideways, and others (particullary z and porshe drivers) mount
> on the hatch......

A Swedish friend once told me that on her driver's license test
the same question was asked.  The correct answer was (3): tips
down to the back.  This is what I've always chosen intuitively
as well.

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