How to Use a Ski Key Lock with Different Equipment Types

There are many ways to use a Ski Key lock to secure your equipment in our freestanding racks. Please review them carefully to ensure you have the correct method for your particular gear. Watch our short videos to see a demonstration. 

A: SKIS - 3 EASY STEPS 

  1. Place ski tails in bottom loop of rack, slide skis between locking rails
  2. Insert lock into locking rail with key in lock, align hole in lock with hole in rail
  3. Slide locking pin into lock, press firmly until it clicks locked. Remove Key 
Note: Some older skis or skis with narrow binding plates can be hung on the rack between the bindings
                  

         YOU DO NOT NEED TO TURN THE KEY TO LOCK, TURN KEY ONLY TO OPEN LOCK! 

      B: SNOWBOARDS OR FAT SKIS - 3 EASY STEPS    

      1. Place snowboard or fat skis in the longer rails between the bindings
      2. Insert lock into locking rail with key in lock, align hole in lock with hole in rail
      3. Slide locking pin into hole in lock, press firmly until it clicks locked.
              

         LOCKING 2 SNOWBOARDS - PLACE THEM BOTTOM TO BOTTOM (most boards will fit this way but not all)

        C: TWIN TIPS -  2 WAYS TO LOCK

        1. Most Twin Tips can be locked using A above. However, place tails in bottom loop one at a time.
        2. When Twin Tips are too wide for ski section use B above, lock same as fat skis.
           Twin Tip Skis In Bottom Loop     

            D: JUNIOR SKIS -  2 WAYS TO LOCK 

          1. Use Ski Rails (shorter ones) Hang skis in the rail between the bindings or
          2. Use Snowboard Rails (longer ones) Hang skis between the bindings.
            Junior Skis2    Junior skis3

             E: TIPS & TRICKS

            1. LOCKING SKI POLES - Slide poles between the snowboard rails, 2 to 3 pair of poles can fit or loop pole straps around skis then slide the locking pin through pole straps (see photo below)
            2. LOCKING 2 PAIR SKIS WITH 1 LOCK - Take 1 ski from each pair (unmatched pair) lock them.

               

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