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Water ski storage?

UnfixedPyle

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The ballast system in the ski locker keeps water skis from fitting in there even when the ballast is empty (at least on the 212XE). I have been keeping the skis in the port side bow seat storage since that connects to the console storage but it is not an ideal spot for many reasons. I would prefer to leave the skis at home or in the truck, but my wife and one daughter always say they might water ski when we go out. I have tried to stick them on the wake board rack, but the slalom ski binding is problematic (also those racks are usually full anyway). I know there are ski specific tower racks out there, but outside of that, does anyone have any novel ski storage ideas?
 

buckbuck

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Nope.
Sorry for the direct response but your story could have been written by me. It will be interesting if someone is more insightful than us.
 

jetboater4life

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I'm in the same boat as you. I have my slalom ski (2002 Obrien Syncro 69"), a pair of of kids skis (61 or 65") under the front port seat. When my wife wants to ski a put a monster ski rack on the port side tower bar which keeps a set of Obrien celebrity skis out of the way. My racks are usually full with wake surfers and a wakeboard or too.
 
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