More Than You Likely Want To Know About Trunk Snowboard Racks

Until the day that the entire earth is covered in snow, odds are pretty darn good that at some point in your life you're going to have to haul your snowboarding gear to and from a powder-packed peak. And that probably means driving. Unless of course you live on a mountain. If that's the case, we salute you! Seriously though, unless you own a limousine, you're probably not gonna be able to comfortably fit your snowboard inside the car. Besides, forcing your significant other to travel with all your gear on her lap is probably not the best way to foster a loving, caring holiday environment, now is it? The solution, of course, are snowboarding accessories like roof racks, or better yet, trunk snowboard racks.

What makes trunks racks for snowboards more appealing than the ubiquitous roof rack is arguably the same thing for which people look for in all their purchases: price. Comparatively inexpensive, trunk racks are great if you only intend to do infrequent short trips to nearby slopes. Commensurate with their price, snowboard trunk racks are less secure and often not as reliable as roof racks, which can be locked, can hold a variety of equipment and are stable and well-mounted. Accordingly, they are also a lot more expensive. However, frequent long-distance trips may make the added peace of mind and ease of use worth the extra cash outlay.

Yakima manufacture a wide variety of bike, ski and snowboard carry racks and will offer a new line of snowboard rack attachments for hitch bike racks in 2005. The PowderHorn hitch rack can carry up to four skis or snowboards, has padded arms that fit a wide range of boards and skis and is compatible with most Horn and dual mast hitch rack systems. This hitch snowboard rack has an MSRP of $160. The Hitchski attachment on the other hand, has two position upper arms and an adjustable lower arm that make it suitable for even the thickest skis and snowboards. It can carry four snowboards or six pairs of skis, has SKS lock cores to secure your gear and retails for approximately $169.

Swedish-influenced Thule offer an exactly price-matched product. At $169, the Hitchski serves pretty much exactly the same function as the Yakima product, though it converts Trailblazer, Hitching Post, Expressway, Rak-N-Loc and Spare Me carriers into ski/snowboard carriers. Rear snowboard racks are a viable alternative to the more fancied roof rack variants, and while we could talk about the two pretty much to death, at the end of the day it mostly comes down to personal choice. So go ahead, be brave, make a decision!

Although getting your gear to where you're going is a problem, it's even moreso if you don't actually have any gear to do it with! So, to help you quickly, easily and affordably put together all the snowboarding equipment including trunk snowboarding racks you need for your next trip, we've rounded up the best-priced deals and products, all of which are handily linked just to the right side of this article.

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