NECK 14 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 My pops is coming to stay with me for a couple of weeks from the middle of March. He is keen to get out to ski for a couple of days, but doesn't want to haul his skis and poles over here. He will bring his boots only. Does anyone in the Nagano/Hakuba area have some spare skis they can lend, give, rent or sell me? I guess he needs something in the 170cm range and some poles. Ideally, skis that don't need to be waxed or edged would be best. He only skies on groomers, so any regular skis would be fine. Please let me know if you have some spare skis knocking around and can let me borrow them. Thanks SJ users. NECK Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 If you are going to hakuba, why not pop along to a rental shop? Plenty of them in the area. Link to post Share on other sites
NECK 14 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 The rental shops only tend to do the whole package, including boots and often jacket/pants. My dad is bringing his boots because he has oddly shaped feet and it is very difficult to get boots that fit him properly. When he was here last time he couldn't rent just the skis in Shiga. We rented the whole set, but the staff refused to set the bindings to his boots and would only set them up to the rental boots which he wasn't going to use..... It was a bit of a nightmare to be honest! Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 That sounds odd. I was sure most places let you rent just skis, and will fit them for you. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 That's pretty unusual. I try out new skis (rent) from Hakuba Visitor Center from time to time.....not a problem. In Hakuba you won't have an issue with skis only. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yeah that is like totally strange. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 The rental shops only tend to do the whole package, including boots and often jacket/pants. My dad is bringing his boots because he has oddly shaped feet and it is very difficult to get boots that fit him properly. When he was here last time he couldn't rent just the skis in Shiga. We rented the whole set, but the staff refused to set the bindings to his boots and would only set them up to the rental boots which he wasn't going to use..... It was a bit of a nightmare to be honest! That is strange as all the shops I have used in Hakuba area let me rent our board / skis only. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 any shop I've seen, you can rent individually or as a package. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Based on those replies Neck I think the answer is no but you can rent them from a shop. Or just buy some secondhand ones then sell them again I don't know what ebay is like in Japan but you can get some bargains normally. Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Are you sure the people were just being awkward, or worse still taking advantage. I don't think I have ever seen a rental place that insists you have the whole lot. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Just to add yes it seems strange that they only offered that. Was it actually shops that did that, or the hotel you stayed at - which might explain it more. Link to post Share on other sites
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