Building a Simple and Functional Snowboard Storage

Whether the snowboard/skiing season is over or not, finding a good storage place can be frustrating for some people. If you're anything like me, I wanted to store/display my snowboard but without risking damaging it from falling over or damaging the floor. Along with this, the board needed to be able to easily removable to take it out if need be.

After looking on the internet, I found a photo of someone with the doorstop method and I knew it would be exactly what I was looking for. I didn't see any other posts at the time of finding it so I am making this Instructable in hopes of helping out fellow riders with the similar issue.

This project takes around 15-30 mins.

• 2 Doorstops kits (with hardware)
• Masking/Painters Tape
• Tape Measure
• Sharpie or Pencil
• Screwdriver
• Drill motor
• Drill bits (could be different size depending on doorstop kit)

Hold the board up against the wall and find a good location that centers the board in the way that is most appealing to you. Measure the distance with the tape measure from the ceiling to the tip of the board and write it down.

Finding where the doorstops will sit on the board is dependent on where you want to put them and where the arc in the board profile is at. Once you find a good distance down below where the arc on side of the board is, use masking tape to measure the distance from the top and lay another piece of masking tape perpendicular to it.

This perpendicular piece should be as straight as possible. Then measure the width of that part of the board and write the measurement on the tape. It is also helpful to mark out where the edges are on the tape if the ends of the tape hang longer than the actual width.

Using the measurement from Step 1, find the sum of the board to ceiling distance and then the length distance from Step 2. The sum of these two distances will give you the distance from ceiling to mount location. Mark this location on the wall with a pencil.

After finding the sum, remove the masking tape with the width measurement from the board indicated on it and place it on the wall where the you just marked. The top of the masking tape should not block the marking and just have the top edge in line with it.

*please disregard my previous drilled holes from another time.*

Using the lines marked on the tape where the width measurement ends, line the edge of the rubber on the doorstop with that mark. Once in line with each other, mark the center of the hole on the wall. Using the correct size drill bit for the drywall anchor, drill the hole and insert the anchor.

Once the anchor is in place, the other post that goes into the wall to stop the doorstop from rotating needs to be located. The way that I did this was by measuring the distance between the two holes and then drilling the correct size hole about 1 inch away from the anchor.

With the hole drilled, you can install the doorstops into their respective spots.

Once both of your doorstops are in place and screwed into their anchors using your screwdriver, you should double check to make sure that the width is correct.

If the width is correct then you are all done and ready to use your new board storage and display!