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Surfboard Travel Bags by janisekelli
Tips on how to pack your surfboard for travel
The answer lies in packing the surfboard well. Below there are several ways to guard your board whilst travelling.
To improve the chances of ding-free travel, get a surfboard travel bag. While some people claim you can travel safely without a surfboard travel bag, it's debatable and is certainly a moot point if you get a damaged board at receiving end of your flight. Rather safe than sorry:
1. Buy a surfboard travel bag that's six inches / 15cm longer than your longest board; this extra length leaves room for cushioning. Visit Hansensurf.com for a variety of surfboard travel bags with compartments that enable you to carry more than one board safely. A plastic hardcover surfboard travel bag will be more effective at protecting your board, but will certainly be the most heavy and bulky luggage to travel with.
2. Remove the fins from your board. A flatter object travels more soundly. Wrap the removed fins in a towel and keep them with your board, along with the fin key. If you happen to forget the fin key, your efforts are in vain, so double check it is in there before zipping up. For people with standard fins, place a fin box around the fins to guard them.
3. Remove the old wax off your board. Skipping this step will usually cause your cold water surf wax to melt all over your board bag when you land in the tropics.
4. Cut foam pipe insulation covering and duct tape it down the rails of your board.
5. Protect the ding prone areas of your board like the nose and tail. Do that by duct taping items that you're already traveling with, for instance wet-suits, towels, and clothes around the board. Bubble wrap can also be an ideal choice since it is lightweight and cushions impacts well.
6. Slide the board into a sock or bubble wrap bag for those who have one. That is yet one more layer of protection which will go inside the full board bag.
7. Place the protected board into your surfboard travel bag. Add some extra clothes and padding for that extra bit of protection, especially in the ends or any ding-prone parts. Remember the removable fins along with the fin key, if applicable.
8. Write "top load" or "fragile" on the bag using a marker or acrylic paint.
Tips: As you might be adding wet-suits and other extra padding, take into account the distribution of the weight inside the surfboard travel bag. If the bag is unevenly weighted towards the nose or tail, it will be hard for you to carry. Do not pack any hard items (e.g. the leash) inside your board bag because they may end up crushed against the board at some point in the course of the trip.
Hansensurf.com is the online surf shop which will supply you with all the surf gear, wetsuits, boardshorts and surfboard travel bags that you need.
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Frequently Asked Questions...
Help with a surfboard ding?
its not really i ding...its in the reall and it kinda looks like a spider web...the boards not dented in at all but if you run your finger nail over it you can feel some of the "webs"....its about 1inchx1inch maybe....would it let water in and messs up the board of do u think itll be fine?
Answer:
Don't put duck tape over it it will still let water in. You might want to put a little bit of resin oner it just to be safe.
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