Has any one ever travelled over seas with surf boards before.

Is it a real hassel travelling with 2 boards in the one cover or should I just take one?

Do the air lines charge you for individual boards or just the board bag?

Hey Fly Guy,

Most airlines policy is 1 piece of sport equipment per ticket. I do alot of travel round indo. 2 boards 1 bag no questions everMy mate I travel with is the same.

Just put padding between ya boards, talking from experience on that one

Hope that helps and happy travels to ya

nice one kitehard. I presume you are using a standard twin surf board travel bag?

Balin have great surf bags with 10mm padding top and bottom as well as hard plastic ( removable ) outline for the edges. My bag takes three surfboards easily ( fins off )with room for clothes towels etc...
When travelling indo etc.. I just pack the board bag and a carry on bag usually no extra charges ( once had to pay on a domestic flight from Jakarta to Padang ) about 10 dollars but I think the guy pocketed the money.
This bag will also easily take two kites and two boards and clothes...
I am sure other companies make similar products but this one has served me well and would recommend with out hesitation.

Never just bring one board or you will break your only board first wave!!!!!!!!

I have travelled all over the world and only ever been stung for extra money once(an internal flight in Hawaii). The secret is keep it light. Usually I just put my towels and wettie in as padding and that is it.

Also make sure at least one of your boards is in a day bag inside your travel cover.

yer i would recomend it!

I got in trouble with Lufthansa. Leaving Australia was no drama, but getting back was different. Lufthansa refused to take the board. It was a 6.2 regular surf board - nothing big or heavy.

I had to pay them a hefty fee to get the board on the plane, can't quite remember exactly but around $100. It seems to be up to the airline and the local airport policy.

Pack it real well. When I finally got the board back on Australian soil the heavy duty board back was totally ripped and the tail of the board was completely smashed. Hundreds of dollars worth of damage after paying Lufthansa just to get it on the plane

Watch out if you go United or American Airlines. They like to sting you with over sized baggage costs.

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Originally posted by coreyb

... problem is its hard to pick a power crazed check in chick from a distance.

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ha ha dam straight

Thanks guys for the feed back, my house mates going to bali on wednesday, see if he can see any deals,