travel gear question

[reweston]

Anyone have any advice on board bags? Living in Arizona, my board will be seeing several airplanes, and plenty of abuse I'm sure. I'm also looking for a suitcase that has a seperate compartment for boots. Everything I've seen so far seems to be lacking in style/function/quality. Thanks for any advice!

Robert

[tigger]

the heavier your bag is the more damage you ll get. thats what i expierienced while travelling with my surfboards.:mad:

[D-Sub]

I think SKB makes board boxes

I got a solid burton bag from cheapsnowboards.com...fits up to 180 and will hold boots and ****.

[Skully]

Don't have any personal experience, but I've heard good things about Ogio's MotoX stuff. They make a very large bag that has compartments for boots, helmet, etc. Looks like it would work well for snowboard / ski gear too....

[D-Sub]

I have an Ogio golf bag...my 2nd actually...the first one had a few flaws and they replaced it, no questions asked. great customer service

[Pat Donnelly]

Have been through a few.

Boards - we use double ski www.SporTubes.com as they work for skis and/or alpine boards. In 2004 we traveled with two one for skis and the other for alpine boards. The top board had two sets of bindings mounted for travel. These are HARD PLASTIC travel bags.

Boot bags - try a Samsonite outlet store for a right sized suitcase.

If you get a large duffle bag you will over weight it.

[D-Sub]

burton board cases, on sale:

Black (https://secure1.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp?CS=swp&RowID=3837&All=)

Camo (https://secure1.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp?CS=swp&RowID=3832&All=)

I have the camo one. quite solidly built with good features. no wheels tho

that same shop has a dub one with wheels

[D-Sub]

crap. links dont work.

just go to http://www.sidewayspeople.com/site/default.asp and search for "burton bag"

those two come up at the bottom

[Mike Doyle]

Just Love my Very durable and expanding Sport tubes. My 185 FP was no sweat. Nothing else is even close. I'd hate to put my girls in anything else!:cool:

[D-Sub]

lookin at Sportubes now...the ones designed for snowboards would be way too wide for alpine boards!

but then...what if one wants to bring one alpine and one FR board...?

[Mike Doyle]

They work great all sizes. I wrapped my boards in Ski clothes and my boots fit in the tube too!!!:D

[reweston]

My first board bag: an old sleeping bag with a whole roll of duct tape wrapped around it.

[Pat Donnelly]

For Alpine boards get the "double ski" size.

Keep an eye out for end of season clearances for these as full retail is around $150.

Mike, gotta be careful as sharp edges will cut clothes and the wax . . . .well, my wife now has added a few more rules to her book of do's and don'ts.

[dragon fly jones]

A dakine bag that totes the gear up to the 175cm. fit in three with bindings in the pouch.

The other is a bonfire bag that was a sample that will hold up to a 200 cm cache of boards that held 5 boards clothes 1 jacket, two pairs of pants, three radios with chargers and 2 pairs of snowpro's. I love that bag.

Also an old bivy sack from Dakine for the stealth attacks, just to keep off the road grime and mag chloride that they use in Colorado. Nasty stuff.

[Mike Doyle]

What I do is turn my coats inside out and wrap boards in socks and jeans etc. A car wash towel goes around the top. FYI, I also bought mine at the end of season. Half Price. I've used the regular snowboard size and they have worked out well.

[Pat Donnelly]

Double Ski model will accept longer boards as the overall lenght = 207cm. The Snowboard version length is 183cm.

The Bomber board bag is a good way to wrap a board too.

If in doubt secure foam pipe insulation along your edges.

[Kent]

Boards - Dakine's Burrito bag coupled with individual Bomber bags. (if travelling with more than one)

Gear - Dakine's Split Rolling Duffle. The only rolling duffle that will also carry a skateboard!

K

[philfell]

I travel with my snowboard equipment alot. I use a Dakine wheelie bag 185. It has stood up well to abuse. The biggest issue right now I see is that airlines are starting to be stricter with their weight limitations. Most snowboard travel bags that are built to withstand airline abuse weigh close to ten pounds, so that limits what you can put in, add a couple boards, boots and bindings and you are hitting the overweight charges and your bag is only half full. Remember when you pack to try to spread out your weight between various bags, I always carry on my boots, (boards and bindings are somewhat easier to come by from friends or those who frequent this site and live close, but finding boot is a pain). When packing my board bag I put down a layer of clothes usually my jacket and snowpants, then my board on top, this give another layer of padding between your baby and the monkeys who toss your bags. Happy travels.

[Randy S.]

Try a search on the site. Here's a LINK (http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1717) to a thread where I was looking for a bag to hold my 210.

It depends on how long your board(s) is. I really like the DaKine Dually for my boards up to 200cm. It has wheels which is critical for getting through the airport. The Glissade one I link to in that other thread is great for my big board, but doesn't have wheels. It is very well made however. Without wheels it doesn't need the reinforcement that makes the other bags so heavy.

As for getting around the darn restrictions from the airlines, try curbside checkin. $10 to the skycap guys will typically avoid the weighing of your bag. Its worked for me recently.

LL Bean actually has some good bags with a seperate compartment on the bottom for boots.

[willywhit]

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/xq/asp/base_no.71273/dept_id./qx/product.htm I bought one for bigger boards(up to 180) but they must've sold out