Hey guys, lets pick up where we left off. We were talking about how you should pack your “Travel Surfboard Bag for a surf trip”, using towels and duct tape for extra protection, since you’ll be taking towels anyway. Should you use bubble wrap? Not necessarily, a good Travel Surfboard Bag and the use of properly placed towels should do the job. Towels are better, as you SHOULD still have them for use on the return trip. Bubble wrap may not be around for the return trip. If you have friends like mine, they’ll be popping the bubbles all trip long anyway, making the bubble wrap useless within your Travel Surfboard Bag for your return trip. Nose and Tail Guards are also an inexpensive way to help protect your surfboards at the points where they may need it most. If budget allows, Surfboard Socks are also a GREAT way to pack for a trip because you can use them INSIDE your Travel Surfboard Bag for extra protection AND you’ll have a bit of day to day protection once you get to your destination. Of course we have everything you’ll need for your next surf trip. Please let me know if you need any help selecting your gear!
Category Archives: Travel
How to Pack Your Travel Surfboard Bag
Chris here, with summer surf trips right around the corner I figured we should talk about the best way to pack your Travel Surfboard Bag for a trip. First rule DEFINITELY opt. for a Travel Surfboard Bag instead of a Surfboard Day Bag when packing for a surf trip. (Reasons discussed in previous posts.) Next decide how many boards you’re going to be taking on your surf trip and use an appropriate sized Travel Surfboard Bag. Half the battle is using the proper fitting bag, the less space your boards have to move around inside the bag the better. Should you use extra packing material? Possibly, for piece of mind. My suggestion, use your beach towels and some duct tape. (You should ALWAYS take duct tape on a surf trip, if nothing else you can use it to hold your rental car together, don’t ask. lol) Your taking beach towels anyway right? So, use them. Wrap them around the top and bottom boards and tape them in place, you don’t need get tape on the boards, just wrap it around the towels to keep them in place within your Travel Surfboard Bag. To be continued…
Travel Surfboard Bags, What’s New?!?
Think not much has changed in the Travel Surfboard Bag realm lately? Think again… We carry the BEST Travel Surfboard Bags in the industry and let me tell you, after putting my hands on the BEST Travel Surfboard Bags the industry has to offer, the materials, designs and functionality of the current Bags are absolutely UNREAL! More pockets, padding and features than you can imagine. Need a place for your Wetsuit? Or Wet clothes? Some Travel Surfboard Bags now come with an outside wet pocket complete with mesh drainage panel! FCS Travel Surfboard Bags now feature dual density foam, giving you unparallelled protection! I would tell you to cut one open and check it out, but I’ve saved you the trouble, as I’ve done it! BRILLIANT FCS, JUST BRILLIANT! Problems with Airline fees? Talk to Dakine, they have a Recon II that COMPLETELY HIDES the 2nd. board!! Need a Travel Surfboard Bag with wheels!?! Talk about ENDLESS possibilities! Wheeled Travel Surfboard Bags are now made with rugged wheel well structures, mounted either on the rail OR flat on the tail of the bag. If you haven’t traveled with your surfboards lately and are in need of a new Travel Surfboard Bag, the possibilities are basically endless! If you want to get started and see what we offer please click the link below. AND HAVE FUN ON YOUR TRIP!
http://www.thesurfboardwarehouse.com/s-4-surfboard-travel-bags.aspx
Swell Shell Hard Case Review
Hello all! “FINALLY!” That’s the ONLY word that can describe it. The Swell Shell is one of (if not the markets ONLY) surfboard hard cases available! We usually get about 3 to 6 calls a month from people asking if we carry any Hard Surfboard Cases. Until now we’ve had to turn them all down, smashing their Hard Case hopes, as there simply wasn’t anything available. So I say “FINALLY”, to the Swell Shell, a Surfboard Hard Case that’s actually made right! Constructed with an indestructible LLDPE body, large grab handles, and dual wheels this Hard Case won’t let you down! We know what you’re thinking, but don’t worry the airlines don’t discriminate between Hard Cases and the typical “Surfboard Travel Bag“, in our experience you’ll get treated the same way regardless of which type of case you choose to travel with. What if you want a Swell Shell!?! Well NO WORRIES! We’ll have them and they SHIP ABSOLUTELY FREE while we’re prebooking! Click the link below for more information.
http://www.thesurfboardwarehouse.com/p-1452-swell-shellbrhard-surfboard-case.aspx
Surfing Gulf Side!
Hey Guys! You may or may not know that The Surfboard Warehouse is located (well we’re EVERYWHERE, but our actual warehouse) is on the gulf coast of F.L. So, when the deep Gulf buoys hit 8ft. at 8 sec. two nights ago and the forecasts called for offshore winds here locally, you know we were on it. We hit up an island around here known for good shallow sandbars and BELIEVE me, it barrels on the Gulf coast. So, rewind to 7:00 am yesterday morning and myself and an employee of mine (I’m a great boss!) were paddling out all alone into nearly perfect 3ft. to 5ft. surf; I used my trusted old Dakine Daylight Deluxe Day Bag that I have for getting my board to the beach, while Cody used a Creatures Day Bag. I tried one of FCS’s new Leashes and Cody went with a Dakine Team Kainui Leash. We BOTH used some fins from Finatic to see what we thought about them. Cody went with the Futures F4 Black Stix, while I choose to try the H3 Nexus Large Fins. FINATIC IS AWESOME!! As I expected NONE of our equipment let us down and I can still personally vouch for anything we sell that I’ve tried. Oh yea! We used Famous (Cool Water) Wax along with a West Lotus 3/2 and I pulled a brand new Billabong SGX Zero 403 for myself. (What can I say I get cold easy…lol) It was 55 +/- in the morning with 65 +/- water temp and we were both pleasantly warm. In retrospect, I am the best boss, I have the best job EVER, AND we have the BEST surf products on the market. Hey, someone has to do some product testing around here. 
We (at The Surfboard Warehouse) refuse to sell junk, so I gotta personally try it, that way my company can stand behind it. Take it from me, if we sell it, it won’t disappoint!!
STORMPROOF?!? Prolite we Can’t Wait!
Hey Guys, this came down the pipes from Prolite today. Get excited! I’ll post more details once I have them!
“Two years plus in development Prolite is about 7 months away from the release of STORMPROOF an elite line of travel products. We’ve been testing different materials over the last 18-24 months in an effort to find the highest quality materials and best components available on the market. These are not your everyday bags and are made exclusively for the traveler looking for the highest level of protection. Prolite is known for board bags and this will solidify the Prolite name as the stand out in this category. In addition to board bags under the STORMPROOF name we will also be releasing a limited line of backpacks and luggage within the next 12 months that will also sport the STORMPROOF logo and feature high grade materials for the frequent traveler. The STORMPROOF line will be available through very limited retail channels and will only be sold in the United States.”
You know you’ll be able to get this line here at The Surfboard Warehouse once they’re available! Stay tuned!
Surfboard Travel Bags: They’re all the same right?!? (The Sixthquel)
I think I just made up a new word. lol The point is that this SHOULD BE my LAST “Surfboard Travel Bag” post! (Somehow some of you will be upset and the rest of you, grateful… I don’t understand. Either way we’ll be moving on after this.) I was breaking down some KEY differences (generally) between companies. So, lets continue! Next up, Creatures of Leisure. Born in Aus., their Surfboard Travel Bag claim to be “Slim Fit”, (which they are) giving you less size and weight! Meanwhile, Dakine has the industry leading Recon II, available in both Shortboard and Longboard sizes. The Recon II is one of our best selling Surfboard Travel Bag and for good reason. It’s one of the SICKEST slim doubles we offer. It COMPLETELY HIDES YOUR 2nd BOARD! (Stick it to the Airlines! Hey, don’t judge! Those airline fees are getting out of control.) Next up is Destination Surf. With their Family Owned attitude and industry leading Manufacturer warranty, you know your set with one of their bags. Last BUT NOT LEAST is Ocean and Earth. Their price point approach gets you a SOLID Surfboard Travel Bag at a GREAT price. With all this said, we carry all these brands and more! If you want the BEST surf gear in the world there’s no better place than www.TheSurfboardWarehouse.com! If you need help sorting through our Surfboard Travel Bag, our LIVE CHAT is a GREAT place to start! Thanks again, see you soon!
Surfboard Travel Bags: They’re all the same right?!? (Part 5)
Happy Halloween! (If you want to see a YouTube Vid. of some of the guys costumes from The Surfboard Warehouse click HERE, FUNNY stuff!! More proof you can do ANYTHING if you put your mind to it! lol) Now, back to Travel Surfboard Bags. How much padding do they have? Well, typically they have 3/4 in foam padding sandwiched between a tarpee inner liner and a tough nylon outside. Some bags (my personal favorites) have one side Nylon and the other a heat reflective tarpee. When you’re using this type of Travel Surfboard Bag PUT THE TARPEE SIDE UP! This way your boards will stay cool whether they’re on the roof of your car or sprawled out on the beach. (Yes, it makes that much of a difference. That’s how the bag is designed!) FCS uses dual density foam on some of their Travel Surfboard Bags. I wouldn’t be surprised if this type of construction becomes the standard because it’s SICK. Prolite‘s protection and pocket placement/usage are KEY. So, if you’re the surfer that likes all their gear in it’s place, Prolite may be the way to go. I’ll highlight some of our other companies stand out Travel Surfboard Bag features in my next and possibly LAST Travel Surfboard Bag post. (Don’t quote me on that though. lol)
Surfboard Travel Bags: They’re all the same right?!? (Part 4)
Rina swell otw! (If you’re not a F.L. gulf coast surfer you don’t know what I’m talking about. If you are, get ready for a head high+ shack fest!! Sat. may be the day!) Anyway, back to the topic at hand Travel Surfboard Bags. The next key factor when selecting a Travel Surfboard Bag, depends on how many boards you’re taking. If you’re trying to slim down for the airlines sake, there’s a HOST of Slim Doubles that are right up your alley! (Slim Doubles are a relatively new concept designed to hide one board helping you avoid airline fees, that’s why I’m giving the special mention.) Basically, you have Single Travel Surfboard Bags, Slim Double Travel Surfboard Bags, Coffins and Coffins with Wheels. They’re not as self explanatory as they seem. The “Slim Double” I mentioned will hold 1 or 2 boards and is PERFECT for traveling. A standard Double will, in most cases, hold 2 to 3 Shortboards. While a standard Triple will hold 3 to 4 boards; and yes some of our LARGER coffins will hold up to 7 boards! (All this is assuming that you have removable fins.) Keep in mind that a Coffin with Wheels is a stand out if we’re talking about ease of use. How much padding do most Surfboard Travel Bags have? Glad you asked! Part 5 coming soon! (If you want to take bets on how many parts there will be email me…)
First Guest Blog! Scott Llamas: Go Surf Mexico!
BACKGROUND: Scott Llamas has been surfing EVERYDAY for the past three years. (No doubt he got hooked just like the rest of us.) He and his wife (Kate) are beginning to “leave their mark”! (Like previously stated that’s what my blog is all about, so this post is PERFECT!) He just started Go Surf Mexico and “in fact he doesn’t even get the keys for two more weeks, BUT IT’S ALREADY BOOKING!” Anyway, here’s part of his story.
The Best Surf Spot(s) in Mexico (for the other 99% of us) By: Scott Llamas
I accidentally stumbled upon a surf zone that I can’t believe hasn’t gotten more exposure. I know, I know, why am i telling anyone? Because I am so blown away by this spot that I have started a property rental business to accommodate the hoards of surfers that I am certain are on their way.
I accidentally stumbled upon a surf zone that I can’t believe hasn’t gotten more exposure. I know, I know, why am i telling anyone? Because I am so blown away by this spot that I have started a property rental business to accommodate the hoards of surfers that I am certain are on their way.
Before I even surfed, (yes there was life before surfing) my wife and I would often vacation in Puerto Vallarta for the sun and Coronas. Eventually I became a surfer and asked around only to find that there is some great surfing to be found in this area. It is little known because the pros don’t surf here, it lacks the over-the-top, triple-overhead, barreled perfection that Puerto Escondito and other breaks offer during limited windows of perfect conditions. However, what it has is much better for us non-pros who can’t drop everything at the rumor of the right conditions and fly down to Mex on a days notice only to fight for waves amongst the best surfers in the region. What does it have? Try non-stop, year-round, consistent, uncrowded point breaks, and lot’s of them.
The area known as Punta Mita offers more than a dozen reef breaks within a 10-mile zone with northerly and southerly facing exposures which means that if there’s any swell in the water, there’s waves. Best of all many of these breaks have limited access making them very uncrowded for those willing to throw down the $15 each for a boat ride. Would you pay $15 for 3 hours of 100-yd lined up perfection with 2 to 4 other guys?
CONCLUSION: If you’re interested taking a trip to Punta Mita, Mexico, staying at “GoSurfMexico” and having the guys there hook you up with the “local knowledge” we all crave on our third world surf trips, then check out www.GoSurfMexcio.com for more info.