Hi all, I'm off to mentawaii islands next month and I'm unsure if I should bubble wrap my boards or just use towels, will be taking 3 boards and have a fcs travel bag. Any thoughts

Sham1984 said..
towels and rashies have always worked for me. never had any rail dings in transit

I also picked up some nose and tail protectors made from high density rubber.. you can get them as pin, square or swallow tail.. definitely worthwhile purchasehttp://www.thesurfboardwarehouse.com/p-1025-prolite-nose-tail-guards-br-pin-fish-swallow.aspx

+1

I did that trip in 09, Sham is on the money. I stuffed cloths and anything soft around every part of the board.

Boat or land camp?

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Surfing/Shortboards/Im-goin-to-the-Mentawais-in-Sept/

When I do my indo trips I don't take any luggage except for my board bags. I just pack all my clothing and any other soft kit into the board bag to pad it out. Reduces my baggage cost and protects my boards. Win/win.

If it's a film trip then yeah, different story. If I'm going to any more remote places I'll take a bail-out-bag as carry on, other than that, everything goes into the board bags.

For my board with glassed in fins I considered just buying a chunk of foam from clarke rubber and cutting the fin slots in it.
I am inherently lazy and ended up just using clothes. Never had a drama. Those fins lasted a lot of plane trips before I broke one off in Yallingup...off to the graveyard for that board.

I also just throw everything in my board bag. Usually I try to stuff the nose and tail of the bag but getting pretty lazy these days.

Then just a back pack carry-on. Sweet!