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Just a heads up to all: traveling internationally with boards is not the same as traveling in the US with boards. I've been all over Europe with my board and you actually aren't allowed to carry it on the plane. Having learned this on a previous trip, I was prepared this summer and strapped my board to my backpack (hiking backpack, as thats what I do in while I'm skating around..). This worked out exceptionally well while traveling within Europe.
Coming through customs in Philly on my way home, nobody said anything to me. I picked up my stuff, carried it to customs, put it on their x-ray conveyor belt and walked through the security check, again, without anyone saying a word to me about my set up. When I arrived at my local airport and saw my backpack without my board I was pissed! Luckily, I attached a name tag with my address to the trucks and when I talked to customer service they told me that Customs and Border Protection detached my board and took it apart to send it through the x-ray machine. I was able to pick it up the next day though.
Long story short: get a travel bag while traveling internationally.
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Really?? Seems like it would be the other way around. Alaska's site says that skateboards must be checked, and basically no sporting equipment is allowed as a carry-on, and Quantas has a ton of stuff bigger than a longboard allowed, but doesn't mention skateboards.
Well, living in Alaska, The only airlines I really have to fly is Alaska airlines, and I have never had a problem with my boards. I have taken my 29" and 36". at most, I have just gate checked them. My 40" I didn't want to take a chance on, though, so I just through it in a duffel bag and tied it up tight. the end of the board stuck out, but it didn't matter.
I always take my guitar with me whenever I travel, and I have yet to have someone tell me I can't take it on the plane with me, and that has been from Alaska, California, Japan, Guam, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, you name it-It's been there.
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The best thing to buy is a hard golf case with wheels if you plan on traveling a lot. I can fit like, 2 big boards... a park board... bucket, pads, gloves, leathers, etc as well as some clothing in mine. Sick.
im on an amarican airlines flight right now, and if your board is less then 45 inches your good to carry it on
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When I went from VANcouver BC to honolulu, i put my Demonseed in a box with slide gloves, helmet extra wheels and a skatetool. When we got off the plane, I prayed to the skateboarding Gods, and the board came
The best thing to buy is a hard golf case with wheels if you plan on traveling a lot. I can fit like, 2 big boards... a park board... bucket, pads, gloves, leathers, etc as well as some clothing in mine. Sick.
whenever i have flown i carry my deck only onboard. act confident, tell them you have done it before, it's always fit (46") and no one ever gives me ####. Just say you have higher authority permission etc. and they will leave you alone.
Works like a charm
About a year and a half ago I got away with flying either Delta or Continental, connecting in Midway Chicago, with my board as carry-on doing this. I had to tell them I'd done it before, and that you can pack the same amount of bags on top of it as if it wasn't there in the over-head.
And I got away with it flying to texas over the summer, with Continental for sure.
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i took mine on AA, and it didnt fit in the overhead. the flight attendant asked the Pilot if it could be put in the captains closet. he said sure.
oh, and TSA regs say that you can bring one carry on, one personal, and well. secretly, an instrument. so i am a bamf, i bring my skate backpack, with longboard strapped on, and filled with my electronics, a laptop bag, also filled with HDDs and stuff, and my acoustic guitar. and its all allowed. i once tried two guitars, and it worked on the way there, but nor on the way back. this worked even on a small Saab frog hopper jet. just be very polite, and courteous. ask if it will fit as you board the plane. act like you care about other peoples space, the flight attendants will figure something out.
ps, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Section B, 27 has a power port, and a mickey Ds with a $1.25 menu. it is by the escalators port, around a corner by the seating, next to the seats. it was ace for a 9 hour layover i had there. i watched the terminal for irony.
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I bought a ticket for the slidefest (buffalo to San diego) and just noticed their new policy so I'm thinking about carrying on my longboard in the plane: US Airways | Fly with US
I'm wondering if anybody managed to carry on their board recently with US airways (inside the US)?
Seattle to SF to Boston to Chicago to Seattle, no worries.
Whats with the Boeing 757 though. Something to do with the # of seats to overhead bin size ratio, but if the plane is full, all the space gets filled and they start gate checking stuff. Not a problem for me (my backpack fits under the seat and my board slides in on top of the bags in the overhead) but about 3/4 of the way thru boarding everyone with those massive square wheelie cases has to turn them over for gate checking. It happened twice this weekend, both on that model of plane.
I'm wondering if anybody managed to carry on their board recently with US airways (inside the US)?
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Why risk it?
its not the aiiways that counts, Its montreal airport security that wont let you get in with.
you're just gonna be super pissed after being turned around after waiting 30 minutes in line.
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