Ever landed in a tropical location, hyped to get your surf vacation on only to realize that the baggage monkeys decided to juggle your surfboard? Despite all the pipe foam you put all over the rails, you still managed to get some dings.
Here’s the answer: SOMA Airbag Designs. These dudes developed an airbag that keeps your board cushioned and safe from baggage monkeys. You’d expect the bags to be super expensive but a 6’6″ bag is only $125. I’d say that’s worth it.
More information at the website: http://airbagdesigns.com/
I came across this bag a while back but most recently on http://www.70percent.org/
Anybody out there actually have one of these?
mmm. Foam piping and strategically placed foam blocks does the job.
Theres no need to waste a hundred bucks on a blown up foam bag that is only going to get popped by baggage monkeys or other poop.
Cool, but already saw this on a surf blog bra.
Looks like ya snowmos are finnaly getting some. Sorta, I guess? Wet as fuk down here. Was like mash potatoes when I up on Hood last night. Colder manana I guess? Surf gets good again on Fri thou, but what else is new been a sickalicious winter. Think I’ll surf.
Shred-
@J – I’ve been lucky enough to get my boards through unscathed on the surf trips i’ve been on. But friends of mine on same trips haven’t been so lucky. It’s pretty much a gamble.
I don’t know about you, but i have a board that if it got dinged by a baggage monkey i’d want to kill a mofo.
@Dub – yeah, i know you saw this on a surf blog already. so did i. i mentioned it at the bottom of the post. woke up to a couple inches in Seattle this morn (thurs).
if they made it look like a blow up sex doll or gave it functionality like that I would be all over it….
it has a small hole to inflate with. that might work out for you.
i’d get one just for the sex doll factor.. swappy is genius.. still only single elite.. but genius
These things could double as a ThermaRest too.
looks like a way to blow that extra hundred bucks. been lucky with the baggers on my two surf trips. i need to worry about myself. surfed a brand new board for one day in mex. was admiring it in my room picked it up off the bed and mangaged to put the nose right in the ceiling fan. what the fuck.
all time boner move with new board that i have heard was Tb put his new board in a pool and was tryin to skim across the pool sent it ghost ride style into the edge.
My first thought was…how many little girls can I fit in there? Then my second thought was…I guess it depends how small of pieces I chop them up into.
whoa I had a comment, but it was completely blown out the water by Ki’s.
big ups holmz: datta banger.
oh yeah: as for that airbag: looks dope. The dude’s WWF styles are key: he’s got a nice delivery when it’s like he’s karate expert and he’s all “oh yeah huh how you like maybe oh i dunno ELBOWDROPBOOOM and then hey so what’s this what’s this huh maybe it’s FIFTYPOUNDROLLYBAGTOTHEFACE UGGGHHHH!
I’m buying one based on that, and I don’t even have a surfboard.
Holy shiiz, that’s disturbing Ki.
Now……little boys, that’s a whole different story.
Jesus christ, Northwest is charging 175$ “per board” each f-ing way. At that price, mabye we should just all buy surfboards wherever we are travelling, and sell em afterwards. My Hawaii trip is next month, i’m buying one over there then shipping it back U.P.S. style (a-man, please respect).
that’s ki’s new thing. fuct up comments.
if you see him with a knife…quietly take it away.
Actually what I was thinking was I should buy one of those and just leave it on my boards. I been pretty rough on my boards lately.
if your going to Hawaii, especially Ohau, you mise as well just buy a used board.