Yo Bryan, saw your post on nwkite, have we met?

[sputnik]

hey saw you're coming to the gorge, I spent the winter in sarasota with the WI crew, maybe we can hook up in da hood , river that is
Gene

ps congrats Billy

[bryanleighty]

Ya man.. myself and my friend Dan should be up there the last week of June / first week of July. My dad lives about 30 miles from Hood River. I grew up in Oregon.. whole family is there.

I am trying to make them all understand that I am flying across the country to kite and *if* I can spare some family time, then they should all feel lucky.



I'm super excited.

I'll post to ya when the days are finalized. Should be set in a couple weeks or so.

Know any where in the area that rents boards? Dont want to have to bring ours over if we dont have to.

-Bryan

[sputnik]

try big winds in hood river, they might rent, and for a fact used to demo boards

[BigR]

Yo Bryan, easy to find rental or demo boards there, Big Winds does, But WHY?

It'll be zero to cheap to bring one versus renting one which would be $35 a day??? :shock: :roll: :cry: ops:

Even if you rent it you still have to lug it around, I would reccomend a 130-140cm board as the only board you'll need

[toby wilson]

Isn't the charge to check a board on a plane something like $50 or $100??? Just interested to know what they are charging now...they were charging $50 for a surf board several years ago when I longboarded...

[BigR]

Depends on the airline and the size of the board and destination and how nice you are

When I travel to / from puerto rico on american airlines I always get charged no matter the size of the board

When I travel to the Gorge with my small board I hardly never get charged for a small board

Advice, pack small underweight packages and tell 'em its a wakeboard or wakeski or boogieboard:lol: That'll almost always get the small boards thru gratis

[toby wilson]

Thanks!!!

[BizB]

FWIW - when I flew down to Florida last week, I put my Jarvis 148, my pump and my impact vest into a Burton snowboard bag (166).




On the way down, I was asked "Is there a snowboard in the bag?" and I was able to answer "Yes" because I had but my daughter's board in there. On the way back, no questions asked. No charge either flight.

Flying to Florida in April with a snowboard... that's not so odd.

[bryanleighty]

is there a "difference" to the airline if its a snowboard or a wakeboard or a kiteboard???

i know that many companies have the "golf" bag.. thinking of getting one of those. maybe even hitting some thrift stores to see if i can get a golf bag to accomodate gear..

[BizB]

Yeah, the "difference" is $50.00 each way. I was all prepared to call it a kite-ski if they asked.