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"Should you use a snowboard bag on your
roof rack? The low-down on snowboard bags and protection" |
by Frosty Rider
- April 8, 2008
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Dakine and
Burton make some awesome board bags. If you are just
going from the closet at home and into the car to drive to
the mountain and want something to store your stuff in, then
you don't need too much of a bag. Something with some
moderate padding will do (like the DaKine Pipe or
Freestyle).
If you are taking your board on an airplane, you want
something more like the Dakine High Roller or Burton
Wheelie. The pricier it is, the more padding and room
you get.
NOTE: Here is a little tid bit for ya. If you
are putting your board up on a roof rack (exposed kind not
the box carrier kind) you better darn well put a bag over
it! (the cheaper ones have less padding and are perfect
for this). "But Frosty," you might ask, "I saw the pro
snowboarders in on that movie and they had their boards up
on the roof rack on their SUV and that's the way we should
all do it, right?" ... Wrong! Pros, as cool and talented
as they are, get paid to be posers. Sad but true. The
movie sponsors want you to see their shiny new products as
the Land cruiser zooms past the camera in the shoot. The
truth of the matter is that having your board up on the
Thule or Yakima rack exposed is hell for it ... ABSOLUTE
HELL! I cant think of anything worse for your base than
road grime and
mag chloride. Your base will lose glide, bolts rust,
edges separate from p-tex and top sheet will delam way
faster unless you cover your ride on the way to the
mountain. Get a cheaper bag. Keep it in the garage for
when you are ready to cruise to the mountain. Put your
board (with bindings on it) in the bag and fasten that to
the roof rack. Arrange it so the straps to not slack so
they don't slap the roof of the car when at speed. (small
bungee cords may be useful). Once at the mountain parking
lot, take the bag off the roof and pull out your shiny board
and bindings and take the bag and shake all the crap off it
and put it in the trunk or somewhere. Then look to the sky
and give Frosty props, then go rule the slopes
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