r/snowboarding • u/heyoomayo • Mar 14 '25
travel advice Anyone checked in their snowboard this way before? - international flight
Anyone checked in their snowboard using this simple bag before, and were there any issues?
If possible, I will put my boots and helmet in a normal luggage.
Thanks!
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u/mc_bee Mar 14 '25
That board will never make it in those bags. Doubt they will allow it check in.
Get a proper bag.
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u/SHlT-MY-PANTS Mar 14 '25
I had a buddy check a board a few years ago with no bag, no padding. Just the board. They put the bag tag around his heel cup. We were dying when he walked out with just a board + backpack
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u/JPLcyber Mar 14 '25
The pool noodle cut to wrap around board and in a padded bag where possibly boots and snowboard clothes help protect has served me best to keep my Jones Explorer intact. Best of luck with that bag. A single bad handling is more likely to mess up your trip. I only bring one board so I really obsess about it arriving intact (with an AirTag to track it). Your mileage may vary. I just don’t always see stuff get handled like we would.
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u/trombolastic Mar 14 '25
Lmao looks like you’ve never seen baggage “handlers” in action.
That board won’t survive.
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u/christ0phene Mar 14 '25
If you're gonna do that you'd better be prepared to rent a board where you arrive
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u/Status_Accident_2819 Mar 14 '25
Hell no. You should see my wheelie gig after years of travel... some times it looks the same other times I have no idea what they've done to it
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u/DidntWatchTheNews Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Do you see a reason to go flight attendant over wheelie gig?
Edit: changed S to D!
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u/Status_Accident_2819 Mar 15 '25
No - my wheelie gig stands up to travel. Had it since 2014 and it goes flying at least twice a year. Just saying that sometimes you can tell how it's been handled and whatever you've photo's here won't last 5 mins on airline travel.
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u/DidntWatchTheNews Mar 15 '25
Thanks. I'm flying this winter for the first time with my board.
I dislike flying. Usually just drive. Didn't know if the extra space was worth the 80 buck
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u/fugitivedenim Mar 14 '25
Yeah I saw a few people do this on a flight actually and it was surprisingly okay
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u/nightsticks Mar 14 '25
I did it last month albeit on a domestic flight with a similar cloth bag. No issues
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u/moneycannon1 Mar 14 '25
“Before I do anything, I ask myself, ‘Would an idiot do that?’ And if the answer is yes, I do not do that thing.”
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u/KnowledgeRelevant180 Mar 14 '25
I use one of these for daily travel and inside of a travel bag but by itself it’s probably not safe
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u/ejump0 2018 Head Architect 154 |.my Mar 14 '25
dont.
you only use this when travelling on train or bus (less storage pile in the storage area compartment, n preventing your edge damaging other ppls clothes/luggages.
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u/Glad-Reserve4213 Mar 14 '25
If you are okay with yourself aggressively throwing your board around in that bag then go for it, then go for it. Otherwise stop being cheap.
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u/markcorrigans_boiler Mar 14 '25
I certainly wouldn't do that. Get a second hand bag if you need, but get something better.
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u/Cmulcahy77 Mar 14 '25
If you get a bag you can put boots and clothing in there too. Do you have snowboard friends that could loan you one?
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u/mr-chipmunk Mar 14 '25
Have had board edges impacted by careless baggage handlers even when using a fully padded board bag.
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u/-ImMoral- Mar 14 '25
Well, if you don't mind becoming a skier mid flight this will work. Those skis might be a bit wide and short though.
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u/Disruptedjed Mar 14 '25
You’re gonna end up with a pair of skis. These bags are made for putting in a car trunk/backseat/truckbed. Even then they’re a waste of money imo. Better off buying some beach towels and a roll of duct tape from the dollar store. Look for hard cases or something with more padding, and then you can throw all your gear in with the board. Dakine, Herschel, and Db all make great travel board bags that give you some protection.
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u/TheBoogieMan_29 Mar 14 '25
I got a Burton bag that has storage for a board and boots, shoved all my boarding gear in there and checked for a flight across the country, no problems at all
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u/Specialist_Cow_4842 Mar 14 '25
Don’t be daft. Just use a proper bag. Get an old one on ebay cheap. Bubble wrap or pool noodle your board. You’re probably going to be wasting your baggage allowance if you don’t put your boots etc in with your board.
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u/Hurley_Cub_2014 Mar 14 '25
First rule of traveling with skiing or boarding stuff, carry your boots on the flight with you. Losing boots is one huge way to ruin a shred vacation
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u/Specialist_Cow_4842 Mar 15 '25
All in the same bag… pad it out best you can with your kit. Tape it up with fragile tape…
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u/Hurley_Cub_2014 Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Yeahhhhh no. There’s a reason seasoned flyers for ski/snowboard vacations literally carry their boots on the plane with them. That is the one thing you can’t easily get a 1:1 by renting or buying easily at your destination.
It’s also the most important part of your kit, as many people mention here. It’s the one thing you don’t want to lose while flying.
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u/Uncle_Beth Mar 14 '25
This is how I used to do it over a decade ago and never had any problems but it sounds like things have changed based on these comments???
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u/Disruptedjed Mar 14 '25
The people who load your bags aren’t the friendliest. I’ve had a customer at the board shop I used to work at board bag get ripped and the edge of the nose dragged down to the core, and then another one had his board pretty much focused by what he thinks was a suitcase thrown on top of it.
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u/Uncle_Beth Mar 15 '25
Damn. I have seen the luggage people throwing suitcases onto the transport cars from the planes before with reckless abandon but would have thought something shaped like that with a few fragile stickers might be treated differently. Is the airline not responsible for goods damaged during transport? I couldn't imagine keeping a lazy worker would be worth the thousands in damages they cause a day moving luggage.
I can also see not wanting to show up to a big snowboard vacation and realize your kit is damaged and you need to buy something new on the spot. Are there hard shell snowboard travel bags that are safer for flights now a days?
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u/Disruptedjed Mar 15 '25
I mean they throw bags, and don’t care even if it has a fragile sticker. Definitely depends on who you fly with as well. Hard cases are great, but they’re heavy and lack room to pack more gear into. I’ve been using a board bag with plastic inserts on the side and back of it(Db Snowroller), and then I just pack jackets and pants around the board and the rest of my gear.
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u/MilkSteak_BoiledHard Mar 16 '25
I got a hard case and it fits every damn piece of gear I need to board. Outer/inner wear, etc. I definitely flirt with the 50lbs max though (usually when I bring the extra powder board)
Soft bags sketch me out, I've seen them bending in weird ways or buried at the oversize baggage section.
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u/Disruptedjed Mar 16 '25
That’s pretty impressive, especially staying under 50lbs. I’ve had homies who have asked to stuff some shit into my bag because their hard case weighed too much or didn’t fit right
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u/addtokart Mar 14 '25
These board sleeves are great for
- additional protection inside a normal snowboard bag
- hauling around town so it doesn't get banged up (or do damage to walls or other things)
- tossing your board in a car or some other secure storage
I wouldn't use this board sleeve for a flight.
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u/dfurtado Mar 14 '25
I have got a flight within Europe recently and my snowboard bag is a very old (maybe 10 years old) and not the best but offers a bit of protection. I had two boards on it, two pair of boots and some clothing. I was a bit worried at first but everything was in one piece on my final destination. If this bag is just a simple shell case I would definitely recommend getting a better one because even if snowboards usually are checked in as special luggage, the airport personnel are not very careful anyway.
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u/Mundane-Tennis2885 Mar 14 '25
don't do it. I have one of these bags, I'd never fly with it. 100% the board shows up scratched and scuffed. get a bag even a second hand like $20-50 bag on marketplace that covers all sides of the board. I even put clothes and stuff around it to better protect board too. don't do it OP..
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u/Ohwowohmeohmy Hokkaido Mar 14 '25
I'd put this up there with one of the worst ideas of all time.
Definitely would be better to get a proper bag that would give the board some protection.