Just to keep this thread alive lol:)lieutenantglorp wrote:All that work to save taking out 8 screws? I just strip my board and then wrap it in that foam blanket they use to put under parquet wood tile floors. A roll of it is cheap at home depot and is infinitely reusable . BTW I would not trust styrofoam to protect anything in baggage to be handled by a ramper. You might get lucky, but more likely your bag will be thrown around like a rag doll like all the others. Also, keep in mind your bag may be under several hundred pounds or pressure from bags on top of it in the cargo if it gets loaded first.
My theory is that when you put the board at the bottom of the bag, covered with the protector, with the kites and other gear on top and the fins facing towards the kites and other gear, create a situation where all the pressure you describe is absorbed partially by the kites and other gear between the board and the top of the bag. The styrofoam, then causes distribution of the remaining forces along the face of the board, such that the fins themselves get hardly any pressure
hope to god im right, or ill have to go looking for nobile fins in freakin cancun LOL
