Surfboards and Bus

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Surfboards and Bus

Postby perkinsonline » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:14 pm

I am a just beginning to surf and has just surfed three times and I do really like surfing.

But the problem is that I dont have a car and I have to take the bus to the beach (which is like 2 hours away and always full); and I dont think I could fit a 9 foot funboard (I'm 5"11 and 175 Lbs or 79kgs ) board in bus.

So I am thinking of getting a shorter board like maybe something around 6 to 6.5 feet.

What do you guys think?

Has anyone here learned surfing from a short n light board instead of a soft/funboard?
What do you have to say?

Thanks
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Postby essex sucks » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:30 pm

if u are in the uk they will not let u take a board that big on bus or train the only way for you is too lean to drive or get a left shear with someone and pay them some money for juice hope u find away lol dude

have fun leaning

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Postby dougirwin13 » Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:26 pm

Bus companies down here all carry "no surfboard" stickers :(

Glad I have a reliable car...

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Postby perkinsonline » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:04 am

I am over in Taiwan; the locals here say its ok to use the bus.
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Postby gdude335 » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:03 am

dougirwin13 wrote:Bus companies down here all carry "no surfboard" stickers :(

Glad I have a reliable car...

-doug

here too but the bus driver is hella nice and lets us
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Postby dougirwin13 » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:54 pm

hehe! "Who you know" :)

I know couple who would let me. But I walk or drive when I go for a surf.

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Postby gdude335 » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:48 am

if only i could walk or drive to the beach!
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Postby surf patrol » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:49 pm

(posted by kemmer)
How far is your favorite break? I ride my bike 15 miles to work and it became pretty easy after about a week. I can get to work without breaking a sweat if I take it easy. Get yourself one of these and you\'ll be all set:
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Postby rich r » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:58 pm

Does the bus have a rack on the roof you can just throw the board up on? Get a longboard travel bag and bungee cord it to the top of the bus.
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Postby Sillysausage » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:53 pm

i learned on a 6'2, 18 and a half wide n 2 n a quarter thick, although i was a bit smaller than you, its not impossible
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Postby Sillysausage » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:54 pm

and if you cant get a big board on a bus and the only other option is gettin a shorter board, you have to get the shorter board to be able to lear to surf anyway?
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Postby Rance » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:10 am

hi im in aussie and they let all us groms here use the busses with our surfboards. im learning on a 6" but im preety short but i find it very reliable and easy to carry around somthing that big....... try it out and see if you like it, i live around about 30 mins from the beach and on a bus its 45 mins but just ask the bus driver if you can leave it up the front. :?:
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Postby bluesnowcone » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:48 pm

i take my 6'6" board on the bus all the time
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Postby pacey » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:46 pm

Yup I used to haul my big ass 7'6 mal on the bus from Syndey city to Bondi very regularly - no hassle at all, but had to stand up and sometimes move the board to let people get off - got a bit of damage to the tail as a result.

No extra fare though, and if you're staying all day, not a problem.

Also took the train to Cronulla a few times with the old beauty, never a problem - never a dull moment! :D
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Postby Traviepoo101 » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:54 pm

where i live 6'5 is the biggest your suppose to put on the bus, but ive put my longboard on it before
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Postby RJD » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:15 am

Sillysausage wrote:and if you cant get a big board on a bus and the only other option is gettin a shorter board


No its not!!

Theres a few foldable longboards around, there not too bad, I know there available in the US and Australia. Have one maker in a mag at home, leme se if I can dig it out, ends up very portable in a bag.

Edit :-

Heres one - http://www.bisect.com/

Edit 2: :shock: :!: You may want a word with your bank manager and / or satan though...
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