sorry if this has been discussed before, but just wondering how you all get your boards to the beach? Van? Pick-up? car? Bus? Bicycle? trailer?
In winter since i don't live far and its all rural, i need 4 wheel drive so this is what i use:
I’m digging your setup/situation. Definitely have had dreams about that sort of thing.
If I have time and I’m willing to settle for the ok-to-every-dog-has-its-day break closest to my house (or similar breaks nearby), I’ll bike the mile or so on my beach cruiser with one in the side-rack and one under-arm, unless it is a Longboard-only kind of day and then I’ll have to drive.
If there is some question as to whether I’ll have to go to better breaks to maximize the marginal swell, or I’m in the time window where I know the crowd won’t be bad at the big name/standout breaks that are a bit farther away, then its by car. Either my Toyota Matrix (can fit a ton of fishes and shortboards inside, and can even fit my 9’4" from windshield to rear gate) or my old Jeep Cherokee.
summer, bike. winter, my truck
Be nice and warmed up by the time you got there, no stretching!
for now i use a 1975 ford f-250 4x4, it works fine but gas aint fun to pay for, currently working on getting a pre 67 vw beetle, then fasten my board(s) to the roof. viva 35+ mpg! ill be able to go to sano every day! except for the damn parking.
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Great Rig! I need to get myself a set up like that.
Are you a fan of 6 volt systems?
I had 5 pre-67 bugs over the years. plus, a 67 and a 68. Heat was awful, too.
We just finished restoring our new shop truck! I can't wait to cruise around during summer with all of the doors open.
Austin
Good for short boards
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Howzit oldskool, Get a early bug with the sunroof that you pull back to open, you can just stick the boards in the roof and off you go. I had one I turned Ole Olsen on to and when he moved to Maui I bought it from him and I loved that car till I got a 71 Dbl cab VW pick up. I think I have owned at least 15- 20 VW's in my life and the last 5 cars I had before leaving Kauai were VW vanagons and a 78' camper, all aircooled.My first car was a 56 baby window and I popped the rear window out, put a hinge on the top of the window and would put my board in there and it would shut tight when I didn't have a board in it. I thin I could rebuild an engine with my eyes shut and there was only 2 VW's in my school when I graduated and by then I had 58' bus made into a camper.Aloha,Kokua
Any of my boards, even my 9’2" Vaquero, will fit inside my 2003 Hyundai Elantra hatchback! (I made sure of this before purchasing the car.) I just remove the fin - easy b/c all my boards are single fins with the standard fin box. I lean the front passenger seat all the way back, put the board in deck down and tail first thru the hatchback, then push it in till it touches the floor on the front passenger side. SO much easier than strapping a board on the roof, no worries about it coming loose or flying off, and I can lock the board securely in the car. (Oh, and I also have a Wonder Bolt in each fin box, super convenient and I don’t even need any tools to put in or remove the fin.)
I usually just carry it by foot maybe bike, no racks or anything. Even my classic logs, which can be a bit of a chore biking a mile with one of them under your arm. Coastal NJ is pretty flat and I live a half block from the beach so…
going to school or on the road, my '96 camry is a champ. I brought back four shortboards to North Carolina from NJ after winter break.
And they were both blonds, naturally.
Howzit ace,What's with the bottom of the board on the right since that can't be intentional and it looks ugly. One thing is depending on what direction the wind is blowing they could get god gas mileage ot bad since they are like sails Aloha,Kokua
I know my Vespa PX 200 would one day get a board paired to it.
Now I’ve got the 4’2" Gut sliding turtle all I need to do is sew up a board bag and sling it over my shoulder.
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Cuttlefish, I like the looks of that last board…
Kinda a bonzer / widowmaker hybrid?
