Traveling with glass on fins? any packing tips?

making my usual exodus back to maui for the summer a little late and this time im bringing a stick with glass on fins… last summer when i brought my board out there the tail block picked up a nice smash so i would only assume the fins will eat it pretty bad this time around…

 

for those of you who ship/travel with boards in a board bag got any tricks for protecting the fins?  so far I’ve throught of putting shoes on each side of the trailer but im not sure how to defend the twins

a big foam block with slots for the fins works well…

Ya what keithmelville said !

awesome, thanks keith, i'll have to try that

 

are you going to be on maui again this summer?

look around for some scrap packing EPS or left over EPS

cut in the shape of a tail block and pack around or rout out some slots for the fins to fit through and stack layers till you match the fins height.

Same thing those mattress soft foam blocks they sell do.

If you order alot of stuff from amazon or know someone who does they stuff their over sized boxes with these air pillows you can tape around your fins.

foam is the best

In the past I just got some cheap plastic kids footballs from a toy shop and taped them to the sides of the fin or if it's for a thruster get a big chunk of soft sponge/foam & cut fin slots into it & place over the top. It should stay in place inside the board bag.

I took some eps from a failed compsand blank and just cut it up to fit around and between the fins, seems pretty legit.

i know those packets your talking about bernie there good stuff but too bad theres none around here, would of save me alot of work.

 

thanks everyone for all you've contributed, hopefully when i leave weds all goes well!