As soon as you have purchased your very first surfboard, it is inevitable that you will desire to firmly transfer your surfboard to and from the beach. When you initially begin your look for a surf board rack, you will quickly discover that you have three options. Tie down straps, soft racks, and hard racks. If you do not wish to invest a strong $100 + or more on a difficult rack, you can either get a soft rack or some easy restrain straps. If you currently have a rack on your vehicle you can expect to invest a lot less cash compared to one without. Although with some resourcefulness, securely delivering your surfboard can still be fairly cheap for those without pre-installed vehicle racks.

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The very first, and cheapest alternative, is to go with some simple tie-down straps. These straps cover over your surf board and go through the doors of your car. Most can be tightened up and loosened from inside the automobile, although this usually depends upon the strap. Low-cost surf board pads can also be bought which you can lay your surf board on. This secures both the roofing of your car, in addition to the your surf board. If you would rather not buy surfboard pads, some kind of a towel is a great idea, particularly if you are driving a very short range. If you make use of a towel, make certain to wrap the board entirely where the straps will certainly be placed. Just positioning the towel between the vehicle and surf board can cause it to come out and flap in the wind, or even worse wedge its method out. If you have racks currently on your car or suv, you can purchase pads that are developed to review the crossbars of these racks. Then you can utilize your tie down straps in the same ways as you would without pre-installed racks.

If you don’t such as the idea of straps or towels, or do not have pre-installed racks, you can always buy a soft surfboard rack. Soft surf board racks are essentially the towel(pad) and strap concept integrated. They work in the same manner as most tie-down straps, however have a pad already in place for the surf board to push. This makes things much easier and you don’t need to search for your straps and pads each time you desire to head to the beach. However, they are a little more costly than the strap/ towel combo, however are typically quicker to establish. Take down time is about the exact same for both straps and racks.

Please be encouraged that any soft rack, towel or strap that comes into contact with seawater will ultimately scrap your car. When the water vaporizes salt is left and can develop up over time. This can and more than likely will scratch the top of your vehicle the next time you use them. Make sure to keep all raps and straps from getting wet with seawater. This can be done by storing you surfboard racks and straps in your vehicles, and making use of a towel, one not used as a pad, and wiping down your surfboard prior to putting it back on your vehicle. It would also be smart to rinse your soft rack and straps every as soon as in a while with warm fresh water to assist remove salt construct up.

Hopefully by now you have some concept of the alternatives you now have when it concerns delivering your surf board to and from the ocean. Whatever alternatives you choose, just be sure to utilize the appropriate surfboard racks and surfboard straps for the size of your surf board and you should not have any problems.