Drive with your surfboard safely on the roof rack of your car
Surfboards are a very fragile element. That’s why its fundamental to protect them and place them correctly on the roof of your car to be able to travel with them. In today’s article we are going to talk about 3 necessary accessories for your car to transport your surfboards secured on your van, car or camper.
Factory installed rack/permanent roof rack
If you have the luck of having a rack on your car installed, you will only need rack protectors and tied down straps. The rack covers will protect your surfboards during the voyage from movements and potholes. The tie down straps will keep them in place and avoid the surfboards from getting hit.
Do any types of straps work?
A few years ago it was normal to see cars that had luggage, surfboards, seats or any type of package on the roof rack with some simple rope tying it down. As surfers we recommend you use straps that are appropriate for you sporting material. You can use decathlon straps or Surflogic straps or Ocean & Earth. The tie down straps are a necessary accessory for your car which is cheap and will save you from trouble.
Tie down straps Ocean & Earth: 30€
Tie down straps Decathlon: 18€
How to I place my surfboards on the roof rack?
The second accessory that you will need for you rack are rack covers. Its two protective foam tubes that you place over the rack. We recommend that you try to center them when placing them. After you´d just need to put the boards on top of the protectors using the straps to tie them down. You don´t need to place the protectors too tightly, just try not to leave too much slack or they can fall off.
Rack covers Shapers: 19€
All the accessories you need to move your surfboards can be done for 38€. A cheap and safe option.
No car rack
If you don´t have a car rack or don´t want to invest in them, you can use soft racks on your car roof. The difference of this option is that its relatively economical and its quick to mount and unmount. For less than 60€ you can buy a cheap car rack like the portable rack for cars by Surflogic Soft Racks or even cheaper by Shapers.
Without a doubt the soft racks from Surflogic are a good option for cheap. But there are also other brands like Ocean & Earth, which has up to 3 different models for soft racks. Simple soft racks for 58€, double soft racks for 98€ where you can take from 1 to 4 surfboards or 2 longboards or boards with similar dimensions. Even the Multi-Purpose Rax, which can transport any type of bundle that could be surfboards, snowboards, skis, etc… which you can get for 98€
And here we have the 3 essential accessories to transport you surfboards safely on your car. We hope to have helped. As always all the material and surf accessories at the best price in Single Quiver.