Poster: A snowHead
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All,
I am going on the night train this Friday and was planning on using my backpack that I can strap my board to. Just looking on the Eurostar site it states that equipment (skis/board) need to be in a protective sleeve.
Have any of you had any experience of this?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not tried it but how about just tape a pillow case or two over the board to cover those scary sharp edges, complies with the letter of the rules if not quite the spirit!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I got a tweet response from Eurostar and they just said it needs to be in a protective case. Although something like wrapping it in bubble might do I'm not sure I want to risk it. hmmm
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It would be a rare thing in the UK to see someone with a board not in a case or some sort of sleeve.
That said, in BC it's common to throw them on buses without any wrapping or anything, and I have seen boards come out of the conveyor at airports without any wrapping. They're tough old things, but they'll get beaten up if you let baggage handlers throw them about without something to protect the edges.
On a train... well you know what trains are like. You could stick an unwrapped board in the overhead rack I guess. So I'm sure it'd be fine, although I'd still put it in something. My piste board edges will cut your skin and your clothes, although I don't bother sharpening my powder boards.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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its getting through security I'm worried about. not worried about damage as it will be above my seat.
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Couple of lengths of pipe lag around the nose and tail bungee'd to hold 'em and couple of wraps of bubblewrap would take care of business, or get yourself a dirt-cheap sleeve bag.
You'll probably have to leave the board in the luggage area at the end of each carriage as it'll occupy too much room in the overhead area.
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I took my uncovered board recently on the train from Geneva to Zurich, was easy to put in the rack above the seat, along with ruck sack. No dramas, though I was amused at several passengers expressing surprise at seeing a snowboard on a train, in Switzerland, in January.
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We've used the Eurostar many times, the latest being last week. They really want to reserve the luggage racks at the ends of the carriage for big pieces (e.g. holdalls/suitcases) and will definitely prefer you to put snowboards in the bigger (there are two levels of rack, one for bags, one for smaller items like coats) overhead rack by your seat - we put skis in the larger overhead rack a few years back!
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