carrying skateboard

amyl · Oct 5th, 2005, 21:49

hey are skateboards allowed on planes? am sure they are but just worried how i can carry it.i cannot fit it in my main big bag so just wonjdering if i can carry it with my handbag and just drop it at my feet when sitting in the plane. i donot have airtravel experience so please help.

guerik · Oct 6th, 2005, 06:22

As long as your hand luggage is undersized and it doesn't have any knives attached I can't see why there'd be a problem.

Are you bringing it to use in India though? The roads aren't very well suited to it, even in big cities. The only place I can think of that would be fun for the board is Jantar Mantar (http://images.google.com.au/images?q...r+mantar&hl=en) but I'm pretty sure they don't encourage it there

bijapuri · Oct 6th, 2005, 08:12

forget about skateboarding in India
there isn't a meter of smooth pavement in the whole place!!!

amyl · Oct 6th, 2005, 14:23

now not again!!!....please do not start on the dire state of indian roads....i know its not in the best state.....
Mumbai is at times better but look at Pune.....gosh!!!!! the entire city has gone completely bad...on bike i feel like i am taking the age old road paved at the time of Shivaji Maharaj...bumby bumpy khadbad khabad ..........pot holes,craters my god!!!! not to mention that suffocating dust all around on the roads.
heck these government ppl! aah!!! forget it!

last week in mumbai two brothers(the only kids to their parents) were crushed to death by a dumper. these illfated kids were trying to avoid a pothole on the way back from school on cycle

well, the place i live in Mumbai is very much for such things..nice roads..a not very busy train station where i can use the parking lot and even the platform........so no worries about the place to have fun on wheels.

and guys/gals please change this notion that India is a land devoid of good roads. soon i am going on a (very)small skating tour in a Konkan Ghat near my place then i will show how much fun one can have on indian roads with small wheels.
u better watch! i know its risky to death but if u take calculated risks anywhere u will have the thrill besides the fun. just see that u r good at calculations tho

anyways.... well actually i have asked my bro coming down from Holland to carry one but he is one of those who do not want hassles at airports so just wanted to convince him that he can carry it in the plane...i did see guys carrying Guitar in the plane which is more or less the same size and weight as a board.
so he can carry it, probably wrapped in some cover along with his handbag, with him. right?

guerik · Oct 6th, 2005, 14:36

Hey if you're up to it, why not?

I can't see why it would be a problem on the plane though - he'll have to make sure that his other carry on is very light though, the airlines have been pretty strict about the carry-on lately

amyl · Oct 6th, 2005, 14:45

hmm lets see...

hey that indeed wud be fun at Jantar Mantar yeah!!! but the officials won't understand our fun and will kick us out for sure

guerik · Oct 6th, 2005, 14:50

Officials are so boring. Every time I go to the JM I always wish I had a skate board with me - not that I've ridden one for years!

GoanCanuck · Oct 8th, 2005, 12:36

You can skateboard in Assagao which is not very far from Anjuna.
http://www.sk8goa.com/dapark.htm

bijapuri · Oct 8th, 2005, 14:09

my bad for not seeing you're from Mumbai, and obviously know places to skate.

However, you MUST contact the airline on which you are flying to find out FROM THEM what is permitted. No one knows but them.

Oct 5th, 2005, 21:49	#1
amyl 21st Century Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapura.......in Babenhausen, DE for a while Posts: 1,850	carrying skateboard hey are skateboards allowed on planes? am sure they are but just worried how i can carry it.i cannot fit it in my main big bag so just wonjdering if i can carry it with my handbag and just drop it at my feet when sitting in the plane. i donot have airtravel experience so please help. __________________ a'mar kono chinta nei

Oct 6th, 2005, 08:12	#3
bijapuri Lord of Kalinjar Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: the real surf city Posts: 2,646	forget about skateboarding in India there isn't a meter of smooth pavement in the whole place!!! __________________ lookit me!!!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bijapuri/ Utube fuzzy logic: http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=bijapuri&p =r

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Oct 6th, 2005, 06:22	#2
guerik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,038	As long as your hand luggage is undersized and it doesn't have any knives attached I can't see why there'd be a problem. Are you bringing it to use in India though? The roads aren't very well suited to it, even in big cities. The only place I can think of that would be fun for the board is Jantar Mantar (http://images.google.com.au/images?q...r+mantar&hl=en) but I'm pretty sure they don't encourage it there

Oct 6th, 2005, 14:23	#4
amyl 21st Century Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapura.......in Babenhausen, DE for a while Posts: 1,850	now not again!!!....please do not start on the dire state of indian roads....i know its not in the best state..... Mumbai is at times better but look at Pune.....gosh!!!!! the entire city has gone completely bad...on bike i feel like i am taking the age old road paved at the time of Shivaji Maharaj...bumby bumpy khadbad khabad ..........pot holes,craters my god!!!! not to mention that suffocating dust all around on the roads. heck these government ppl! aah!!! forget it! last week in mumbai two brothers(the only kids to their parents) were crushed to death by a dumper. these illfated kids were trying to avoid a pothole on the way back from school on cycle well, the place i live in Mumbai is very much for such things..nice roads..a not very busy train station where i can use the parking lot and even the platform........so no worries about the place to have fun on wheels. and guys/gals please change this notion that India is a land devoid of good roads. soon i am going on a (very)small skating tour in a Konkan Ghat near my place then i will show how much fun one can have on indian roads with small wheels. u better watch! i know its risky to death but if u take calculated risks anywhere u will have the thrill besides the fun. just see that u r good at calculations tho anyways.... well actually i have asked my bro coming down from Holland to carry one but he is one of those who do not want hassles at airports so just wanted to convince him that he can carry it in the plane...i did see guys carrying Guitar in the plane which is more or less the same size and weight as a board. so he can carry it, probably wrapped in some cover along with his handbag, with him. right?

Oct 6th, 2005, 14:36	#5
guerik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,038	Hey if you're up to it, why not? I can't see why it would be a problem on the plane though - he'll have to make sure that his other carry on is very light though, the airlines have been pretty strict about the carry-on lately

Oct 6th, 2005, 14:45	#6
amyl 21st Century Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapura.......in Babenhausen, DE for a while Posts: 1,850	hmm lets see... hey that indeed wud be fun at Jantar Mantar yeah!!! but the officials won't understand our fun and will kick us out for sure

Oct 6th, 2005, 14:50	#7
guerik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,038	Officials are so boring. Every time I go to the JM I always wish I had a skate board with me - not that I've ridden one for years!

Oct 8th, 2005, 12:36	#8
GoanCanuck Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 3,398	You can skateboard in Assagao which is not very far from Anjuna. http://www.sk8goa.com/dapark.htm

Oct 8th, 2005, 14:09	#9
bijapuri Lord of Kalinjar Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: the real surf city Posts: 2,646	my bad for not seeing you're from Mumbai, and obviously know places to skate. However, you MUST contact the airline on which you are flying to find out FROM THEM what is permitted. No one knows but them.