"Boardin' Fool" wrote in message
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I'm going to be flying up to Park City early in January. Unfortunately, I
don't have a bag for my gear. I've been looking at the Burton Gig Bag
(cause I don't have a whole lot of money to work with). Is this a good
choice, or should I get one of the higher priced models?

Rick
guttermonkey AT qwest DOT net


The gig bag is not padded so flying with it is iffy. I had it for a road
trip and it was fine but I wouldn't trust it more than that. My friend flew
with his and he took a bunch of foam from work and padded his board with it
and said it was fine but it was a pain having to pack and unpack it.

I bought a 5150 snowboard bag from www.skiandsnowboardhouse.com. It has
enough room to fit two boards and when I used it for my board, I just packed
all my gear with it; boots, bindings, jacket, pants, tools, etc. It's
padded and it's going for $50 now online. I took it on a 4 flights and it's
survived quite well. One of the zippers looks like it got scraped on the
floor. Other than that, it's fine. Only one season on it though.

Good luck finding a bag.

-Bruce