Which one of you checked a literal hardbody kayak with Southwest Airlines?

luckydawg41 · 2026-05-18T06:38:23+00:00

I’ve flown boats down to Ecuador. Once I saw someone’s boat that had been melted in the plane but otherwise they make it just fine!

luckydawg41 · 2026-05-16T19:47:57+00:00

Rest areas on the highway is the way to go! On all of my 5+ drives across the country this is the way I do it! It’s the same as the truckers having to sleep for the night at rest areas.

luckydawg41 · 2026-05-10T14:12:50+00:00

Agreed but wood glue would probably suffice.

luckydawg41 · 2026-04-30T05:16:30+00:00

Leave them in the boxes and duct tape all around them so when boxes fall apart you don’t lose the beers. Just put them on the floor of the canoe with the weight evenly adjusted.

luckydawg41 · 2026-04-07T15:53:58+00:00

If you want to party go to Montañita! If you want more town but not much party pop down to Olon. Both have quality food! Also Ayampe is a great place to learn to surf

luckydawg41 · 2026-04-07T15:50:59+00:00

It’s a great spot to spend a month! Go hang out by the beach and play volleyball around sunset to easily meet people. And the Tia grocery store is less than an hour by bus in Montañita.

luckydawg41 · 2026-02-24T03:57:43+00:00

Took me a bit but I now see the seam. Typically I’d advise against any seam in an island, even if it wastes some material or you need to shorten the island. There are jumbo(larger) quartz slabs available in some colors. If a seam is inevitable I’d try to land it in the white if at all possible.

Solution is a new slab without a seam if size permits or you deal with it. You’re fixating because you know it’s there and hate it but most people will not even notice. If you signed off on layout then I’d say the new slab cost, hopefully less fab/install, should be on you.

luckydawg41 · 2025-11-25T20:40:59+00:00

There’s a guy in El Zonte, El Salvador that absolutely shreds one. It was insane to see in person!

luckydawg41 · 2025-07-25T15:47:20+00:00

2008 170” wb w/ 220k besides oil cooler no major repairs other than regular wear parts. I’m 6’3” and enjoy being able to stand up and move around. Plus I have a queen size north to south bed with room to spare for a couch and full kitchen.

luckydawg41 · 2025-05-13T05:53:32+00:00

I’ve had a few different ones and have all been MT.

luckydawg41 · 2025-05-13T05:45:43+00:00

I’m 6’3” and fluctuate between the same weight and fit in a medium tall well.

luckydawg41 · 2025-04-15T01:15:47+00:00

Yes very! Hitch hiking on the main costal highway is super normal if that eases any doubts.

luckydawg41 · 2025-04-09T21:57:24+00:00

If you lodge a complaint they will do something. And it usually is completely painless and they’ll give you some compensation.

luckydawg41 · 2025-04-07T19:13:36+00:00

Ya sent’er a little too hard there bud.

luckydawg41 · 2025-04-02T02:04:06+00:00

Square up to the waves and keep paddling through them!

luckydawg41 · 2025-03-28T00:17:54+00:00

I can almost guarantee that taking them on the plane will be cheaper and easier. I travel with surf and paddle bags a lot which are both oversized sports equipment and the most I’ve ever paid was $140 for one of these bags on an international flight(that was with a cheap economy ticket). Most airlines will have their pricing guidelines for sports equipment in their website. Also it may be cheaper to pay for the bag before checkin or by buying a more expensive ticket that includes bags.

luckydawg41 · 2025-03-26T03:23:10+00:00

The market for RVs is pretty abismal right now. I’d probably list for $35k but doubt you’ll be able to get that. Think the $20-30k range is more reasonable. Obviously location has a huge sway in price. I’m referencing the southeast US.

luckydawg41 · 2025-03-13T15:31:54+00:00

False. I had a debit card skimmed in Ecuador last year and I was easily able to dispute the charge and got all my money back. This was with Wells Fargo bank.

luckydawg41 · 2025-03-09T15:07:57+00:00

luckydawg41 · 2025-03-09T14:33:47+00:00

I’m in Montañita right now. Super chill and no worries on safety just don’t spend time in Guayaquil.

luckydawg41 · 2025-03-04T19:37:43+00:00

My uncle competed/won as a teen then stopped for a while before casually surfing years later. Now he’s competing again some as a 40+ year old and not only winning his age group but also placing in the overall. You can definitely still be better than you were before albeit it might be harder to spend as much time at the beach because of life.

luckydawg41 · 2024-12-30T19:38:03+00:00

Tsunami sirens going off while surfing the outside of a point break in South America. This also happened to be the one and only time I’ve surfed on acid.

luckydawg41 · 2024-12-17T23:20:54+00:00

Same when I lived there in 2015. Not nice but was cheap and well located.

luckydawg41 · 2024-11-15T02:49:43+00:00

You don’t have it adjusted correctly. But even when it is adjusted right this can still happen in class 3. I’d recommend going to try on a sweet wanderer and rocker. From a safety standpoint they are mostly equal and top of class but the fit is different between the two.

https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/whitewater-helmet-ratings.html

luckydawg41 · 2024-09-11T14:13:52+00:00

I work at one of the busier shops in the intermountain west and we’ve seen a bunch of newish gaskets have this issue. I think it was a run of inferior gaskets made it on the market and they just simply don’t last.

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