Shipping LA to HI?

[Speak]

Anyone use a freight service for shipping boards from LA to HNL? I'm debating if it's more economical to fly back and forth taking boards with me ($100 charge from Hawaiian), or to use a freight service. I've tried looking into a few companies, but they say the board must be boxed and I need to give the box dimensions for them to quote the price. Does anyone know what the typical dimensions are for a boxed longboard?

Thanks!

 

[GETWET]

Hawaiian has a max length at 9'6", check to make sure that still applies.
I think it will be cheaper with Hawaiian $100 each way.
Good luck.

 

[Speak]

Hawaiian has a max length at 9'6", check to make sure that still applies.
I think it will be cheaper with Hawaiian $100 each way.
Good luck.

To clarify, I'm moving my quiver to Hawaii. So it would take me a bunch of flights back and forth taking boards with me.

 

[Ricksurfin]

I’d box them and send them with Matson.

 

[mason808]

Delta Air Cargo! The known shipper sign up process is tedious though.

I'm pretty sure Alaskan have no charges on surfboards as well, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Bruce Fowler]

In the real world these guys are the pro's.

Hawaiian Island Freight Associaion

I shipped 8-10 boards in several boxes for about $30-$35 per unit to a Honolulu shop.

If you have several boards or more and are willing to carefully pack & box them then you can get them over there w/o too much headache.

I can give exact box dimensions if you tell me how many and what the longest surfboard is.

 

[Speak]

In the real world these guys are the pro's.

Hawaiian Island Freight Associaion

I shipped 8-10 boards in several boxes for about $30-$35 per unit to a Honolulu shop.

If you have several boards or more and are willing to carefully pack & box them then you can get them over there w/o too much headache.

I can give exact box dimensions if you tell me how many and what the longest surfboard is.

Thanks so much for this info!

Boards left to take:
Longest is 9’2. And ideally would like to send 3 if possible! The others I think I have sorted with relatives flying. But if it works out to cheaper, I’d opt to send the others this way also!

Where do you get your boxes from? Thanks again!

 

[Bruce Fowler]

I get boxes from Fiberglass HI in Ventura....... they deliver to Haakenson. If you are down south I imagine you can get them thru Foam EX or Mitch's or someone down there.

I alsowas getting them from U.S. Blanks but they wanted to limit the number per order so I talked to Arctic Foam and longtime friend VP Marty Gilchrist
put me in touch with the company that makes the boxes......... so I talked to them and now I can have them make anything I want at a volume direct price.
That's not you, but when I buy 100-250 boxes, I expect to shave dollars off the price.

 

[Bruce Fowler]

Expect boxes to cost $17 to $25 maybe even $30 for a big multi board one 114"x26"x14"-17" - depends on what size you get. FGH Single 120"x24"x6" runs about $17 and change plus tax....

 

[Speak]

I get boxes from Fiberglass HI in Ventura....... they deliver to Haakenson. If you are down south I imagine you can get them thru Foam EX or Mitch's or someone down there.

I alsowas getting them from U.S. Blanks but they wanted to limit the number per order so I talked to Arctic Foam and longtime friend VP Marty Gilchrist
put me in touch with the company that makes the boxes......... so I talked to them and now I can have them make anything I want at a volume direct price.
That's not you, but when I buy 100-250 boxes, I expect to shave dollars off the price.

How many boards do you typically put in each box?

I guess I would need to get strategic!