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[jkiss]

Hi
My name is Joe and I'm from Melbourne . I'm 47 years old and just bought a mini mal board.I going to share the board with my sons 13 and 16 . I'm sorry for my grammar but I'm Hungarian. My main interest would be how to transport the board on the top of the car . I have no roof racks and we travel to Pambula .Could you please help me where can I get some information on this subject.
Regards Joe

[Danoz]

Hey Joe and welcome to surfaus.

Good to see you're getting into surfing As for the transportation... The easiest way its probably roof racks... at BigW or Kmart you could pick up a cheapish set for around 30 bucks and getting some okkey straps or some other form of tie to secure your board... I have seen some other types of racks (soft staps) which have some strapping that loops around the car (over the roof and then comes in above the doors and through the interior roof... I am a bit sceptical of these for Malibu's.... Best thing to do would be to head down to your local autobarn or supercheap auto (look in the yellow pages) and have a look around at those sorts of thing, personally I would go roof racks.

One thing i will say is, your Malibu will (might) get damaged on the roof from the strapping and pressure of holding it down, so i would definately invest in a board cover (not one of the silver more expensive ones) but one of the soft bags (usually have a stripped appearance) as they do the job, prevent wax from getting on your car and protect the board whilst travelling and storing at home, although if a brick or heavy object were to come in contact with it, it really would not do to much, however for small impacts its perfect and quite all right to protect your Malibu on the way to the surf

[jj_jameson]

Hi I'm JJ. I've just started surfing and I love it!

[Danoz]

Hey and welcome JJ to the forums

Glad to hear you have started surfing

I take it from your other post you surf Newcastle NSW ?

[Russ]

hey im russell im 19 and im from victoria where its always cold and horrible!

iv been surfing sicne i was 15 and and i still think its the most awesome stuff ever.

(and yeah im a girl even though my name doesnt say it!)

[Danoz]

hahaha no worries nice to meet you russ

welcome to the site

[tbar]

Hi I'm Terry
I'm at Caloundra Sunshine Coast. Been teaching my kids 6, 8 & 9 to surf the last few months and am getting back on a board myself after a 28 year absence. Why the wait? Someone stole my board in 1980 and I never got around to replacing it.

[Danoz]

Hey welcome Terry, definitely a good idea. Would be great fun surfing with the kids to

ps : welcome to the site

[donovan]

Hi im Bishop from Victoria, i surf the mornington peninsula mainly gunnamatta and point leo.
Anyone local??

[Danoz]

Hey and Welcome Bishop - there might be some locals not sure - perhaps post some pics or a small blur about your surfing grounds to see if anyone is from around there