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And its not just individual surfers that this ban affects. BA’s previous surfboard friendly baggage policies used to make them top of the list for the surf tourism industry. Not any more. "We organise hundreds of surf trips within the UK and internationally every year and until now, we have continually recommended British Airways as they have always taken an extremely understanding view on surf board transportation,” explains Chris Thomson, managing director of Errant Surf Holidays. “We were shocked to hear about their decision, and fail to understand it. Their view that "the large size and handling complexities" of surfboards makes them impossible to transport is absurd, especially given that there is no ban on golf clubs, bikes, large musical instruments or a whole range of other sporting equipment.”Heckles are most definitely up in the surfing community, but never fear, the troops are mobilising. The BSA have launched a petition to be delivered straight to the bigwigs at BA in an attempt to revert the decision and of course the obligatory Facebook group has already swung into action. If you’re feeling all power to the people sign up to BSA’s petition at britsurf.co.uk . Click the sign online petition link and follow the instructions. In the meantime it might be worth getting to know Quantas, Virgin and even Ryanair a little better… |
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