British Airways is refusing to reverse a decision to ban surfboards as check-in baggage on all its flights from November 6.
BA said surfboards were being added to a list that includes windsurfing boards and sails, hang-gliders, kayaks and canoes, vaulting poles and javelins.
However, golf clubs, bicycles, fishing rods and even snowboards will still be accepted.
The British Surfing Association is among those fighting against the ban.
We'd find it extremely hard to believe that the average Mini Mal surfboard would be more difficult to handle when compared to a double bass and a full bag of golf clubs, Karen Walton, national director of the BSA, told the Times Online.
Ms Walton said British surfing teams have previously chosen BA mostly as a result of their generally fair baggage policy.
Current world number one Mick Fanning, a BA platinum card holder, said the ban would prevent him competing in tour events in Europe.
BA said the ban would affect few of its passengers, as it carried only two or three surfboards a day for 100,000 daily passengers. - Travelpress travel news
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British Airways Bans Surfboards
