I was charged $175 for checking my surfboard (ca 7 feet in a padded travel bag) from Honolulu to San Francisco. To add injury to insult, my board was severely damaged en route--cracked ("flexed") across the deck of the board about 2/3 up from the tail, and the tail smashed as well. I used to grumble about the $50+ charged in years past, but $175 is excessive. Surfboards are indeed unwieldy, large and susceptible to damage, but they are also comparatively light and damage (particularly the kind of damage my board sustained) is easy to... read full review »