Mounting Paddle Board To Roof Rack

Neolife soft roof rack pads with two 15 ft wrap rax straps for surfboard sup paddleboard snowboard kayak 28inch pair blue black 4 2 out of 5 stars 27 36 99 36.

Mounting paddle board to roof rack.

If you re going to put more than one sup on your roof you ll orient them the same way and stack them on top of each other. Tighten the top straps. Since they re so bulky it can be impossible to load onto a typical surf rack or into the back of a car. There are basically two systems to mount a paddle board roof rack.

If you don t have a roof rack designed to stand up paddle boards you can improvise by mounting foam blocks pool noodles soft towels or other soft materials at major points of contact between your board rack and straps. Before you put your board up on the roof to tie it down there s a few things. Finding the best sup roof rack for your car and your lifestyle is one way to make sure you keep using your sup on a regular basis. Lay the paddle board face down fins up with the paddle board fin toward the windshield.

If it doesn t look into a paddle holder that attaches to your roof rack. You place the pool noodles on the roof of your car and put the board safely on them. Dan shows us how to load an inflatable stand up paddle board onto roof racks and gives some advice on when it s ok to travel with your board on the racks. Models that work with a bare or naked roof and those that make use of an existing pre installed rack on your car roof.

Put padding between the sups to prevent damage. After you pad your roof rack you can mount your board. Mounting your sup to the roof rack. Performing this can of course get a little bit more involved than that.

One of the most challenging things about owning a stand up paddle board is transporting it. Once you have the rack spacing dialed take the two bottom straps from the soft racks thread them through the open doors and fasten them together on the inside of your car. Secure the board using the straps by running them inside your car while the doors are open. One that uses an already present rack of the car roof and the other that works with bare roofs the ones without any racks.

It can further be branched out into ones that use two rails running in parallel and others that are dependent on crossbars for loading. Transport your inflatable stand up paddleboard on a roof rack. Start with the longest sup then stack the shorter one on top of it. Put the longest sup on first.

First you need paddling like foam blocks also known as pool noodles and straps. The latter can be divided into approaches that rely on two cross bars for loading and models that just use two parallel rails. If possible use a sup specific roof rack. Before anything goes on the roof rack.