Surfers Petition KLM And Air France Baggage Rules

Surfers and airlines have a famously terrible relationship. When surfboards arrive at their destination missing fins or broken in half, surfers feel that the bright red 'FRAGILE' stickers are merely targets for bag handlers to aim bigger objects at. On the flip side of the coin, surfers can be overly dramatic about their water scalpels and tend to overreact about dings that may have been there before they left.

This relationship has not improved with time. After almost a full year, a petition against KLM and Air France is gaining some media attention.

This rule does seem a bit unfair when you consider golf clubs, which are twice as heavy and cumbersome, are not penalised at all. However, other sporting goods like cricket bats, snow ski, diving equipment and tennis rackets are subjected to the same size/weight/height requirements.

A peaceful resolution between both parties does not seem likely. Someone will always be getting the short end of the stick when it comes to airline check-in allowances - else we'd all bring everything but the kitchen sink with us on holiday.

If you do feel really strongly about it, you are better off signing a petition than taking matters into your own hands. Take a look at what happened to a disgruntled Belgian student and his friends who tried to take matters into their own hands, after a scuffle ensued with Ryanair officials over extra luggage charges.