Hi there, this is Robert Stehlik with Blue Planet Surf Shop in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thanks for watching, today I'm going
to demonstrate how to strap a board onto your car in less than 30
seconds using one strap. Now a couple things to pay attention to are: you need a strap that's strong with a solid buckle that you have confidence in and will not slip. You also need a long strap, this one is a 20-foot long strap, we sell them at our shop in packs of two 20-foot straps for twenty-five dollars, so this
is a good investment and you can use them for a long time. So this is the fastest way I know how to strap a board to a car, there are a lot of different ways of doing
it. So why am I doing this video? Ok, the other day I was waiting for a parking spot at the beach and a guy had his
board on the car just like this, ready to go. He was changed ready to drive away and
he was leaving so I thought I'd wait around for him. It took him about 10 minutes to strap that board on this car. So if you're like me you'd rather catch a
couple more waves stay out a little bit longer in the water and not waste 10
minutes fumbling around with a strap, so I'm going to show you how to do this
quickly and easily and safely and actually even though it took him 10
minutes it wasn't even a good strapping job, it was actually unsafe. Ok, so first of all you start out with a long
strap and you also need to have roof racks that are solid on your car, they
can't be sliding back and forth. If they're not really tight make sure that
you tighten the roof rack down to your car so there's no sliding or wiggle room.
I'm going to show you how to put a board on your car in 30 seconds or less using
one strap. Ready- Set -Go! The strap goes over,
underneath, basically just looping the strap all the way around the board, twisting it a little bit so it doesn't make noise when driving. Put the strap into the buckle from the bottom up,
always. Tighten it down real nice and then I stick the rest of the strap in my car, so I don't need to tie it off. 28 seconds all done! The board is on there securely, not going to come off and you're done. More time in the water if you do it that way. Thanks for watching and Aloha!