Every surfer's worst nightmare when traveling is their surfboard not being accepted by the airline. That was the recent case ...

A well-known surfer says he pleaded with agents after a reservation swap forced him to leave a backup surfboard behind at the airport.

Surfers, by nature, are nomadic. But embedded in that globetrotting pursuit are a few inescapable pitfalls. Think: layovers, dysentery-inducing airport food, and the much-dreaded oversized surfboard ...