Travelers can now carry 10-foot, 5-inch surfboard bags on Hawaiian and Alaska Airlines flights.

Joel Tudor has shredded plenty of waves on his way to becoming a three-time world longboard surfing champion, but the San Diego resident this week chalked up a win off the ocean.

Hawaiian Airlines and sister brand Alaska Airlines announced a new policy , prompted by a gnarly public relations wipeout spawned by Tudor.

In September, Tudor had taken to social media with videos decrying a Hawaiian gate agent who wouldn’t let Tudor check his 9-foot-6-inch boards on a flight to Oʻahu. The videos went viral on social media and the story got picked up by local and national press.

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