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Perde la sua tavola da surf alle Hawaii e la ritrova dopo due anni alle Filippine

E’ lo strano caso accaduto al surfista Doug Falter che, il 3 febbraio 2018, ha perso la sua tavola da surf alle Hawaii dopo un pomeriggio di onde bellissime. Ha cercato la sua tavola in lungo e in largo a Waimea Bay, scalando addirittura delle rocce per avere una migliore visuale e poter avvistare la sua tavola in mezzo all’oceano, ma ormai era buio e ha sperato che un pescatore della zona la potesse ritrovare. Come racconta Doug su Instagram, sperava che venisse ritrovata a Kauai, luogo in cui di solito vengono ritrovate tavole come la sua dopo questi incidenti in mare. Purtroppo però non ha mai avuto notizie, almeno fino a poche settimane fa.

Due anni dopo quell’incidente è stato contattato da Giovanne Branzuela, un insegnante filippino che è riuscito a risalire al legittimo proprietario grazie ai social media. La tavola era stata ritrovata da dei pescatori vicino all’isola di Sarangani, nel sud della Filippine, sei mesi dopo l’incidente di Doug. Pensando fosse caduta da qualche yacht di passaggio, l’avevano venduta al vicino di Giovanne per pochi dollari. L’insegnante, incuriosito dal ritrovamento, ha contattato via social il produttore della tavola, che ha condiviso la foto su Instagram taggando Falter, riuscendo a mettere in contatto i due. Ora Branzuela si dice felice di poter restituire la tavola al suo legittimo proprietario, appena la pandemia lo permetterà.

 

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– Feb 3rd 2018 I remember I counted seven good rides that session. After catching so many waves I finally wiped out on one and my @lylecarlsonsurfboards board floated away after the leash came off my ankle at around 6:00 pm. I swam as hard as I could to try and get to it. I ran from one end of Waimea Bay across to the other side and scaled the rocks trying to get a visual until it was completely dark. I was really upset as I managed to catch the biggest waves of my life on this board. Thats why it meant so much to me. My hope was that a fisherman might find it. I heard Kauai was a possible landing spot for lost boards like mine. Having never heard from anyone I figured it was lost at sea. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago. @lylecarlsonsurfboards posted about a man finding my board in the Philippines and contacting Lyle via Facebook. Mind you- This is 5,200 miles away! Apparently he bought it from a fisherman to learn how to surf. As bummed as I was when I lost it, now I am happy to know my board fell into the hands of someone wanting to learn the sport. I couldn’t imagine a better ending to this story than to see the sport of surfing begin in a place where nobody surfs. If it weren’t for travel restrictions I would have raised money to bring boards for learning and surf supplies and be on a plane to go and visit Giovanne. I could teach him how to surf and hopefully a few of his 144 students. He is in charge of a school on the islands where my board is and i’m sure some of the kids would love to learn. I guess this means for now the most I can do is raise money to send him a goodie package with wax, leashes, books and magazines for his students to learn english. I just priced out shipping for a box big enough for a couple surfboards and it was 600 USD to go almost all the way to where he is. So at the very least for now I want to send the necessities. We are at about 1,000 dollars. Every penny will go to this cause and Im so excited to put a package together! Thank you to everyone who has donated. It means so much! Link to donate in Bio🏄 Photo – @jdbaluch

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