I thought the crew online you'd love to hear about my maiden voyage.

had a sweet grey monday morning at the point all to myself, mod sideoff shore wind and 2-3ft.

first time i had the Naish 9"3 Hokua out in decent waves and was frothing on the performance and fun i was having.

i decided to push it a bit and tried a floater on a closeout and nosedived the drop.
with a brisk tug and then nothing i new the board was free.

i surfaced to see my baby swimming free towards the rocks.
i think my brain hit a short circuit but i made the right decision. (leave the paddle and do a trevor hendy for the board) i manged to touch it before she was free again and then gone.

I made it to the rocks climbed up and found the board in better condition then i thought it would be.

only damage was 3 dings on the rails, some cat scratches on the bottom and a smashed in center fin (old windsurf one anyway)
so i decided to venture back out surf style and look for my paddle.

On a grey now onshore frontal white out the odds of finding a carbon black paddle are less then 99.9% but hey there it was holding its hand out waiting for me.

so after an arvo in the ding shop and still with a paddle in hand im ready for tomorrow.

good luck i hope you do better then me

LOL So many times i've used that label attachment as a makeshift leggy rope
Still goin' strong!
Good to hear your boards ok I did the same a Moffats reef once... Board was fine!