Jeez.. What a bummer.. I can't believe he couldn't find it in the river.. I guess the river must have been flowing strong?

I was coming back from Phillip Island once and our two windsurfing boards plus one surf board lifted off the roof still with the roof racks attached.. It flew through the air and landed on the road behind us.. landing on the roof racks and it slid along the road with no damage.. How lucky was that..

I hope he finds his new board.

DJ

Gee bummer for the poor guy. What sort of roof racks was he using. Soft racks? Hard racks? 4x4 touring racks?

Bummer! Gotta admit I didn't feel completely at ease with the factory roof rack on my Mazda Tribute with my 14' sup on top so now use a good quality soft rack as added insurance.

Mate that is terrible how sick would you feel watching your BRAND NEW BOARD disappear into the abyss.

Good lesson for us all.

Rob

I wonder what a 14ft Naish would cost at "mates rates".

If this board is not found why don't we pass the hat around and put a smile back on this guys face...

cheers froggo

laceys lane said...

hope the guy finds his board, worse thing that could happen
ps i hope you guys aren't crying wolf again after the naish 17 episode

Nah not this time.

paul.j said...

froggo said...

I wonder what a 14ft Naish would cost at "mates rates".

If this board is not found why don't we pass the hat around and put a smile back on this guys face...

cheers froggo

Its a good idea and if not found i would make sure i do my part but it really depends on if anyone else wants to chuck in to the hat. But we will wait and see

Jacko

I'd be happy to chuck in a few bucks.

DJ

If the tide was runninig out when the board went into the drink it would have been sucked out the seaway and then blown onto fingal beach, has he checked with the surf clubs if anything has washed up.

how unlucky is that. still not nice to have a board land on the side of the road but would of been better than losing it all together.

might be worth letting the regular ding repairers know cause there would have to be some damage from the height of that bridge.

Ang,
Did you mean porn shops or pawn shops.
I think Piros knows a few down that way!
Waz

LOL oooppss! Pawn shops is what i ment to write.

Hi guys. I'm the sod who lost his new Naish 14 into the river off the bridge. Can you believe it!. I stayed up on road level for about 15 minutes looking for the board dodging semi trailers and strong winds. Pretty crazy. It was blowing a gale and raining hard so I couldn't see much. I was actually hoping the board was on the road. Below the river looked grey, very grey. The board was in a silver/ grey colour so I couldn't make it out. Anyway, I dropped a big branch that had fallen down from the wind and threw it in the river to see which way the tide was heading. It was around 5.30 NSW time so the tide was still coming in. But the rain and wind were strong so again I couldn't see a thing! I spent the next 2 hours frantically looking on both sides of the river. For a while I was convinced I could see the board in its cover. I was so excited. I drove to get a higher viewing point and alas it was floating garbage. The wind kept up as did the rain. My next destination was the liquor store.
Anyway...ive spoken to all the boat hire guys and a few others that spent their time on the river and they doubt it would have gone out the mouth but I will contact Fingal tomorrow, cos you never know.
By the way your comments have made my day! Also, as I have learned the hard way, tyr not to drive on a bridge with your boards during a big storm. My tie down system wasn't prepared for the very big gust that hit the car. For this I am an idiot! The worst thing didn't happen. The worst thing would have been the board flying off and hitting a passing car. Thanks again. JB

Hi Bizmanti,

Amazing how the board has virtually vanished - I reckon there are plenty of options as to it's location. The wind was v strong and could have blown in behind mangroves if it did land in the drink.

Anyway, why don't we wait a few days to see if it does turn up...

This forum is a great resource and it costs me nothing to learn and be inspired - more than happy to help out with a fundraising effort...

Small amounts from lots of memebers will get you back on the water asap..

cheers froggo

Perhaps a high tide Tweed river exploration trip is in order, when's high tide and where do we meet?

man that totally sucks.

in other unrelated news, i just picked up a new 14ft niash...


and i have a like new cargo rack for sale if anyones interested....