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Lost Surfboard Discovered After Spending 17 Months At Sea & Drifting 1,500 Miles

Incredible story out of New Zealand where a kite surfer out for a day on the water came across a barnacle covered surfboard and against all odds identified its owner, a surfer located 1,490 miles away across the Tasman Sea. 30-year-old Alvaro Bon was kitesurfing in Raglan Harbour on the North Island when he discovered the ramshackle board on a remote beach. He stashed it and returned days later to retrieve it before posting pictures of it on soc…
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Unofficial Networks broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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