The Happy Story of a Cheeky Board:
Swannie, WA.
Saturday 19th.
A jump. A line broke... 
Self rescue. 
Lost Board. 
Easterlies blows for the next few days.
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Wednesday 23rd.
Rottnest Island, 30 km offshore from Swannie.
Phone call.
A snorkeler found the board 4 days after the loss, floating off the western point of Rottnest Island. 
Moral
: write name and phone number on your board.
PS: 4 years ago, the same board was found early in the morning beached 2 km downwind from another self rescue in Swannie the day before. 
Fred
man that's lucky.
I had to do a self rescue yesterday after an "equipment malfunction" about 300m off shore. so I connected my leash to my boards grab handle, so it would just trail behind me and I wouldn't lose it. That frees up your hands for the self rescue. Luckily it was very onshore conditions, so I sailed right to shore in about 5min.
a mate of mine lost his board in Bunbury and it was later found by a fisherman off Rottnest !!
Fred, you still riding that old Airush board I gave you ?
... lucky you! I got blown off my board, hit with a gust and too much wind in a cross-off wind, thought it was just behind me, nothing. Spent next hour cruising up and down looking for it! Lost foreve,r or more likely some one found it but I didn't have my name on it 
Taught me a lesson though!
Good story dude,
cheers,
Robbie
The Airush Switch Pro has been cheriched for years and more to come I find it perfect for riding overpowered, going through the swell and approaching ramps at high speed to jump high :))) It is very bad at staying upwind (coz it needs lots of speed to keep planning) and does not have any pop so I understand that this is no longer a popular board.
I like happy stories
