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Surfboard Lost in Australia Washes up in Raglan 2400km Away

The surfboard drifted 17 months across the Tasman Sea due to the Roaring Forties winds and currents before being found intact by a New Zealand surfer.

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A surfboard has made it thousands of kilometres away from Tasmania in one piece, washing up on a Raglan beach. Alvaro Bon was kitesurfing in the Waikato when...

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Falling from a boat in Tasmania almost 18 months ago, this board had been totally forgotten by its owner before the Frenchman Alvaro Bon, kitesurfing in his lost hours, found it... in New Zealand.

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ABC Australia broke the news in Australia on Sunday, October 26, 2025.
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