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LOST YOUR KITEBOARD? Read this!

Updated: May 29, 2019


Sooner or later, we all go through this experience. Sometimes we get lucky and find the kiteboard, but sometimes not.


As this happened to me just a week ago, I lost my kiteboard and then found it again, I would love to share with you a few tips on how you can increase your chance of finding the kiteboard.


If you can see the kiteboard, do this:


1. Keep an eye on the kiteboard and body drag upwind towards your kiteboard.


2. If you can't reach the board because of the waves/current, ask someone who´s kitesurfing around you if they could fetch the kiteboard for you - buy him/her a beer as a thank you :)



Twintip Kiteboard Marlin, women´s kiteboarding
Martina and her Twintip Kiteboard Marlin in Zanzibar

If you can´t see the board anymore because the current dragged you too far downwind, do this:


3. Save yourself and your kiteboard - do the safety pack down if you need to.


4. Appreciate that you are safe and in one piece and be thankful to the people who helped you out.


5. Talk to the kite schools, to check if somebody hasn´t handed your kiteboard in.


6. Give your WhatsApp no. and email to the kite schools, send them a picture of the kiteboard and ask them to contact you if somebody brings the board to them.


7. Talk to the locals, beachboys, fishermen and explain the situation. Offer them a reasonable reward - 50€ should be a sufficient reward for the local people and still less than buying a new board or the fact that you would have to spend the rest of your holiday renting a kiteboard.


8. Wait for a few days and don´t lose faith!


9. If it isn't found then LET GO - trust the universe and believe that everything happens for a reason. Even those things that may seem unfair will probably take you to a better place.


To let go is sometimes the hardest but also the most liberating thing you can do. As we have all been through this experience, BigBlue boards offers 20% discount for a new board to those of you who have lost your board.


This discount is based completely on trust and honesty. We believe that nobody will play around with karma. All you need to do is to email us the spot where you lost your board and answer the question – ‘what your kite board meant to you?’

We have also created some kiteboard stickers with a blank space for your contact (email and name) to make sure that if somebody finds the board, they can trace it back to you.


BIG BLUE Boards, kiteboards for girls, women´s kiteboarding
BIG BLUE girl Nathalie kitng on Hawaii


 
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