We recently asked our Facebook Community "What's the most important thing you ever lost when bodysurfing???" and got an array of responses.
A surprising 57 bodysurfers from across the globe, responded that they have lost something in their quest to shred the gnar. With stats like that we're considering investing in a metal detector and some scuba gear.
Below are 18 items we hope get returned back, while we hope some others are gone forever.
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my desire to board surf
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Lost my trunks! Poseidon took them - even with my fins on!
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Gopros
😢😢 x2
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My virginity. Chicks dig bodysurfers.
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ego. The Wedge
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My wedding band. But I found it on low tide with a metal detector. Talk about luck!
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Rolex watch
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My sanity
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Anxiety
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A bad day at work
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All that troubles me!
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My job
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My depression
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My fear of dying.
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After using a handplane for the first time I was so stoked I lost a night’s sleep!
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Skin, lots of skin on various reef breaks
:-) Last one :-)
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a battle with a jelly fish
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Cameras, fins, goggles, handboards... But most important was over ten pounds of flab
- Bob Marks : My Skin when I scraped the shore riding a big one
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Bill Fordes : My dignity! But I was laughing so hard I did not mind in the least….
Talk stories - Willam Fordes Santa Monica Long Time Local
In 1969 I bought a pair of original, green Owen Churchill swim fins. I was just turning 16. Was born and raised in NYC, and surfed and body surfed in The Rockaways. Paid almost $19.00, I think, which was an enormous amount of money back then (keep in mind that a comic book was ten cent or fifteen cents!).
So, I mail off my check, get the fins, use them for many many weeks in the summer. Comes the Fall Hurricane Swells, and I am body surfing some HUGE stuff 8+
One day I get TROUNCED in a wipe out, and OFF POPS one of the fins! I am devastated. I am financially ruined! No way can I afford another 19 bucks — maybe I will rob a bank, or — even worse — WORK!
Two days later, I am walking on the beach. THERE IT IS: the GREEN fin that had been separated by mother nature from my foot! I got some rope and had fin leashes the next day.
The most common responses... fins, GoPros, and wedding rings! Keep your prize possessions safe my friends!
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