Date:         Tue, 4 May 2004 13:21:55 +1000
Reply-To:     STEPHEN OVERMYER <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
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From:         STEPHEN OVERMYER <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: wisdom of strapping surfboard to westy roof, no rack
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From:    John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>

Favorite board death story -- while chasing surf down on the outer banks
of NC a friend and I found ourselves behind a couple kids w/ boards on
top of their car. In what seemed like slow motion we saw the boards
bounce a couple times and then fly completely off the top of their car,
spinning into the air in front of us. Dave slams the brakes to avoid
getting impaled and one board falls out of the sky right in front of us,
barely missing the grill, but getting squished. I have no idea where the
other board went. End result? Vanagon 1, surfboard 0 and only a little
wax on the tire to show what happened.
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A couple more before this thread gets squished...

A mate of mine lost a board off his '72 VW panelvan many years ago and
the thing got enough air to land away from the road and up in a tree.
It was too high and difficult to climb and the board was really
stuck.After an hour or two of chucking rocks at it in a rather dumb
attempt to free it and failed attempts to hook it with a rope,he gave up
and had to leave it there.
The following year he returned on his next surfing sojourn to that part
of the coast and the board was still there lodged in the tree :)

I also once saw the aftermath of a bunch of boards that had been tied to
racks on an old rusty car...It wasn't a VW
so I took no interest in what it actually was...;) Anyway a passing
truck had got the boards airborne but along with the
boards came the racks and the car's roof gutters too.
It all landed right side up on the edge of the road with all boards OK
and still strapped to the racks,and the car stopped
up the road sans roof gutters...

Well it amused me anyway...;)

Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top (ex-Aust.Army)