Aug. 17 (UPI) — A Hawaii guy who misplaced his surfboard within the water greater than two years in the past mentioned the misplaced merchandise has now been discovered 5,200 miles away within the Philippines.

Doug Falter, 35, mentioned he was once browsing in February 2018 when the leash tethering the surfboard to him got here free and the board was once over excited by way of the waves.

“I swam as exhausting as I may to take a look at and get to it. I ran from one finish of Waimea Bay throughout to the opposite facet and scaled the rocks seeking to get a visible till it was once totally darkish,” Falter wrote in a Fb submit.

The surfer mentioned he in the end gave up hope of ever finding his misplaced board, however Lyle Carlson, the person who designed the board, not too long ago gained a message from a person named Giovanne within the Philippines.

Giovanne mentioned he had bought the board for $40 from a fisherman who discovered it floating within the water. He used the board’s markings to spot its maker and made up our minds to take a look at to decide the way it ended up floating free within the ocean.

Carlson identified the thing as Falter’s long-lost board.

Giovanne, a faculty instructor, advised Falter he plans to make use of the board to learn how to surf, however there are not any native retail outlets that promote browsing provides.

Falter mentioned he’s now elevating cash to ship browsing wax and different provides to Giovanne so he and his scholars can learn how to surf.

“As bummed as I used to be once I misplaced it, now I’m glad to understand my board fell into the fingers of anyone short of to be informed the game,” Falter wrote.

Falter mentioned he’s hoping to in the end commute to the Philippines to supply in-person courses to the instructor and his scholars.