New to the family, 10'2" Hansen 50/50 Mike Doyle model. When my father passed away, my family lost nearly everything including our vintage board collection. During that time I had to let go and except our fate but always thought it would be nice to replace some of those boards my father loved. On a recent trip to the east coast, I came across this beautiful 50/50 in my friend Daves barn in New Hampshire. It stopped me dead in my tracks because this particular board was one of my fathers all time favorites and nearly mint. Out of the kindness of Daves hart, he said, "let's get it out to California". Probably the kindest gesture that's ever happened to me. I walked away from it that day and dreamt of it every night for nearly a year. A couple months ago another friend of mine was driving out from the New Hampshire area and was able to pick it up and hand deliver it to me here in Santa Cruz. It now has a place of honor here in my collection and a new nick name "Fred" which is an abbreviation for my fathers middle name. Amazing how things work in life. Beautiful that I have such caring people around to help me complete a circle. Bad has been replaced by good. Thank you @cinnamonrainbows1983 for helping me restore my faith in humanity. Big love. #beherenow #santacruz #california #hansen5050 #mikedoyle