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will16valver 
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Post subject: Board locks
 Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 12:54 PM
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Location: Country Durham, Sedgefield
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my first board was an old pretty scuffed burton board so i never bothered with a board lock but i got a new 11/12 board and i was thinking about getting a board lock.
how many of you actually bother? and can anyone reccomend one?
obviously i know if someone wanted it then could easy get it but itll put scumbags off and go for one that isnt locked.
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Post subject: RE: Board locks
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 01:04 PM
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p3eps
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 03:39 PM
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snowgirl1324
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 05:18 PM
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Think of it this way, they might not stop anyone nicking your board, but your unlikely to be insured if your board goes missing without one!  |
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AdamA9
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 05:27 PM
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No insurer is going to know whether or not your board was locked. Hard to prove when the board is missing.
I got one for mine when I bought it. I used it a couple of times then didn't bother anymore. Turns out people in Austria actually thought I was weird for locking it up... |
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philw
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 05:34 PM
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First post: Nov 30, 2004
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Location: uk
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Good point.
I lock my piste board. Well, it cost a grand, and it's not easily replaceable depending on where I'm riding. My bike's worth rather more, but to me it's the same concept: I'd feel careless not locking either.
But then I don't use insurance, so I can't afford for my stuff to be stolen. Pay money, make choice.
Being thought of as weird by Austrians is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 06:05 PM
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| if your board is locked and the one next to it isnt, and someone comes along to nick a board, they arent going to take the locked one....... |
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dashie
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 06:07 PM
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I stand by my 'put it next to a skate banana' stance in the board locking debate.
What you riding Phil? Big hard boot carver? |
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snowgirl1324
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 06:16 PM
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AdamA9 wrote:
No insurer is going to know whether or not your board was locked. Hard to prove when the board is missing.
I got one for mine when I bought it. I used it a couple of times then didn't bother anymore. Turns out people in Austria actually thought I was weird for locking it up...
Very true, but I guess it depends on how comfortable you are with lying and insurance fraud if you say it was locked when it wasn't, but each to there own
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 06:47 PM
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 07:14 PM
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| I have just invested in a little demon lock, nice and small. This is my first board and do not want the hassle, stress and paper work to deal with if it got nicked. Its simple really £12 to avoid all of the above issues. I am off to Kaprun on Sat, if the Austrians think I am weird for locking my board up they can, I will just carry ou enjoying their powder. |
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philw
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Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 07:54 PM
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dashie wrote:
What you riding Phil? Big hard boot carver?
Kessler SL 156 - a small metal race board. I don't ride a lot of piste and it's hard to get the bigger boards up to speed without drawing fire from the patrol.
Chances are no one will know what it is anyway, but they're hard to replace in North America particularly.
Seriously I can't relax with that much cash sitting unattended, so I don't mind dragging a cable about. You could break it with bolt cutters or just take the bindings off and I'd be screwed... but I think these are opportunist thefts. Each to their own of course. |
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Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 07:14 AM
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They only cost about a tenner, don't take up any space in your pocket, and can fit / undo it in a matter of seconds.
True, if someone really wanted the board they could take it by cutting the cable / removing the bindings, but at least it's more difficult than it just sitting there. Chances are they'll take an unlocked board.
Mine IS the Skate Banana this season - so I have to lock it!! |
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ChasKi
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Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 03:55 PM
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I never bother, because I never leave stuff unattended.
That said, I'm one of those cheapskates who takes lunch up the mountain with me, as well as bottles of water. Normally we dump it all in 1-2 bags depending on group size and who does/doesn't mind riding with a bag. I have got two though, and I'd happily use them if I were intending to go into a mountain lodge etc for any length of time leaving them unattended.
Other than that, I try and stash them in sight line, or bury them in snow/under others rental gear if I'm with a group that has it, etc |
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Donovani
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Post subject: Board locks
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 08:36 AM
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First post: Aug 12, 2006
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| I've always used one - although, if someone was that desperate, and had a pair of wire cutters, they'd have your board in a matter of minutes, however, as someone else said above, it's a more of a deterrent. |
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