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Stolen NS Cobra

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#1 ·
Snowboarding friends,

An instructor colleague had his snowboard taken yesterday at beaver creek, while eating lunch with guests.

The board is an NS cobra, as you know, these are not on public sale right now. The board is personalised with "mcgilla gorilla" and the serial ns13001 on the left edge.

If you see anything out there, please let me know, this guy is a well known local, his board meant a lot to him. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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#6 ·
I too am a test rider for Neversummer and also have the Cobra. Also an instructor and don't let that board out of my sight. It goes into the shitter stall with me. This really sucks and especially with a personalized board. I hope your bud gets it back somehow. Any chance this got caught on suveilence video? I hate board thieves.
HAHAHA this seriously made me laugh, maybe on the extreme side for me but i share the sentiment of punishment. Good luck with the recovery.
 
#10 ·
That sucks to hear. I always thought that Beaver Creek was one of the safer locations for leaving your board unattended for a brief period of time when going to the bathroom or getting a quick bite to eat. But I guess with a board like that NS Cobra you're just asking for it no matter which resort you go to. I hope he gets it back somehow.
 
#12 ·
I'm really sorry to hear this! Definitely check your local craigslist listings, ebay, local ads, etc dilegently & often. I'd also call all my local board shops & inform them of it in case this person tries/d to flip it at a shop.

I'm not a violent guy, but I wouldn't hesitate to beat the shit out of someone if I caught them stealing my board or anyone elses (including skis). Theft is downright despicable to me.

Good luck recovering the board!
 
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#22 · (Edited)
2 weeks ago I was in the Dusty Boot (pub at Beaver Creek) grabbing a happy hour snack and saw a Cobra just sitting outside on the railing... I was thinking whoever got that precious pre-production ride is taking a bit of a risk just leaving it outside a bar ESPECIALLY at the end of the day (did I mention it was spring break?) when all someone has to do is grab it and hop on a bus with a huge crowd of people. Anyways, I didn't have my lock that day and put my board right next to it, thinking that if someone wanted to steal a board that bad, they would take the Cobra over my T. Rice...

Congrats on finding it though. Cashing in some major karma points for sure!
 
#26 ·
Yeah the kid got arrested, his initial story was that he bought it from someone. A couple of hours at the station and some video surveillance evidence later and he finally admitted to stealing it. The guy was clearly an idiot, who takes a 1 of a kind snowboard then rides it at the same mountain.

As far as beatings go, I have to be careful - im only a resident and any issues with police does not look good when I come to renew that residency. I thought it better to use my noggin a bit and let the authorities deal with it. As it stands he is in pretty deep shit, if I had kicked his ass and taken the board, he probably could have used that against me, plus we would never have proven he stole it.

Vail resorts public safety were involved in the bust, so you can be pretty sure that he will be homeless and jobless in the very near future. I haven't seen the guy around the beav all season, so he must work at vail - someone mentioned they had seen him working at two elk.
 
#27 ·
This is why I have a wire lock in my pants as part of my standard on mountain kit. Nobody is going to steal a board or skis that are locked. It's too risky. "Why are you using those wire cutters to get that board? Why are you taking the bindings off of that board while it's still locked" It's common sense and not worth the risk.

On the other hand, there are many $500 boards lying around begging to be stolen that aren't locked. Take 1 minute to lock your gear and a mountain thief will never even think about taking your board.
 
#33 ·
Glad the guy got his board back but these threads always kill me. Some guy bitches about losing his board, but then says he didn't lock it cause it is a pain in the ass!

Should I leave the keys in my car and the doors unlocked because it's a pain to pull them out and put them in my pocket!?! :dunno:

Meh, people can do what they want, and use whatever excuses they want. I'm not losing $1500 worth of board and bindings because I didn't take the 15 seconds to put the lock on...
 
#35 ·
There are some pretty good bike locks out now, I got one that has a cable about three times as thick as the cheap dakine crap. Its light, fits in my jacket and I can always lock it to a rack.

My setup is only $500 but I don't have tons of money to throw around. So better safe than sorry.
 
#36 ·
The fact that anyone steals boards, skis or anything else from other people on the mountain is disgusting to me. I've always used the free (attended) board checks if I'm going to leave my board somewhere while eating or taking an extended break. Clearly I need to buy a cable lock of some kind for peace of mind.
 
#38 ·
Good to hear he got it back.

theft sucks.

I am careful with my boards, but fortunately board theft is very rare where I ride.

Almost nobody locks their stuff, but I always keep it in view especially now I'm riding a new NS proto which is very rare here in Japan.

Took turns going to the toilet so me and my buddy could keep an eye on our boards.
 
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