My snowboard explodes if someone else touches it.

 

Dont worry mate we’ve all been there

 

I use a cheap dakine lock.

 

also that^

 

I'm at the hill to ride...not to sit, eat nor chat with queenie at the cafe'. Though I will get a coffee to drink while in the line and on the ride up the chair first thing in the morning...infact can now ride down and exit the chair while holding my coffee. Besides most of the time I'm within 100 feet of the lodge and keep my quiver in the truck...so that its easy to change out boards.

 

Same here I run hard all day till the body burns out. No time for sitting in the cafe for coffees and lunch. Carry all my essentials in the backpack to keep me riding all day.

 

My local resort has a ski/board check...they put a tag on it, scan your lift ticket, and you pick back up when you are ready. Just rescan your ticket to give you back your board. I never used it until there was a high schooler in my area that had his skis stolen that belonged to his older, deceased brother that was all over the news. They were eventually returned, but I've been checking my stuff in since then. More difficult to do at larger resorts but they could easily have multiple gear check ins.

 

I have never once had anything stolen, and I never hear of peoples stuff getting stolen at the mountains I frequent in northern Vermont. I don't see anyone locking their stuff up either.

 

I was at sugarbush two years ago and a guy flanked by security ran up to me. I was walking back to my car with my XV. He had his stolen ten min prior. Luckily he realized it wasn’t his when he saw mine had different bindings. But the dejection on his face was enough for me to start locking mine up.

 

I never had a problem, and I have a Hot Knife with Flow NX2-GTs. I took photos of my serial numbers, so if someone did steal it I'd message all the resorts.

 

I've had multiple friends get their boards stolen. It ruins an otherwise good day. After one theft, we found the board and bindings for sale on Facebook like a month later, and we set up a sting with the police. When homeboy showed up to make the sale, the police charged him with theft and returned my friend's property. He appealed to Vail to revoke the dude's pass, but they declined. I second the use of a cheap Dakine lock. Snowboard thefts are crimes of convenience. Make it inconvenient, and the likelihood of your gear getting stolen goes way down.

 

I use this lock. Fits in my pocket, I don't even know it's there while I'm riding.

Is it the most secure thing in the world? No, but my board is always where I left it when I get back to it. Like @WigMar said snowboard theft is about convenience. Most people aren't going to be carrying the proper equipment to break the lock so that $15 is well worth the peace of mind it brings.

 

I had a burton custom x taken at mt sunapee. I left it out side at the end of the day to take a leak and get changed for the ride home (about 5 10 minutes). Never saw it again

 

Hey Guys, I am doing a project looking into the security of our boards on the slopes, such as stopping at restaurants and cafes, and how we can secure our boards there so they don’t potentially get stolen!

So if anyone could give me some insight into experiences they’ve had of their board being stollen please do so.

If anyone has solved this problem with the quick solutions of cheap locks and anyone here has had experience using them, please do let me know, have they worked? Are they inconvenient?

Any info would be great, thanks for time guys!

Noah.

Simple cable lock. Not that expensive, and it's a good enough deterrent for someone to choose a snowboard that is not locked.

 

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I use one of these. Not all mountains have the racks...a majority of my frequents do

 

Cover it with stickers and spray paint ASS all over it, noone will steal it.

 

Been lucky enough not to deal with gear theft. Truth be told, I expect it's pretty rare. The likelihood that SOMEONE gets jacked is high, the chances of you specifically or anyone you know getting jacked is relatively low. But I'd rather keep those chances as low as possible.

I have a Crab Grab binding bag. I leave a small snowboard lock in there with some other minor essentials (sunscreen, lip balm, zip ties, extra screws and washers, etc.). The lock is a piece of crap a determined thief could deal with in about 5 seconds, but the goal isn't making the board impossible to steal, the goal is making my board a less attraction option for theft than the dozens / hundreds of boards around it.

I also make a point of stickering my boards in unusual ways. Makes them easier to identify from a distance and means thieves needs to go through an extra step of peeling the stickers off before listing the boards anywhere. More minor deterrence.

Example:

 

Yooo that binding bag is such a great idea. You ride with it on right?

 

I "use" one like this:

I use quotes because I forget to take it 99% of the time

 

I will go into have something to eat (I'm old and generally ride with maniac kids) and throw my board into powder somewhere near every other board but so that you cant see what type of board it is or what the bindings are...ie upside down and mostly buried. No one steals something they can't see and identify I figure. I do worry about at the bottom of the mountain though if I am having a beer waiting for someone as I never have a car.

 

Theft is one of those things that doesn't happen to you until it happens to you. It is very common though. There's a steady stream of reports on Facebook groups, & there have been a few big seizures like these: Police Seize £14,000 Of Stolen Skis And Snowboards In Les Deux Alpes | Ski Line ®

Cable locks are so cheap it's a no-brainer for me.

 

I'm glad I use a lock. Last Friday, I noticed that a couple were looking endlessly at the rack for their board or skis. Either someone stole their equipment or took the wrong one.

 

I use a ski-key. Always. It's less effort to use it than to wonder whether or not I should have.

 

Cheap cable lock works. IIRC, Breck has board and ski lockers available. If I were to pursue a commercial venture, that makes more sense to me. You sell your lockers to the resorts and they probably make their money back in a year and plenty of people will show up with new gear and think to themselves, yeah it's worth a few bucks to make sure my $1000 skis are still here after lunch...