Skis taken at the Bush

[cbcbd]

So I'll post a report on my day there skiing yesterday which was excellent, but just wanted to rant.

Leave my skis/poles outside the pub, when I'm ready to leave my skis are not there!!

I see a set of Rossignol Z3s (I have Z9s) with rental sticker on it in the vicinity... I'm thinking the renter of those picked mine up because they look sorta similar?

Anyway, called Sugarbush and the rental place (took down info from skis) and they'll be on the lookout for my skis - I'm hoping the rental mistake was the case, but WTF???

Now I'm pissed and ski-less


edit:skis were found, happy ending

 

[ALLSKIING]

I always lock my skies....If I don't have a lock I will split them. Good luck.

 

[millerm277]

I usually lock them or if the resort offers free ski check, I'll do that.

If you don't have either option, then at least split them, it won't stop a determined thief, but it will stop someone who picks them up by accident.

 

[Rushski]

Big difference between Z9s and Z3s.

Unfortunately they don't look very different...

 

[cbcbd]

I'm hoping to get my skis back... but I guess now I've learned my lesson about locks and splitting them up... the hard way

 

[KingM]

Did you remember what shop you saw on the stickers? If someone picked up the wrong skis, you could call the rental shop and probably they have your skis.

I hope you get them back.

Edit: Oops, sorry. I saw that you called the rental place already. My only other advice would be to watch e-bay. They caught those ski thieves in Utah that way.

 

[millerm277]

Well, I don't mind watching ebay a bit for you, but what size were they, and what bindings were they?

 

[mergs]

That sucks...

Here's a story for anyone else that might find themselves in a similar situation as above (and a situation I was recently in):

I got my board ripped off at Stowe a couple of weeks ago... I went in to meet my wife and friends, thinking it would be in-and-out... but a beer later, I go out to grab the board and its gone. I am shattered... I pop over to guest services to report it, they call the Stowe police and a cool detective starts taking my info then blurts out: hey are the buses still in the parking lot? I glance over and say YES! (I immediately knew what he was thinking) and he replied "do me a favor, go out to the buses and check the bays for your board. Well to make a long story short, I checked the first bay of the first bus and boo-yah there it was. Some punk from VA on a high school ski trip ripped it off and threw it in there.

Man did I feel good getting it back. And I just had one helluva a powder weekend on it too!

So, if you get your gear stolen at the end of the day like I did: check the buses !!!

 

[cbcbd]

Well, I don't mind watching ebay a bit for you, but what size were they, and what bindings were they?

Cool, thanks! I'll probably keep an eye on Ebay too, but I'm really hoping it was a mix up with the rentals. And yeah, I already called the rental place to have them on the lookout.

170cm Rossignol Zenith Z9s with Axial Ti integrated bindings and Komperdell carbon fiber poles.


And yeah, buses were long gone when I noticed

 

[Skier75]

WOW, that sucks, sorry to hear that. A few years ago, someone, mistakenly took my husbands skis at Sugarloaf. That was a mistake, but you'd think the guy might have noticed that the skis he took were a little shorter than his......luckily while my husband was looking for his, the guy that made the mistake, stopped by one of the outfitters setting the skis just outside the shop and my son-in-law noticed them. My husband goes to the guy, hey are these are your skis(in hand) while the guy says no those are my skis out there, pointing outside....my husband told him that he took the wrong ones and hands him the skis and says THOSE are MINE out there! What a dum ass! He was all bewildered!

Other than that, if'n they take mine or his, they must be desparate, they are both about 5 years old.....not tryin to knock what we've got, but if they want skis, you'd think they'd look at a more top of the line kinda skis. I just hope that never happens to either of us, I'd be pretty bummed too, since we won't be looking to get new ones until maybe next year, if finances permit.

 

[billski]

I'm really sorry to hear about your loss.
I've observed over the year that:
- Most gear gets ripped off at the end of the day it's too easy to walk away undetected. I always lock my stuff up at end of day and never put it to close to the exit. If I plan to hang around for a while, out to the car it goes.
- A simple lock (I have a retractable lock that fits in my pocket, smaller than a cellphone) is enough of a deterrent.
- The closer the area is to a major metro area the more likely thefts are (Wachusett, Nashoba, Gunstock, etc. ) - I lock em everytime I go in.
- It's usually teens who take 'em. (bad generalization, but often true.)
- Engraving something uniquely identifiable on them makes them more recoverable (most police stations have an engraver you can use for free.)

I think you highlight the perfect fence - put them on a bus - you can never pinpoint the thief.

Sorry again. Skis aren't cheap.

 

[billski]

exception vs. rule

WOW, that sucks, sorry to hear that. A few years ago, someone, mistakenly took my husbands skis at Sugarloaf. That was a mistake, but you'd think the guy might have noticed that the skis he took were a little shorter than his......luckily while my husband was looking for his, the guy that made the mistake, stopped by one of the outfitters setting the skis just outside the shop and my son-in-law noticed them. My husband goes to the guy, hey are these are your skis(in hand) while the guy says no those are my skis out there, pointing outside....my husband told him that he took the wrong ones and hands him the skis and says THOSE are MINE out there! What a dum ass! He was all bewildered!

Other than that, if'n they take mine or his, they must be desparate, they are both about 5 years old.....not tryin to knock what we've got, but if they want skis, you'd think they'd look at a more top of the line kinda skis. I just hope that never happens to either of us, I'd be pretty bummed too, since we won't be looking to get new ones until maybe next year, if finances permit.

Your situation sounds more like an honest mistake. Kids sometimes steal them for the thrill of it, or because their parents can't afford to buy. They are often clueless about what they are grabbing. I would argue most skis are stolen by amateurs.

I read once about 10 years ago about a couple of guys who stole a pair of skis. They were big SOBs. One fellow saw his skis being taken and confronted the guys. They told him to go to hell. He was able to get help, get a car and block the fellows in and called the police. When the police opened their trunk they found a dozen high-end pairs of skis. That seems to be the exception.

 

[millerm277]

There is one more solution........never have skis worth stealing......

 

[riverc0il]

sucks dude, hope you get them back.

this reminds me of one of my recent trips to burke last week. i was skiing mid-week and a fellow local saw me unlocking my skis at mid-burke. the gentleman said "wow, that is the first time i have seen someone lock their skis at burke! where are you from?" to which i replied st. johnsbury. he was shocked and asked "what, don't you trust people around here?" my answer was that it wasn't people from around here that i didn't trust and you never know who will be at the mountain.

besides that, honest mistakes can happen and you seem to describe a scene in which a renter might have grabbed the wrong boards. i am fond of saying that a lock is one of the cheapest and highest value insurance policies around, especially since you can use the same lock for many many years and on any ski. it is an easy way to keep people honest whether they were about to make and honest mistake or where interested in the black market.

There is one more solution........never have skis worth stealing......

not really an option for any skier that values and/or demands performance. plus, even the ugliest of rock skis still have nice looking top sheets.

 

[Breeze]

Just to comment on the past weekend, it was dizzying how huge a pile of lost and found accumulated Saturday and Sunday, and how many " missing/stolen equipment" reports were filed.

Arriving at work on Sunday morning we had 3 boards, a pair of ( off site rental) skiis, a pair of privately owned skiis, 2 pair of poles, and enough footwear ( ski boots and board boots and just plain shoes), gloves, mitts, goggles, helmets and assorted clothing to start a "bootleg" Ski/Board Swapshop.

That doesn't even include the coolers/lunchbags, car keys, cellphones, cameras, I-Pods, Hot Foot battery packs and season passes from other mountains we are holding.

Yard sale??? oof DA!

Breeze

 

[Skier75]

Just to comment on the past weekend, it was dizzying how huge a pile of lost and found accumulated Saturday and Sunday, and how many " missing/stolen equipment" reports were filed.

Arriving at work on Sunday morning we had 3 boards, a pair of ( off site rental) skiis, a pair of privately owned skiis, 2 pair of poles, and enough footwear ( ski boots and board boots and just plain shoes), gloves, mitts, goggles, helmets and assorted clothing to start a "bootleg" Ski/Board Swapshop.

That doesn't even include the coolers/lunchbags, car keys, cellphones, cameras, I-Pods, Hot Foot battery packs and season passes from other mountains we are holding.

Yard sale??? oof DA!

Breeze

I can't imagine leaving any of these items....especially since most items I own, I own for a good reason, the reason is to stay warm! No seriously, some of the items mentioned, hats, gloves, goggles, etc, I'm sure are from kids that "forgot" stuff and/or spoiled brats that don't really care that their parents spent all kinds of money for their stuff and they figure that their parents "don't mind" replacing it......yeah right. But then of course are the ones that really did forget stuff, but you'd think that if they really missed it, they'd go looking for it......Go figure.


Yes, Billski, my husbands skis taken was definately an honest mistake, but you'd think after carrying them for a while and looking at them, he might figure they really wasn't his and try to go back where he took them from, put them back, and look for his own.....they were shorter than his own, maybe by not much, but....anyways. Now, I'm thinking maybe we should go back to locking our skis. We used to, I'm not sure why we stopped, lazyness?? I'd hate to have the season be stopped short because of stolen skis.

 

[andyzee]

Man that sux, sorry.:-(

 

[marcski]

Happy hour and end of the day is the worst and most "dangerous" time to leave skis unattended.

 

[snoseek]

I'm generally not violent, but I would beat the crap out of the person (regardless of age) with the very skis they were trying to steal!

 

[NHpowderhound]

I would want to throw it down too if someone snagged my boards. I use the Ski Key and love it! http://www.skikey.com/ Well worth the investment. Good luck!

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