Sport Today

Steve Joures.

Back when my boards were on top and I slept in motels rather than in my van
once or twice per year, I stripped the top each night and set the alarms.
Motel security once asked me to turn off the alarm after it went off twice
one night, but backed off after I accurately informed him that there were
two guys two feet from the vehicle both times (I didn't mention they were
probably just parking next to me). Other times I have silenced the deafening
alarm (sirens, horns, and air horns) but slept with my alarm pager beside my
bed. When renting car and gear in Maui I just stripped the car each night
and left the car windows open. PITA, but necessary in my book. Now when I
park any of my vehicles at a motel, I stay in the ground floor, park beside
my room window, and set the alarm.

Sorry if my paranoia keeps you awake all night on your trip. After 20 years
of alarms on all my vehicles, they've gone off for real only three times
that I KNOW of. One was a smash'n'grab burglary, the other two were car
doors smacking into mine.

Mike \m/
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Pete Cresswell

I did one have my wetsuit taken from a washing line (presumably by some kids)
whilst I was on holiday in North Wales.   I reported the theft to the police.  A
neighbour found the wetsuit in a field and handed it in to the police and it was
eventually returned to me, though by the time that I got it back I had bought a
replacement.

I suggest that you try to stay in places that have off street parking.

Michael Chare

Well, my experience is the opposite of Mike F. I travel all around in the
Pacific NW with gear on my roof, and never had a problem. At first, I would
put a steel cable thru the footstraps and around the bars and then padlock
(anti-theft only for the truely lazy/stupid thiefs). Now I rarely even do
that. There's sooo much nicer stuff running around on rooftops in the Gorge...

When I was in Maui this spring, I asked the rental shop whether I should worry
about theft of the equipment I was renting. They said absolutely not, there
was no market on the island, and it was easy to catch anybody trying to ship
stuff with the shop's name on it off island.

So I think it all depends on where you are going. And maybe there's a reason
why there's so many folks in Texas running around with guns...

-dm

We run around with guns here in ***ia too.

The Dog
(who is not joking, locks everything inside a trailer, has two
very protective dogs and a wife who can kill with a look.  But
he still carries and has had occasion to use it.)
--
    Brian "The Dog" Cunningham  
 http://web2.airmail.net/bcunning

    Some days you're the dog,
and some days you're the hydrant.

I once took our dogs for a walk on the beach.
When we returned, our old battered, alumimum water dish was missing
from the back of our pickup.

Mike

On 14 Sep 2000 19:06:42 GMT, "Steve Joures"

I had underwear stolen out of the dryer in a Honoruru laundromat, prescription
glasses stolen while I was taking a shower in Waikiki...

I think for some people it's a matter of principle....sort of like mountain
climbers who say "....because it's THERE...".
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Pete Cresswell