Preventing skis being stolen

I ski in Switzerland mostly so (touch wood)it almost never happens here but I know it's fairly common in France. Last time we went to Chamonix my friend had her board stolen. Using lock should help, also separating skis if you ski in the group. And remember where you leave your skis.

It amazes me that people still go on about this. Where else in life would you leave expensive goods laying about unsecured?
Yes it's a shame that you can't but that's life, deal with it.
Would you go in a restaurant in the uk and leave your bike outside unlocked or your car keys in the ignition?

Either sit outside and place your skis within sight, go inside but lock them up or take a picnic.

Snapzzz wrote:It amazes me that people still go on about this. Where else in life would you leave expensive goods laying about unsecured?
Yes it's a shame that you can't but that's life, deal with it.
Would you go in a restaurant in the uk and leave your bike outside unlocked or your car keys in the ignition?

Either sit outside and place your skis within sight, go inside but lock them up or take a picnic.

I have never locked up a pair of skis yet and never had a pair nicked but then again who would pinch my old Dynastar 8000 :wink:

Slightly off topic but I wonder how difficult it would be to embed an RFID into every new pair of Skis?

If each ski-lift then had a scanner in it then it would be next to impossible to use stolen skis. If the demand for stolen skis goes away then so do the thieves! With skis costing hundreds and lifts hundreds of thousands then a couple of quid invested in anti theft is peanuts.

Just a thought.

Owen.