Stealing in the Community

Just a reminder for people at any event:

- Always keep your things in your bag if you aren't using them, don't leave them unattended and out in the open (same goes for your bag)
- Don't take more than what you need and keep track of what you did bring
- Current pictures of items that you may have misplaced will help you and others locate them easier
- Have fun but not at the expense of anyone else's fun

 

When I was really into skating back in high school we had a problem with people swiping boards out of cars or wherever really, I am from Tucson so the crime rate is pretty high here. Well a lot of us came up with out own "tag" that we would put under a wheel or crave it into the grip tape so we could recognize if a board was stolen. On numerous occasions I would walk up to someone and be like, "Hey can I skate your board for a minute," and then I would skate like ten or fifteen feet away flip over the deck and bam, a small tag right next to the truck block. I would then walk back over to them and ask where they got the deck, sometimes some asshole sold it to them for like $15 but sometimes it was obvious they were the thief. It is kind of a dangerous thing to do because it led to a handful of fights and my friend Chris got arrested for confronting a board theif and beating him up really bad. Maybe if you mark a ken in a certain place with a small personalized mark you can tell if a ken is yours.

 

My LBB has a serial number to it "4"

 

I actually did this with some of my more expensive kendamas for NKR 2016. Took a fine point sharpie and wrote my artist signature on the ken where it would be covered up by the sarado.

 

That is where I was thinking too, then you wouldnt see it unless you needed to.

 

Any way to mark it. Again, recent pictures from before the event will help too.
Even distinguishing marks like obvious paint chips, grain/birth marks on the wood, etc.