Hello all,

I had someone at the Cocoa Beach Pier steal my surfboard today.  After my heat I went to check the heat scores and when I came back it was gone.  It is an all white PELI board shaped by Todd Holland.  It had an aqua blue trak top on it.  The board says that is was shaped for Chris (blank #251).  It is a 5'9".  

I appreciate you keeping your eyes open for a while.  The attached photo is the best one I've got.  Thank you.

 

 

Pm sent

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Discounted wetsuits...

People are A-Holes. I hope you get it back...

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Who needs a better life?

I wonder if the event had any cams in use that could be reviewed

Thank you.  I have a really good lead on who took it now.

Keep us posted.

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Who needs a better life?

Hope you get it back! and the guy get's what he has come'n!!!!  hate that stuff!

 

hard lesson tolearn but you can never leave anything unattended at the beach,  so far I have had:

flip flops stolen

towel stolen

surfboard stolen

skatebaord stolen

sun glasses and a raggaty shirt stolen

coffee cup stolen

 

this is over a 15 year period at a very local break with 0 parking and a small trail for access. (surfboard was stolen out of my front yard)

 

If unattened, it will be gone.

 

sorry for your loss, life's tough learning lessons

I hate thieves...


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Captains Richard & Gina

Have no idea the backstory, but i'll go out on a limb and say he'll get it back. 9 out of 10 of these threads turn out. Keep your eyes peeled but dont rush to judgement. if you have to steal, surfboards are not your best option. They always turn up.

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www.happyponysurf.com

Still on the look for this board. Please keep your eyes out for it.

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www.schoolofsurf.org

I got my board back!  Thank you all for keeping the search up. I cannot thank you enough for your concern and all your effort.  The last I saw of the thief was him in back of a police car heading off to the station.

Awesome.... more details please.

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AWSOME!!!! did you know him?? is he local??

Nice!

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The thief decided to go surf the pier!  A great person was able to identify the board, confront him and call the police.   When I arrived, I had Todd's blank number and board specs in my hand.  I knew it was my board but wanted to show the police the information.  When we looked at the board blank number we discovered that the thief had tried to scratch it out and, with a pen, attempted to put another number on it!  The thief had also taken off my trak pad and replaced it with another and covered the top deck with neon orange wax (that should have been another felony charge).  When I got home I took the trak pad off (and the wax!) and discovered that the thief had etched his initials on the deck underneath the trak pad.  What was really weird was that he had poured what appeared to be pen ink into one of the fin boxes.  It was dripping with the ink!  I spent an hour cleaning it out and used half a bag of cotton balls trying to get the ink out.  Every time I think about it I find myself shaking my head.

Though I had a remorseless person (even when caught and put in the police car) steal my board, I was and am very greatful of all of you who shared a concern and took care to help me look for it.  That was the first and only time I had ever left a board on the beach but I am more wise than before.  Thank you all.

 

Crime scene, Why go back??? idiot1

 

Names


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The miscreant probably saw the stolen board report on here so figured he could disguise it? 

Good eyes on whoever spotted it under the orange wax.

Nothing like orange for a "don't look here" appearance.

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add a signature since I'm here in profile anyway

Glad to hear you got it back, nobody likes a thief. I've heard the suggestion of putting owner info in the (Future) boxes so maybe he thought he was hiding something there?

Yeah, FloridaToday publishes mug shots, let's find the mug!!!

It was a 15yo named Killian Winn from Merritt island. I was going to keep quiet about it but he was such a little puke I have to say something. I picked him and a friend up hitch hiking on the day the board was stolen and gave them a ride to the island. Killian told me about his new surfboard he found at the pier so I checked the forum for stolen surfboard alerts and sure enough it was posted later that night. We gave the police the information and were waiting. In the mean time killian found my number and called to find out what i knew and gave me a fake name. I knew it was him so i told him to give the surfboard back to the owner and it would be fine. He hung up but called back later asking for the owners number so he could return it. I connected them but he just tried to throw the owner off the trail again giving him a fake name and story. Well yesterday I was in line at Publix and Killian came to the counter next to me and didn't recognize me.. I asked him about the board and I begged him to give the board back and keep the cops out of it but he wouldnt. I follows him outside and saw the board but he still wouldn't let it go. I told him how serious this was and that he didn't need a police record over it but he told me it was his and that I should call the cops. I had to follow him on foot for a few blocks while the police were on the way. He had tried changing the serial number on the blank with an ink pen, replaced the track pad, fins and leash . then he had the nerve to ask the police for his accessories back..... Arg....

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Discounted wetsuits...

This is excellent..... I HATE THIEVES... we should ....... (imagine )

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SURFERS SUCK 

SHOOT THEM ONSITE

BICE CREW

You have my deepest gratitude IMonkeyBoyI.  Thank you again for all your efforts and leaving your sub sandwich at Publix while in pursuit.

...sounds like you owe ole boy a ultimate with swiss cheese, if that was the case...

Facebook makes it easy to find people / photos now....almost too easy.  Maybe everyone should send him a 'friend' request.  ??

Good Job!

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Wow!

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this is GREAT!

....atta boy monkeyB!!!

Great job chad!

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minh

Great news! The kid... not the brightest but hopefully he learned his lesson.

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Go Gators

Good job man! Chris is gonna be stoked!!!!

 

good lookin' out chad... if you ever get down south look me up.

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Bored without my board...

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FLSurfCams.com

yup. Boars Head meat & cheese.....keep it real...

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I've surfed most of the days of my life, the rest have just been wasted

Awesome ending. Nice work Monkey.

Just shakn my head

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Brother, when you get a minute, could I get a list of the words that trigger these fits?


Hey. Where are we going? (And what are we doing in a hand-basket?)


Edited: 09/16/2014 at 04:34 AM by LagoonSurfer

That's awesome that you got it back. What a dumb piece of shit for surfing it at the same spot he stole it from.......but then again, if he was smarter he probably wouldn't have stolen it in the first place. Nice to see folks coming together to set it right.

I'm glad you got it back. To me, a surfer stealing a surfboard, is about as low as you can go.

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Who needs a better life?

That didn't take long. Nice work Monkey.

The juvenile delinquent's facebook has a pic of straight A's on his report card too. Clearly failing at common sense. SMH

1) No grades are on that picture, it's simply a class schedule.
2) I agree he has no common sense

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Go Gators

So now we all know there is yet another juvenile animal unable to exercise even a basic level of self-control and openly willing to impose negative circumstances on to others.

What to do, what to do? I recall back in the days of having horses there was a surefire 100% successful solution to young Stallions that were uncontrollable (snip, snip). I think it would translate across species and I know the perfect first test subject.

But what of the other side of this issue, who is this Chris Z.

Chris is a valuable member of the community, both in and out of the water. He is a highly skilled wave rider, excelling in powerful waves, an aggressive tube rider to be sure. Chris spent a number of his younger years protecting our freedoms performing military service in the U.S. Air Force (Thank you Chris). And while many of you are enjoying an all day session mid-week, he is at work, serving as a positive role model and molding young minds into productive members of society (means he is a teacher). He is also a good Father as evidenced by his polite, respectful, and well behaved Daughter, who is also a very skilled young Surfer.

Little thief-boy needs to back up a few paces and work on emulating Chris's life path before he takes another step down the wrong turn he has chosen because that road only gets rougher and leads to a dead end.

Thank you for your kind words!  I hope I can make a difference.