Listen to RATT.
Just when surfers thought they were feeling peak vulnerable a new terror strikes. San Diego police have issued a stark warning, ahead of America’s 250 birthday, to those hiding keys in or around cars before taking a paddle. Namely, be aware of fisherpeople.
Now typically the man or woman with a line in the brine was only a menace if he or she was fishing off a pier…
… or standing in the shorebreak and casting into the whitewash. I’ve never seen this second case lead to any snaring, though must admit I do worry about it when I see a fisherperson plant poles in the sand where I’m planning to make landfall after a session.
Either way, and in any case, dirty naughty thieves are putting on waders, grabbing poles and malingering around, waiting for a surfer to pull up, stash keys in the bumper and then rob them blind.
The San Diego Regional Auto Theft Task Force, known as RATT, declared:
If you’re heading out to surf, police are warning you to be careful where you hide your keys.
Investigators say thieves are watching surfers park their cars before they head into the water. The suspects then look for hidden keys, including magnetic lockboxes, before stealing vehicles or taking wallets and credit cards.
Stolen credit cards have been used at stores like Home Depot, Vons, CVS, Ralphs, and Dick’s Sporting Goods.
Two people have been arrested, but investigators believe there may be more victims.
If you have information about similar thefts, contact the San Diego County Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RATT) at 858-627-4000.
So, yeah, don’t hide your keys somewhere stupid and be extremely suspicious of fishers.
But, importantly, back to RATT, we don’t think of them nearly as much as we should and, so, without further ado…
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I use 2 hide a keys. One is not so hard to find and holds an old fob from my 08 4 runner. The other is super hard to find and holds the right one to my 2020. I always put the old one on in full view of the parking lot. I just know I’ve driven a couple dirt bag pieces of shit fucking nuts.
Just got flicked a link to this.
I’ve put up my name, even my address on here over the years because I value my integrity and my word. As a mod I never used those abilities to gain advantage over others. You obviously perceive things differently, your perspective on many things is something I don’t care for, nor is it my concern now.
What I do care about is you blatantly bullshitting when talking about me. You want to dance on my grave, that’s fine. But posting up lies is a step too far, especially when I’m not an anonymous troll like yourself nor am I here to defend my reputation.
Here’s how this rolls, you just delete the post.
Then it’s game over.
I’m out again, not even a whisper out of me about it.
You don’t delete and start the victim routine, then it’s game on.
And trust me, you’ll regret it.
Never have I danced on your grave Negs and thought we had sorted our differences out but out of respect I will delete the post. Hope you are well and this finally an end to it all and we ALL move on
At least you got a “I have Black Friends” badge.
Nah.
Just your presence here (along with your inexplicable cronies) absolutely fucked this site.
And you yap on about how you were banned, Negs, DR, etc etc
Yet none of that is the issue.
The issue is that you have nothing interesting to contribute, barring low brow humour, Aussie cosplay, and a weird obsession with your status here.
It’s fucking dire. All of it. And it’s made the comments section not worth reading anymore, let alone engaging with.
Aaaaah great we have a third member of the miserable sisters to keep this going. Chaz I always enjoyed your writing and sorry ya feel this way but thats life mate, nothing stays the same forever.
I am not yapping on about anything and want to move away from talking about the topic but miserable cunts want to keep going back there.
I cannot write for shit but have many memorable experiences from a life spent surfing in probably the main epicentre of this sport which some on here seem to enjoy. Honestly I wish you’d kept writing your reports but in the end they turned into a fucking poor me essay that had fuck all to do with what was happening on tour and were fucking boring as.
Hope you’re going good and life has picked up for you and you get back to putting stuff up on here cuz fuck me it needs it
You fucking yap on relentlessly and don’t seem to get that bringing numerous commenters on with you to back everything you say has changed the dynamic of this place. That’s it, bottom line. Maybe it was intentional. Regardless, quite a few people just comment on here all in good fun but when you come on with an agenda, that is quite selfish really, it irks the shit out of people who have been commenting here (mostly amicably) for quite some time.
I guess I am the cronie mate, and guess what? I don’t think there are any others in the Gang. (Worst Gang ever)
I have never changed my name.
I dunno how anyone (a small few) carry on with this shit.
I am here for fun, and have never said anything bad about anything or anyone. (Check my Disqus history FFS)
Strayan cunt is a cunt, and you gotta deal with cunts all day long in the real world.
So why is it so hard here?
Fucking amazing that someone finally gets it.
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20yo trucks aren’t worth stealing.😄
Keys usually go under the fake grass changing mat or a towel in the bed.
3-5ft ramps outta the South ! Yew! Have fun at work!
Will do, cheers Phil xx
Super sad to see what’s happened in Venezuela. They have a vibrant surf community there, although luckily on the coast. So many sad stories. Husbands at work and their entire families wiped out at thier homes.
Can anyone tell me if they think that this was a 9.0 with these weak turns? At the time I thought that it was a major overscore, while some of you who I respect thought that it was sufficiently well surfed. Not even close, for me. Not enough rail, spray or power. Betty Lou can feel hard done by.
At least we can be safe in the knowledge that the thieves aren’t real fisherpersons.
Real fisherpersons wouldn’t spend the stolen loot at those shops.
Real fisherpersons would’ve spent it all at liquor stores…
And the tackle shop.
Love me some RATT
I usually just walk to the surfing place.
Japan up on Brazil. Think Medina will cry if his boyfriend Neymar loses?
Not sure about Gabe, but usually hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of other brazzos cry whenever they get knocked out. Hopefully they’re mostly children and not too many grown men.
BG seems to have been founded on the foundation principle that men shouldn’t cry whenever they win a surf contest, but I’ve seen surf films that highlight core legends crying all the way back since the 90s. Proper legends like Andy. Nothing new.
Solution: Buy a Ford. I put one of those keypad thingies on my truck and can open the door with the combo. No stashing keys necessary. No idea why this seems exclusive to Ford (at least here in the states).
Robbin and Tawny…power couple🤟
Are people still doing this? A few years back I was stuck changing at my car and bringing my keys and towel to the beach. This always felt sketchy at HB/Newport but I never had my stuff stolen while surfing. It probably worked because there are slightly easier and dumber marks.
That car was broken into at a work holiday party and my work laptop was stolen out of the back seat. The thieves knew which small window they could break into without triggering the alarms.
My current car I had the privilege of paying $500 for a “sports key” with no way to replace the battery. Still getting robbed I guess.
Would be a great time for an engineering type to create some type of decoy bear spray operation. Stumbled upon on a UPS package glitter bomb youtube last night. Hypnotic viewing.
Strayan Bitch would definitely be the rat of BG. Beady ass little eyes, acting like a little cunt then running away to hide amongst his band of derelicts, fucking everything up for everyone else. Gotta go straight to the snap trap for this one, none of this catch it live and let it go crap.
Haha what am I supposed to have done now Barrelled, or are you just complaining and carrying on like usual? Be very careful or I will get this ridiculous, made up posse of my henchmen on to you ya silly, miserable old cunt haha
Since Strayan Bitch has decided to be a miserable pussy ass little cunt and block me, I’ll offer an explanation for him as a reply to my own post. The point is to show you what’s it’s like to have someone go at you relentlessly for no apparent reason. You might a recall a commenter who went by Negatron that your worthless ass decided to relentlessly bash for no real apparent reason. Does that ring a bell ya fuckin dumbcunt? And since you appear to be too fucking stupid to figure out the most simple things about the internet, such as needing to delete your own posts instead of begging Popsicle Boy to do it for you, blocking doesn’t stop me from seeing your posts and doesn’t stop you from seeing mine. See, you just logout of Disqus and, voila, the post is now available to be seen. Does that make sense you ignorant fuck?
Wonder how he blocks people on the jobsite. He’s a tradie don’t ya know.
Yeah, he likes to tell everyone that but the dipshit seems to always be on here so woulda lasted about 10 mins on my sites.
He blocked me now. lols
Sorry Pauline I find you boring as fuck and Andy warned me you’re a cunt to be avoided but that was a genuine mistake of the fingers. Barrelled I’m just winding up a little cuz I know how much he hates it
Andy warned you? Bahahahah
This is exactly part of the issue. Where do all these warnings and communications occur if not on the open comment board. So fucking weird.
For fucks sake mate it happened on here. His words were along the lines of SC this one, he’s a real snake and a proper cunt who got me banned. The only person I am in contact with off this site is Crayfish
Hahahaha. You daft twat. I didn’t get that gronk banned. I’ve never had anyone banned. To do so I would probably have to write a cry-time email to someone, which is more your style. Pretty sure Andy hasn’t ever copped a timeout anyway.
As per usual, shit for brains, you have no idea what the fuck you’re on about.
Hiding your key can be a beautifully choreographed piece of misdirection but unfortunately most surfers are hopelessly unaware in water and the car park.
Maybe give a solution for those of us with electric key fobs hey?
Gaff tape a spare clicker under the car somewhere you can click it discreetly, then you can lock your usual keys in the car
I got some solutions. Just need to know if it is a Chevy Bolt or Nissan Leaf?
Citroen Picasso
Link I tried to send got auto deleted. Check out a company called Fidlock. They make magneticly sealed watertight bags that you can just drop your key fob into, loop around your neck, and stuff into your wetsuit. Mine has never leaked, even after taking some proper thrashings in heavier surf.
Lockboxes are just horrendous.
and easy to cut/break into
I’ll let you stick with your plastic bag wrapped around your neck and I’m stickin with me lock box.
I got one that goes in my trailer hitch. Things money.
Nice, although the trailer hitch would be the first thing I’d be stealing.
Well… I guess if it ever goes missing I will know where to look now.
Yep you’ll find it right next to your truck and the drained out bank cards.
1: Buy 20 year old shitbox car. 2: Go on holiday asap and run into a wallaby, cracking part of the shit plastic ‘bumper bar’ in the process. 3: Commence hiding key in said crack. 4: Keep car full of rubbish at all times and put your most fucked, sun-yellowed board on top of any other boards stored inside.
https://www.fidlock.us/products/hermetic-dry-bag-mini