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LOST BOARD POST
As it goes, I got tangled with another rider, and had to drift in, leaving my board, floating out there.
Of course, I was determined to catch back up to it, after I made it to shore and borrowed another kite and board.
I had never lost a board, and wasn't about to start.
Anyway, Rusty and I did nearly a mile downwinder and I didn't see my board anywhere.
At the time, I remembered seeing a handful of boats milling about, so I figured it probably got picked up by one of them. That was my gut feeling at the end of the day.
Or it could have possibly slipped through my fingers, and kept drifting up the coast.
What can you do?
I made up some flyers, which were posted at some local stores (Montague and Stoney Lake), also at a local restaurant, and golf course.
Many people who knew me, or saw me ride before, where also helping spread the word.
All I could do was wait.
So, the next week end, I noticed a local douche had posted his boat for sale add, over one of my "missing kiteboard" flyers, then a few days later I saw that he had torn down another one and stuck up his "Boat for sale" using my tacks.
Could be unrelated, but seemed suspect, to my paranoid mind.
Still, what can you do?
Finally, one week ago Saturday, I got a PM from N8R, who reads the Mackite forum from East Lansing. My alma mater
He'd found a suspect board, up on eBay.
Well...... There it was.
All but one of my stickers were peeled off, little did they know it was also a distinct custom decal which I slapped on this year.
An added benefit of my stickers was that, all the spots which were covered up, showed up as dark shapes on the deck, since the sun faded the deck around them.
My latest photo of the board from Gun Lake, on June 14th clearly showed all the stickers in place.
So, off the bat, I called the local police in the town where the auction was going down.
It turns out, it was put on eBay by a shop, which only performs a consignment service.
Somewhat like a pawn shop, I figure.
Anyway, the local police told me to have the Muskegon Co. Sheriff, fax them a report and they would pick it up.
Long story short, the Deputy on the case, took my report that same day.
And by weeks end, the board was returned to my door step.
It turns out, a phone call was made to the person who brought the board to the eBay shop, and they changed their story after the Officer identified himself.
It went from: the kiteboard was a gift from a relative over 6 moths ago.
Then changed to: it was found, while camping.
That tells me, I would have had little luck getting it back without Police intervention.
The initial lie had been their story to tell, up until the Officer identified himself and that he had proof to the contrary.
So I got my board back!
After some scrubbing with Goo Gone, I put some more of my custom stickers on, and the rest is history.
NOW HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY LOST BROWN STEER.....NO HORNS, NOT A DONKEY, NOT A COW.....WHO TOOK MY STEER? LAST SEEN LSP...LOOKING FOR WIND HEADING NORTH,UNARMED......REWARD P.S. NEVER PUT STICKERS ON IT SO IT MIGHT HARD TO IDENTIFY.....BUT REMEMBER COWBOYS NO NUTS ON A STEER.....MAYBE IT WAS A HEIFER?YOU HAVE TO CHECK THESE THINGS OUT CAREFULLY.....MAY HAVE BEEN TRAVELING WITH SOME GUY WITH A GOATEE...
