Lost ski found on SIA

[aupatking]

My cousin lost this ski off his swim platform

Please do not buy it. I am trying to get them to return it to him.

https://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?endless=summer&topic=Search&category=Slalom&postid=58499

 

[MattP]

If it is his Email Larry to see if he can help or get the ad down.

 

larryg@ski-it-again.com

[oldjeep]

A shalom ski. Very rare.

[MISkier]

@oldjeep, maybe they originally got it from this skier (read her event specialty):

 

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0293329/bio?ref_=m_mn_ov_bio

 

(This goes back to the water skiing in movies thread, with part copied from this IMDB entry).

[aupatking]

@oldjeep if you’ve ridden a 2017 Vapor, you know that thing is Kosher

[Sethro]

They have serial numbers...any chance he has the number on record and proof it's his? I must say showing up at someone's house to "purchase" known stolen items is sure a good time. It wasn't necessarily stolen at the time if they sincerely just found it, but depriving someone of their property (now that they now or will find out it's your brother's) certainly constitutes theft.

[Kelvin]

Its obvious the seller is not a skier.

[ToddF]

agree with @kelvin that ad wasn't written by a water skier.

and "shalom to all"

[jepski]

Even if he had to pay the seller, asking $450 OBO....cheaper than buying a replacment ski+bindings?

[NorthIdahoLPO]

I saw this last week and my first thought was they were selling for someone else... age group adult...

[robmollysilverlake]

Hope that Sheree does the right thing and your cousin gets his ski back!!

[Wish]

Who says “purpose built competitive waterski”. If it’s local to you, pose as a buyer and ask to see it. If there are any known defects that can’t be seen in the pic or your cousin has a record of purchase, you may even have a case to bring an officer with you. They can claim ignorance but not ownership.

[jjackkrash]

If the waters are navigable the "law of salvage" would require payment for the retrieval of lost cargo based on the value of the cargo.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_salvage

 

If the waters are not navigable, it sounds like it might fall under the category of finders keepers losers weepers.

 

In any event, maybe a phone call and a nice ask before calling the cops and escalating the situation?

[oldjeep]

It is odd that someone with no clue about waterskis managed to find Ski-It-again. It isn't exactly a site you would trip over.

[Rednucleus]

So, just thinking from the finders perspective, "I found this ski, how do I know the guy claiming to be the owner really is?" If in fact you have a receipt with serial number than maybe offer him a nice finder's fee. He could have just as easily kept it for his own use (if a skier) or given it to a friend. Not saying I support him selling your ski, just trying to look at both sides of the story.

[robmollysilverlake]

If I were to find a waterski in the lake or on my beach I would do everything I could to try and find the owner. Usually after a storm there are ads on facebook and we will get emails from the lake association when people find items that aren't theirs. Most slalom skiers love their skis, I'm just hoping the person who found the ski had no idea how much the ski means to the real owner and he gets his ski back.

[BraceMaker]

@robmollysilverlake gotta watch out - neighbor lost his drop ski put up signs and got a call from a guy - went into his prop and the guy wanted a new prop. Lost a ski and a prop in one go.

[aupatking]

He text me this afternoon, said he spoke with the seller and they are getting together later this week to pick up his ski. I figured most, if not all, SIA visitors are also BOS guys. I wanted to do my best to make certain the ski wasn’t sold before he could get in contact with them.

Thank you guys for being a great community

[ForrestGump]

For giggles I messaged that ad and they replied and said they think they have it sold already but will get back with me in a few days if it falls through.

[aupatking]

I know he told me he actually posted signs all around the lake, as well as “what’s happening in (whatever area)” on Facebook.

@ForrestGump my faith in humanity (non skiers) being what it is, I’ll be surprised if he actually gets it back

[robmollysilverlake]

@BraceMaker why would someone run over your neighbor's drop ski, so rude! jk ;) I meant when we find something that is not ours we put a message out to the lakeshore association email letting people know what we found, we had the decking of a dock section float up on our beach this summer.

[NorthIdahoLPO]

Lost a ski in the same fashion... looked for what seemed like hours. Went to the extent to post pictures of it at all the surrounding marinas, posted Facebook, Craigslist, the whole nine. Nothing. I still look for it online from time to time hoping one day it will miraculously appear 2 years later.

[aupatking]

He’s supposed to be picking it up at noon tomorrow. Months after losing it. @NorthIdahoLPO there’s still hope. In other news, I’m guessing he’s not buying my 2020 Vapor from me now

[lpskier]

My wife lost her ski in the far corner of our lake last spring. Didn’t realize it until we got home and couldn’t find it though we looked until dark. Next morning it turned up five docks down from ours. Little bastard was trying to find his way home.

[Jody_Seal]

88-89 i lived in Puerto Rico. Had a portable course set up in a tru back water mangrove area on the south side of the island. In those days still a very remote area of the island. Mostly fishing villages and back woods islanders lived in the area.

One afternoon after Michele and I got done skiing we headed back to the trailer. Got back to our house and started the boat clean up process.

Hmmmmmm..... could not find my Connelly in the boat. We went back to try and locate the ski the next day....good luck, no bueno!

To this day I can just see some fisherman finding it and trying to figure out what it was and what it could be used for in his world..

 

[adkh2oskier]

Lost a drop ski one summer night right at dusk. Looked all over the next day and many more after that, never found it that season. About 5 years later we found it at one of the neighbors garage sale, all beat up and faded, he didn't even charge us. Put a new binder on it, still using it occasionally.

[S1Pitts]

We lost a drop ski- old EP shortline. Found it almost 15 yrs later (2 yrs ago) sticking out of an overflowing dumpster at the boat launch. Still had the owners name felt penned beside the binding with his phone number which is still current.

[6balls]

My brother crashed hard when I was a kid separating from his ski on a narrow reservoir site. A couple of guys in a Nautique grab it and take off. We let Dan swim to shore an it was "on" with myself and brothers Joe and Jim. It was in our "outboard" days and we were running a 70 mph boat. Suffice to say we got our ski back. Jim made it very clear the consequences if they didn't give it up.

[Than_Bogan]

@6balls That is truly bizarre on many levels. Can't imagine any part of the thought process of the folks in the Nautique. Well I guess I can imagine their thoughts at the end: "Maybe he won't kill ALL of us..."

[6balls]

A friend on our public lake had his ski stolen from his boat while the boat was tucked up under his lift. We had someone try to steal skis from us at a resort cabin that were left out one night, too. Amazing what people will do.

 

As for the dudes in the Nautique...some of you know Jim as an adult freak of nature--you just have to imagine him as a hot-tempered younger version, and the looks on their faces when a well-built, 6 foot 7 inch brother Joe stood up from the driver's seat next to him...then there was me--I must have been 10 years old--real scary, right?

[Oldkier]

I use to ski with your brother Joe on my river course, I would of loved to be there to see that.

[Sasquatch]

Matt... if it weren’t for you and your River course, I wouldn’t have gotten back on the ski after nearly 20-years off... I’ll never forget our times together... thanks!

[Oldkier]

Great times!