What do I get?
- Support Your Local Shaper
- 24 x 7 theft protection
- 24 x 7 Insurance cover
home and away - 24 x 7 link to your shaper
- 24 x 7 Professional service
- Certificate of ownership
- 70% reduced risk of theft
- 100 % quality product
Surfers Information
Surfboard Tracker - DNA for your board
As a surfer you know how important your board is connecting you to the waves you ride. Buying a surfboard, for many surfers is expensive, imagine having your favourite only board stolen. The trauma, cost of replacing it, not being able to surf on your favourite stick.
Surfboards are not only valued sports equipment but are functional works of art. Many surfers now have more than 1 board in their quiver, many of which are collectible pieces of design and history. The blackmarket thrives on trading irreplaceable valued item's, by installing SBT, your board becomes easily traceable and therefore a deterrant to thieves looking to move a surfboard on.
"I had an Al Merrick board shaped by the great man himself, but now it's gone, never to be seen again. That was fifteen years ago, I am in my forties now and I still cant get over the loss of that magic board"
With theft of surfboards and equipment on the rise, shouldn't you look to reduce the chances of having your board stolen. Enjoy the peace of mind that a claim can be made for an exact replacement board if it ever happens to you, and that your board can be easily traced by retailers and police forces over the globe? Don't be sorry!
Another market that expanding fast is trading in fake, copied or cloned boards, one unlucky surfer was stung buying a Greg Noll "Da Cat" that he beleived to be authentic. He parted with of $10,000 having been assured of it's authenticity. He was only made aware that the board was a copy once the police caught the fraudster and traced his fake merchandise. All shapers who are registered SBT dealers and have placed an SBT system in their boards can guarantee your board is 100% authentic and is a sign of quality and craftsmanship.
If you're thinking about buying a new board buy one with SBT or ordering a custom, ask your shaper for SBT. This way your next board is 100% real and you can be sure its hadn't been stolen from a fellow surfer? If you sell it on you can prove the board is yours and not stolen, plus it is a genuine article. Plus make a claim if someone does steal it.
The SBT System helps to protect the needs of shapers and surfers worldwide:
- Surfboard with SBT, activated on the system will automatically protect the owner for full 12 months with anti-theft and insurance cover.
- Receive a full certificate of ownership.
- The SBT System connect you and your board, to the guy who made it. "How cool is that"?
- Insure your board home and abroad for 12 months, renewable.
- Surfers who activate their boards will receive regular news updates from their shaper building your relationship just like the old days.
- Boards fitted with the SBT implant are extremely difficult to resell the ownership and identification details.
- If a board is fitted with the SBT System then it's the genuine article and has been registered as such by the shaper. The board has a unique identity that cannot be replicated.
- If you're planning to buy a used or second hand a board offered by a friend, and it carries the SBT System you can check on the ownership and status of the board and transfer ownership safely and legally, ensuring you're not buying stolen goods. This is invaluable for all those who have bought or are intending to buy a second hand board via online auction sites such as ebay or second hand board sites.
- Replacement boards will be a like for like replacement.
