^^ He might have snapped a pole and looked around for one that looked like the same size?
Back on the topic of people stealing stuff, we dock our boat in a marina during the summer and I usually will just keep my wakeboard up on the board racks all day in case we decide to head out for a set. (I ride an 06 Liquid Force PS3 with 08 Liquid Force Watson LE boots in case anybody cares. The boat is a 2003 Mastercraft X-2) Anyways, a couple weeks ago I'm driving our golf cart around the marina and see this kid on my boat taking my fucking wakeboard, so I just stop and start talking to him, saying oh, that's a nice board what kind is it blah blah I'm getting into wakeboarding and just asking him questions and stuff and after a few minutes he kinda just sketched out and walked. He did, however, stick around long enough to see me go and get my board off the boat, at which point he must have felt like a total idiot. (At least I hope, haha) I would have been super pissed if I had come down to the boat to find my board missing, but I got lucky. Fucking idiot kids stealing shit. Now I take my wakeboard off the boat after every set no matter what.