A surfboard lock is a device or a mechanism for securing a

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to prevent

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or loss. Typically surfboard locks attach to some part of the surfboard, such as the leash plug or center fin box slot. Alternately, some

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ing devices clamp or strap around the surfboard. Once the board is secured, the locking device attaches to some hard point like a

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or a non-movable object.

Background

Many surfboard locks use

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to make the connection from the interface point on the surfboard to the securing object. Some surfboards do not have a leash plug, or a fin box or both. Therefore, based upon the design of the surfboard one or more locking devices may or may not work. Surfboard locking device

A lashing device is a

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, wire cable, or

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which wraps around the board and essentially ties it up with some sort of locking device. A simple low cost way to do this is to wrap

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around the surfboard and secure it with a lock. Board clamping devices are large

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s that wrap around the board and like the lashing product secure the board by kissing it. Many times these clamping devices can be hard mounted in a truck bed or on the roof of a car to act as a carrying rack. Mechanical attachments to the board hardpoints such as the leash plug and fin box vary widely in their configuration but are generally some sort of attaching mechanism which grabs onto or into the board and then secured with a lock.

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{{Reflist Surfing equipment

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