There are classic pieces of video that most of us will never forget. Candide's cork 810 to rail, Tanner's switch shifty 7, JP Walker's double cork and so on. I believe a video showing a ski thief being beat to shit would drastically help the mind of a thief. The video would be a ski gabber thread staple. There would be audio during the beating saying, "this is what you get when you steal," boom punch to the face. The court system is never seen by you youngsters, therefore you have no image of what will happen to you in the court system. Hearing of fines, police, and other thieving punishment isn't enough to deter these thieves.
A good ass whoopin documented on video would educate and instill a vision to these thieves that, "hey, if i steal these skis and get caught, i will get the shit kicked out of me. all of these people (skiers) are police and anyone of them can catch and promote my ass kicking! i won't steal these skis today."