http://www.tested.com/art/makers/457484-locksport-fight-club-lock-picking/
By Rachel Swaby
Tested
Sept. 11, 2013
How a spirited and inclusive community emerged from competitive lock
picking.
After exchanging some pleasantries, retrieving an iced tea from the
cashier, and settling in, Eric Michaud clicks a standard issue handcuff
around my left wrist. We're sitting at a two-top upstairs in a small cafe,
and the table before us is blanketed with metal. Pin-tumbler locks, like
key in knob cylinders, pad locks, Mortise locks as well as several lock
picking sets (some of which he's testing and some of which he owns) have
been taken from a Michaud’s black backpack and placed before us. My hand,
heavy with metal and social baggage, rests there as well.
I have no idea what our neighbors think of this display because I'm too
distracted by the gasp-laughter escaping from my mouth. At least something
is escaping; my hand is not.
Although I didn't anticipate this exact predicament, I did anticipate that
we’d be toying around with locks. I was looking forward to it, even. Eric
Michaud is many things -- a physical security expert, a hacker-space
founder, a runner -- but today he's here to talk to me about using the
pick in place of the key. As the co-founder of the US branch of The Open
Organisation of Lockpickers (TOOOL), Michaud's not only an expert lock
picker, but he was also on the front lines as a small collection of
enthusiasts that turned their picking passion into a full blown movement.
Naturally, it's embarrassing in such company and to be failing the first
lesson.
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