CONTEST: Happy Birthday Best Kiteboarding

[MissionMan]

EH Freestyle Model 10m
Australia

and while I'm here, I'll add the 8m and 14m at the same time :p

and the 3m trainer before someone else steals that one.

[theflyingtinman]

And for anyone else wanting to play the game of illimination and
shotgun guessing .. here is a sorted list of all kites guessed up
to the point where Gumball said no one hadeven guessed the kite yet ...

8 nemisis proto
8 Nemesis
9 Nemisis
10 nemesis
12 Nemesis
14 nemesis was the first one sold,
16 nemesis
18 nemesis
19 Nemisis
21 nemisis

2.8 Yarga
5 Yarga
7 Yarga
9 yarga
11 Yarga
13 Yarga
13.5 Yarga
14 Yarga
16.5 Yarga
20 Yarga

3 grunt
7 Grunt
9 Grunt
9.5 Grunt

Trainer Kite
2m trainer
best proto 10m
BFK

25M Hellfish

Have fun

[Windrider]

5 Tempest - Australia
7 Tempest - Australia
9 Tempest - Australia
11 Tempest - Australia
13 Tempest - Australia
15 Tempest - Australia
17 Tempest - Australia

Go on Windrider .. I'll let you take Europe

Well, thank you. I'll take the local-route, and let someone in Europe, Brasil or New Zealand cover their own...

Howz about ....

7 Tempest - Hawaii
9 Tempest - Hawaii
11 Tempest - Hawaii
13 Tempest - Hawaii
15 Tempest - Hawaii
17 Tempest - Hawaii

Hmmm.... time for some philosophical introspection..... am I being "greedy", "resourceful" , "opportunistic", "unfair" or "creative" in taking a shotgun approach.... hmmmm..... Guess the answer is simply "Yes".

[theflyingtinman]

Howz about ....

7 Tempest - Hawaii
9 Tempest - Hawaii
11 Tempest - Hawaii
13 Tempest - Hawaii
15 Tempest - Hawaii
17 Tempest - Hawaii

Hmmm.... time for some philosophical introspection..... am I being "greedy", "resourceful" , "opportunistic", "unfair" or "creative" in taking a shotgun approach.... hmmmm..... Guess the answer is simply "Yes".

... Well, maybe most of the above but hey.it's a level playing field. The contest has been running for 11 days so anyone who wants to make a guess or ten has had more than enough opportunity to do so and most people seem to think multiple guesses are OK. So "Unfair"? - I don't think so.

Another bit of analysis to help (or confuse anyone else wanting to get into the shotgun game at this late stage. On page 3 gumball said : "So far only jrobson has one part right"
jrobson's guess was :
62kites per day: 10m Nemisis, Australia
1) We know it wasn't the 10m Nemisis (ruled out by GB's later assertion)
2) On this page:http://www.kitemare.com/best%20kites.htm (at some time in the past ) Alex stated "Best manufactures 2,500-4,500 kites per month depending on seasonality"
At a minimun that that averages to 83 kites per day and maximum 150 - so unless Alex was BS-ing in that article, or sales have dropped since it written, or Best manufacture far more kites than they ship, 62 per day is way under. (and it was already bracketted by guesses of 55 and 69)
3) Conclusion : Australia must be the correct shipping location.

Well I've run out of 2004 Best kites to guess so have at it - and have fun

[Windrider]

Darn it! Darn it! I think you're right......

Congratulations in advance...... so what kite are you going to choose?

[The Jess-Man]

There were no rules that said you couldn't guess more then once.

[gumball]

tinman got the kite right...

Guess as many times as you want, but one kite and one location per guess and two other entries between your multiple guesses... i.e. two other people have to guess after you submit a guess before you can submit another guess.

And for anyone else wanting to play the game of illimination and
shotgun guessing .. here is a sorted list of all kites guessed up
to the point where Gumball said no one hadeven guessed the kite yet ...

8 nemisis proto
8 Nemesis
9 Nemisis
10 nemesis
12 Nemesis
14 nemesis was the first one sold,
16 nemesis
18 nemesis
19 Nemisis
21 nemisis

2.8 Yarga
5 Yarga
7 Yarga
9 yarga
11 Yarga
13 Yarga
13.5 Yarga
14 Yarga
16.5 Yarga
20 Yarga

3 grunt
7 Grunt
9 Grunt
9.5 Grunt

Trainer Kite
2m trainer
best proto 10m
BFK

25M Hellfish

Have fun

[Windrider]

Interesting..... if Tinman got the kite right, and I started the listings of the Tempest as the kite series, then that means that Tinman's correct guess on the kite was his "5m Grunt" guess, but that his Australia guess was wrong.

New Guess:

5m Grunt
Hawaii

[MissionMan]

5m Grunt
The Gorge

[solo flight]

5m Grunt ,New Zealand.

Very heavy delivery.