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Hey SQ. Riddle me this.....

Postby surf-turkey » Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:17 am

The post about how Best came to be, having zero mention of how Shannon got involved or his role, got me curious. Maybe you can fill in the missing parts? The guys name was used for the company. That's kinda a big deal. So what's the story? Enquiring minds want to know....

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Re: Hey SQ. Riddle me this.....

Postby GraemeF » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:55 pm

I'm all ears for this one..

I think SQ's busy I heard the R&D departments photocopier jammed where they tried to ram a Fuel through it and SQ's trying to explain how they managed to remove a perfectly good competition winning kitesurfing team from the podium after paying so much money for it...

In fact I wonder if it was SQ's idea.

Do you think he's having his arse kicked for that as well.

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Re: Hey SQ. Riddle me this.....

Postby Toby » Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:50 pm

I want to know too!

As I know they all went to Brazil with Shannon.

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Re: Hey SQ. Riddle me this.....

Postby DrLightWind » Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:23 pm

surf-turkey wrote: Enquiring minds want to know....
Maybe he just wanted his honest $ pay / year :wink:
since Best became popular because of his name, No :?:
And who's idea was the logo :idea:

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Re: Hey SQ. Riddle me this.....

Postby surf-turkey » Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:37 pm

I'm really not interested in this turning into a best bashing post. I am genuinely interested in the back story of it all and hope that SQ will offer it up. Let's try to keep that the focus. Thanks

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Re: Hey SQ. Riddle me this.....

Postby danglerdog » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:05 pm

:lol:
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Re: Hey SQ. Riddle me this.....

Postby Anabatic_co_nz » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:33 am

Good article with Alex Shrogren on the formation of BEST:
http://www.thekiteboarder.com/2009/12/g ... x-shogren/

Good article about Shannon BEST on the formation of BEST:
http://www.learn2kitesurf.com/featured- ... annon-best

If you Google 'BEST Kiteboarding formation' you get...
http://www.bestkiteboarding.com/The-REAL-Best-Story

2 against one :cool2:


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