macboy
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
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Macboy....Kite P.I.
Thought I'd share the method that locked me in on the elusive (to me) T3 11m.
As most of you know I've been looking pretty diligently for about 2 weeks now. Last night while trying to get more info on other models I found myself
in a Google image search. I noticed a lot of the image results were from "for sale" posts on various sites (Kijiji, Craigslist, kite forums etc.). A
lot of the posts were inactive or removed but not all. It occurred to me that it might be worth trying a T3 image search and wouldn't you know it? I
found a year old for-sale ad from a shop in Florida. I emailed them on a long-shot and they still had the kite!
As a bonus I was able to see the ad was REALLY old so when he got back to me saying he still had it I got it for a VERY good price! 
KC07 - Certified Chronic
Rev Shockwave | Brooza II 3 | BusterII's 3/4/5 | Hornet 1.5
Reactor II 5.5/6.9 | AccessXC 10 | Frenzy 12 | PsychoIII 13 | Speed2 12 | Speed3 15 | SA2.5 19
Bomba 15 | Phantom 15/18 | Venom 13 | Slingshot T3 9/11/14m
Skis, Ski Skates, Nobile RM Pro, MBS Pro 90, Kailolo 5' 11" Custom Phish, Kailolo 5'9" Custom Phish, Plyboard, Proof 151,
FlydoorM, F-One 198, Coyotes, Comp XR+, and the BEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
~ Thomas Edison
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Drewculous
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hells yeah!
awesome find!
 now to find some of my desired kites
PL: Twister II 5.6m, Phantom 15m / 12m, 10m Synergy, JIBE Viper 5.3m, Charger 19m
HQ: Montana 4 12.5m, Apex 3 5m
Flexi: Blade ViP, Rage 1.8m \"lil Pepi!\"
FlexiFoot Bug / FlexDeck / MBS Core 95 / Custom Carbon Fiber MTH \"Monster Door\"
Corsair Crash Test Dummy (QC Suervisor  )
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erratic winds
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Great colors, too! I was about to say you should not pass up that Key10 that's on that other forum...that's an insane deal on something very close to
what you were looking for.
Tide? What's a tide? Man, it's 1000 miles to any ocean.
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kitedelight
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nice! way to go on digging up the entombed ad.
ya, nice colors too.
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arkay
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Nice method  For future reference, Portland is also littered with slingshot. I
find they just laying on the street corner sometimes... so check portland.cl and nwkite, sure to find some. Most ppl are flying RPM's so the turbo
and touches are there, but becoming less common to find.
US503 - Manzanita, Oregon
Fixed Bridal: Flexifoil Sting 1.2, 1.7; Rage Acid 2.5m, 3.5m, 4.7m, 6m | Peter Lynn Vapor 11.2m, 16.1m | NPW 7m
Depower : Peter Lynn Venom 2 13m, 16m, 19m | Peter Lynn Phantom 15m | Flysurfer 2.5 SA 19m
LEI : Flexifoil Atom 7m, 9m, 12m; Mutiny 8m
Land rides : Libre Hardcore; Libre v-max; Peter Lynn XR+W | Rollerblade Coyotes! | Ground Industries AK Pro
Water rides : Slingshot Misfit 134; Ocean Rodeo Mako 150; North WAM! 5\'10
4 Sale/Trade: HQ M1 5m, Flysurfer Pulse 10, PL Venom 2 16m, PL Venom 19m
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macboy
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
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Slingshot is based out of Hood River aren't they? I shoulda thought to ask you if you'd seen any left at bus stops or coffee shops ; )
I figured for sure it'd be long gone. If I'd put gear up for sale with a kite shop and it hadn't moved in 3 months (let alone over a year) I'd have
found other means to sell it. Thank goodness this dude didn't.
Too bad you can't "Pay & Print" kites....the wind is perfect for a first flight today.......
KC07 - Certified Chronic
Rev Shockwave | Brooza II 3 | BusterII's 3/4/5 | Hornet 1.5
Reactor II 5.5/6.9 | AccessXC 10 | Frenzy 12 | PsychoIII 13 | Speed2 12 | Speed3 15 | SA2.5 19
Bomba 15 | Phantom 15/18 | Venom 13 | Slingshot T3 9/11/14m
Skis, Ski Skates, Nobile RM Pro, MBS Pro 90, Kailolo 5' 11" Custom Phish, Kailolo 5'9" Custom Phish, Plyboard, Proof 151,
FlydoorM, F-One 198, Coyotes, Comp XR+, and the BEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
~ Thomas Edison
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shaggs2riches
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Location: Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Mood: low winds here I come
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woot,woot!!!!! nice kite there Macboy. Never thought of shopping in that manner. 
what I fly/ride:
19m Flysurfer Speed 2 SA
12m Flysurfer Speed2
6m Ozone access xt
1.5m Ozone imp trainer
144cm Airush Switch
152cm lib tech skate banana
MBS Pro 90
Jereme Leafe Pro 95
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