Congradulations to AlexanderL

 Thanks to the team from Shark Shield who kindly donated a Freedom 7 for us to giveaway as a prize, for the past month we've been asking for readers to give us a reason to pick them as the lucky recipient. There were a lot of great entries and as I spent the past few nights reading and re-reading the entries I found myself wishing we had a 2nd & 3rd place prizes to give away as well. There were quite a few contenders and If it hadn't been for Alexander's offering (click the read more link to see it), it would have been really tough to call. Though it was a pretty close race in my own mind, both Holger and Carl picked the same entry as well and that pretty much made Alexander the winner by numbers.  

Alexander made his point graphically, demonstrating that fish are easily fooled by lures and suggesting that sharks are no different. Within his post he shows how - with just a little imagination - that his 'Outlaw' kayak might be acting a lot like a big shark lure. Whether it is or not, his new Freedom 7 Shark Shield will certainly make him feel a lot more at ease.

As amusing and even as sensational as the winning entry is, I think it's fair to say there's also a little truth to it as well. Although encounters with large sharks are relatively rare, take it from someone who has been there - an inquisitive shark will be most curious about your kayak.Thats the point at which one is well served to have a Shark Shield on board.

Well done Alexander and thanks to all who entered. It wasn't at all a laborious task to try and pick a winner because there were some great posts contributed. For those of you who narrowly missed out, come back tomorrow to see what we have in store for our Xmas competition (not to mention a brand-new website to reveal it with).

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