The Kiwis behind the dawn flag-bombing stunt at one of Larry Ellison's San Francisco properties yesterday said the operation took hours to research and plan.
A video posted online yesterday of a trio, calling themselves the Kiwi ninjas, decorating Mr Ellison's garage with New Zealand flags went viral. The idea was dreamed up by a group of fervent Team New Zealand supporters over a few beers.
One of the ninjas who donned the full lycra body suit, Cathy Odgers, said everything down to the type of duct tape they used to attach the flags to the garage door was thoroughly researched
"I think it would have taken five billable hours of planning the whole exercise," joked Ms Odgers, a lawyer, "but the result was priceless."
"We'd done a reconnaissance mission before that so we could get the logistics all nailed down."