One of the exciting things about running this blog is the number of interesting ideas I come across. One such great idea I just discovered is globe riding. One such company that offers a franchise business is ZORB. ZORB globe riding (generically known as globe riding) is the experience of rolling down a hill in […]
WGHP: Jim Drake, an aeronautical engineer credited with inventing windsurfing in the late 1960s, died Tuesday at his home in Pfafftown. He was 83. Drake developed a workable design for attaching a sail to a surfboard in 1967. He built a prototype. On May 15, 1967, he took it to California’s Marina del Rey to
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Adventurous people love to try new things. At least, that is what the Brooklyn Workshop founder, Alon Karpman, hopes will be the case with his unique creation, the Skatecycle. Inspired by futuristic Sci-Fi movies and comic books, Alon has successfully created the next new device that will have skaters ready to upgrade. He has eliminated
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NY Times: Dan Guilbeault was 3 when doctors discovered a tumor called an optic glioma pressed against his optic nerves. He continued to play the sports he loved — basketball, baseball and football — until he lost most of his sight at 11. Multimedia Now he is 19 and almost completely blind, and his favorite
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The Franchise Hound has up a profile another business that accidentally became a franchise: Jeff Platt had never planned on starting a business model let alone a successful national franchise. With hopes of creating a brand new sport, more than a million dollars was invested in developing new teams and building a facility from the
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With the Super Bowl right around the corner, it’s a good time to ask: What are the pros and cons of sports investing? Consider this investing proposition: You have a chance to invest in businesses that have been around since the 1920s and are growing in popularity. These companies have an intensely loyal consumer base;
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Baseball is an inherently unhealthy game. Not only are the players overweight but there’s always the risk of being beaned in the head or chest by the ball. But far and away the most dangerous part about baseball is the propensity for it’s players to use chewing tobacco. A couple former college players from Cal
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The season must be approaching quickly, because golf and tees are filling the news. A couple weeks ago, an inventor combined the golf tee and a pencil, creating the Teecil. Now an inventor has combined the birdie used in badminton with the idea behind tees, creating the BirTee, reports Ottawa Citizen. After whacking badminton shuttlecocks
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GamedayHousing is the easiest and safest way for groups of sports fanatics to find a place to stay when they’re in town for the big game. Most sports towns can’t possibly accommodate the hundreds of thousands of fans who flood local hotels that are often outdated and few in number. GamedayHousing solves this problem by
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My SA: With the start of Pro Sports Technologies, Rodriguez has created technological sensors that can instantly provide a football’s spot placement and another that tracks collision information to determine a concussion — all with the ability to deliver the information in time for referees and coaches to make a call during a suspenseful game.
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