Anyone been to the “Lech Summer Active” in Poland? It just became a lot cooler event. You guessed it- they now have Spikeball. Here are a few pix of them playing on the grass.
Spikeball as a wedding or birthday gift?
I have been getting some notes that people are getting Spikeball sets as wedding gifts. Think about it, does your friend REALLY want a shiny new toaster? Who cares if it’s not on the registry- do it- he’ll thank you for it. “Brilliant!”
And some random shots from playing last weekend…
Those of you in Cape Hatteras, Virginia Beach, Louisiana, and Florida– thanks for the notes and keep ‘em coming.
First thing– apologies to ALL of you. I can’t believe how fast time goes. It’s been way too long since you’ve received an official Spikeball update. You must be soooo dehydrated, filthy, starving, and smelly. Don’t worry- I’m here to intensify those symptoms.
Lots going on in the world of Spikeball. Before we get started though we need to ‘pour some out’ for our friend Provo. While playing the greatest beach game in the history of mankind he separated his shoulder. Now this is no ordinary shoulder. This shoulder powers one of the best bands out there— Alaska Thunder F&*!. Word is it’s the 3rd time he’s separated it so it looks like the attorneys can’t place full blame on whoever these guys are that run Spikeball Inc.
OK, dry your tears, back to business. We’ve generated some nice press in the past few weeks.
FitSugar.com (ladies, this is the sister site to HUGE site popsugar.com) did a nice article on us touting the nice workout that comes along with beach domination. Take a look at it here. After we sold a set to a guy in Athens, Greece I asked him how he heard of Spikeball. Here’s his reply: “found out about it on fitsugar.com - I have 4 kids and there are lots and lots of beaches in Greece, so this one must be a winner :)” Time for a gyro.
We also got a nice write up in the Kipp Report. Here it is. Never heard of it? Me neither. They are an English language news site in Dubai. Yup, Dubai as in United Arab Emirates. Word around town is they have billions of gallons of sand…perfect for the greatest game of all time. They are like the Saudi Arabia of sand…and they have an indoor Alpine skiing hill.
And finally, being the cool-kid-trendsetters that we are, we got a write up on TrendCentral. Spikeball is officially a, “New Sport to Know”. Read more here. And you said we wouldn’t grow up to be anything.
Volleyball Champ wins Spikeball set
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I got to spend my 4th of July in a part of Ludington, MI called Epworth. There’s a volleyball tournament every year and the winners get a nice ribbon. Playing next to these guys all day we figured we’d man up and offer a far superior sport as their reward for winning. Mark Saksa was on that winning team and has promised to spread the Spikeball love in his town of Kansas City. Don’t go hunting for beaches in Kansas, Spikeball works just as well in the lawn.
The best part of the day was when after the Spikeball sets were given to the winners someone yelled out, “Had I known I’d get a free Spikeball set I would have tried harder!”
It’s spreading…
More Spikeball Sales in the Bathroom at a Bar
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Remember in my last note when I mentioned the Spikeball business cards in the urinal? That was in Chicago. Here’s a story from Florida…
As the orders for sets come in I like to reply to ask the customer how they heard about us. We got an order in Florida where our Spikeball Inc member Biggggy lives. Here is the reply from the customer…classic:
“…I actually was in the men’s room at a bar called Yardhouse, and I saw a card sitting next to the sink. I think the phrase “Fill the cooler” at the top of the card is what caught my attention (I am a big fan of drinking and playing competitive games…I grabbed the card, checked out the website, watched the videos, and bought the thing…Anyhow, great luck with your new product here, I think it will go over great; everyone I have linked to your website seems to think it’s a cool idea!”
It’s spreading…
Ummmm…how do I assemble it?
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Some of our “challenged” customers (I love you all, I swear!) have had some issues with assembly (I’m talkin’ to you Wellner!). Given that I think these folks may also have trouble with the written word I put together a video showing how to properly assemble your Spikeball set. I was really going for the low budget look here and I think I nailed it. I didn’t have any Spikeball Supermodels hanging around at the time to shoot this. Don’t get me wrong, I usually have TONS of Spikeball Supermodels hanging out, but the timing didn’t work out for the video. Anyway, enough words- check out the video below or on YouTube here. I also put some other videos up: Spikeball Rules Video (not the greatest quality), 3 Games Going at once, and Double Bouncer…don’t do it.. Forgive the low budget nature of these. It is due, oddly enough, to our low budget.
Finally, some of you Facebookers read this but I wanted to share it with everyone. About 7 weeks ago, before our official launch, we were on the JV team. Spikeball was only in 2 cities- Chicago and Stuart, FL. How things have changed. We now have people playing all over Southern California, Florida, Rhode Island, Ohio, Montauk, Nantucket, Hamptons, Wisconsin (Milly-Wah-Kay “home of the good land”), Tennessee, Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Poland (yes, Poland), and plenty of other places. This isn’t quite Varsity squad but we’re getting there.
It’s spreading. Can you help? Send this blog link to your crew and check out our group on Facebook. If nothing else, it will give them something to check out on this fine Friday afternoon.
I’ve been getting a lot of letters from Spikeballers all over the world- it’s been pretty amazing to see how fast word is traveling. Here’s a nice one I got from a guy named Tim….
“…I have played spikeball and I love it. I took it with me on a vacation to Mexico and it
was a hit all over the beach. I had three or four different strangers that I met on
the beach tell me that they were buying a set when they got home. I met you guys on
the beach in Chicago and you seem like great guys, and I wish you the best. i will
continue to spread the word about how much I love spikeball. Good luck and thanks
for a great product and good service. Take care.
Tim R”
Hey Ballers,
We made ESPN radio last week! Local TV Sportscaster Mark Giangreco saw us playing on the beach and thanks to some prodding from Beast he mentioned it on his radio show. When asked what Spikeball was like he said, “It’s like a violent version of volleyball.” I love it. All along we thought we were tougher than volleyball players but to hear a man who’s entire life has been sports say it, well, I just get a little choked up.
What else is going on? For the female Spikeball fan, be sure to take a look at the article on fitsugar.com today. It looks like they saw one of you playing on the beach in California and wrote a nice article on it.
