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The Flybar product line is a collaboration between SBI Enterprises, Bruce Middleton, and Andy Macdonald. SBI Enterprises, loacted in Ellenville, NY, is the original inventor of the Pogo Stick. Since 1918 they've sold tens of millions of them. In their 87 years of business one thing has remained constant, the classic pogo design, until the year 2000. In August of 2000, SBI Enterprises was approached by Bruce Middleton, an MIT trained physicist and inventor. Bruce told SBI that he had developed a technology that would bring the pogo stick into the 21st century. By replacing the steel spring of a traditional pogo with a patented system of rubber spring elements. SBI and Bruce Middleton transformed the pogo stick from a balance-challenging toy to a gravity-defying sport. Soon after SBI and Middleton joined forces, eight-time World Cup Champion skateboarder, Andy Macdonald, caught wind of the project and told SBI that he'd love to come on board to help out. A lifelong pogo fan, Andy figured that if someone was going to reinvent the classic toy, he was eager to lend a hand and to make sure that it was designed to his exacting specifications. Since then SBI, Bruce, and Andy have been working together to develop the Flybar line. After foru years of intense R&D, they finally arrived at a product that would satisfy all of their exacting standard, the Flybar 1200. The pogo stick has been a beloved pastime of people around the world ever since 1918. Flybar is a proud company that is committed to the development of new Flybar models and related technologies for many years to come. Flybar has won 4 different awards for their Flybar Pogo Sticks; including BusinessWeek Online as a Featured Product (Best Products of the year, business week magazine), SGMA International as a Semi Finalist (Sports product of the year sporting good manufacturer association), BrandNew winner (Delrin Hardware Category Summer ISPO - International Trade Fiar for Sports Equipment and Fashion), and POPULAR Science Winner (Best of what's new recreation category popular science magazine). You have seem this hot item on Good Morning America, Fuji TV, Fox8 Cleveland, CTV News, and CBS Sand Diego!
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