The story of how I developed this product begins with my love of boats since childhood. In 1967, Principal Walker invited my family to go boating. We got hooked on being on the water, and shortly thereafter Papa bought our first boat. Then, in 1975, Bart’s Watersports showed a video of Hydroslide, and we are barefooting in no time.

I bought my first boat at the age of 22 and since that time I’ve enjoyed thousands of hours boating with family and friends. In 2013, this lifestyle was “officially” passed on to the next generation when my son bought his first boat.

For me, there is nothing like tinkering around with an old boat and hearing it fire for the first time, or seeing the sail fill with your first wind, or feeling the methodical motion of waves, or hearing the water hitting the hull of the boat, or catching your sport fish, or teaching the scout troop the water ski merit badge, or seeing your son land his invert on a wakeboard, or presenting a Gold Medal to the Collegiate National Championship Team on CBS Sports, or selecting Team USA. It is a lifestyle and it’s our way of life.