Good Times with SKYAAK!

I've been working out with a guy named Evan Reiffersheid here who has proven to be an exceptionally great Skyaak enthusiast. I have been quizzing him quite extensively and here is what I am finding out. More accurately, he is simply confirming what I already know after all my experience with Skyaak.

Evan says, first of all, that he was easily able to figure out ALL BY HIMSELF five or six different throwing techniques for the Skyaak. This is thanks to the fact that he has a background in sports and is keenly interested in the skill set that enables him to excel with his Skyaak.

He went on to say that he loves Skyaak ( he rates it above Frisbee for excitement ) for many reasons.

He claims that the Skyaak is valuable, stimulating and exciting to him because it functions as a TRAINER in these areas:

1) ambidextrous work-out

2) reflex builder

3) agility trainer

4) hand-to-eye coordination

5) muscle memory builder

This is an impressive list, and all of these areas get a solid, useful work-out whether you're conscious of it or not. Evan also says that since he has independently developed five distinctly different throwing techniques, he finds the Skyaak to have long-lasting appeal. In fact, he says Skyaak has become one of his favorite leisure-time activities!

On a scale of 1-10, Evan rates Skyaak at a 8.5 or higher for overall excitement, interest, and training benefit.

SKYAAK turns heads all over Melbourne!

Photo Credit: Max Milne M2 Photography 2007

News Just in from Melbourne:

Brendan O'Keefe was walking home from work today and as he made his 30 minute walk across the park through the streets he couldn't help but notice people staring at him. He had flashbacks to when he was a pop star, "must be looking particularly HOT today" he thought but then he passed a young family and BOOM, jaws dropped, kids cried out LOOK Mummy.

People on bikes took a second glance and the local police even slowed down. Boy oh boy, with a SKYAAK tucked under his back strap he soon realized having a SKYAAK on your person has some magical power!

Next he approached his favorite Wine shop to pick up a quality bottle of Margret River red and the magic spell was cast. There was a young woman working this special Friday evening, a casual staff member he'd never seen before. She immediately asked "What is that" "It's a SKYAAK, The Frisbee of the future" He replied. The young woman picked up a pen and paper and announced, "My boyfriend is Frisbee Mad!, He'd love a SKYAAK!"

She wrote down the website address and Brendan gave her his email address. "Tell your boyfriend to check it out and if he likes it email me and I'll drop one off!"

Joy, Joy, Joy. The SYAAK has landed.

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Such is life...

A bit of background...As previously mentioned, my friend Brendan was going to get a young associate of his to present Skyaak at "Weaving with Light", a nano-technology conference being held in Melbourne. Brendan e-mailed me this AM feeling discouraged. His young pal 'wigged out' at the last minute and decided not to carry through with it. Such is the nature of youth, sometimes. They can be a fickle lot...and sometimes (though not always!!!) a bit unreliable. Hey! We all been there! So I wrote Brendan a bit of a morale booster in response:

Hi Brendan. I bet that was a hard letter for you to write. But thanks for filling me in. As I say, such is life...

Here's where the old expression kicks in: "Everything happens (or doesn't) for a reason."

Believe me, my friend, I have had a lot of rough landings ( mostly associated with people that do not follow through with their promises...) with this Skyaak trip. On the other hand, I have a burning faith that with perseverance and the right core group involved, it will sooner or later IGNITE and become a smash hit!

I guess I have to start putting more of that energy into the universe.

Did I mention that I have submitted Skyaak as a contender to appear on "The Dragon's Den" ?

I have no clue when if ever they will get back to me. Ya gotta get short-listed to start with. One can only hope....

SOOOO...please do not get discouraged. This is only a very minor speed-bump, lol.

Onward and upward, I say!

Look, I want to make something perfectly clear to you. I see Skyaak as a literal and metaphorical 'vehicle' to create massive amounts of wealth for a core group of people that have the skills, the connections, the contacts, the confidence, etc. to get it off the ground and nurture it along through various ways and means for it to become a global, perennial BEST-SELLER. As Jim "the Brutalizer" Friedman says " Skyaak may REVOLUTIONIZE the Frisbee World". ( Incidentally, Jim is another one of these people who maybe lacks conviction. He hasn't responded to 3 little notes I sent him asking about nudging ahead with his ideas...it would be rather nice if he would. Let's hope he's OK. I would just love to hear from him, big time.)

Besides the unavoidable fact that I am madly in love with the Skyaak project, my intention is to attract the exact right people who can work together as a team to pull this together. I will invest whatever energy/resources etc that are necessary into the project to get it up and running and then reap the financial benefits ( along with my partners of course!) so that we can carry on to focus on CREATING ART for ART'S SAKE without the constant drag of $$$ concerns.

That' s not asking for too much, is it?

Brendan, once this thing is up and running, I promise you that I will cut you in on such a huge piece of the action that it will make yer head spin! No pun intended.

Let's go right ahead and create a group of Skyaak millionaires, shall we?

I am REALLY excited about your concept of introducing the thing to Slingshot as a "Social Enterprise". That is a genius idea. Can we make it work?

I bet such an enterprise would generate very favorable FREE publicity. Big time. And that, my friend, is really the key to success with this project. Publicity in newspapers, magazines and TV. Along with the core group to make the whole thing happen.

Right. Did you get the strobe light LED on the front of your Skyaak to work? I know it's a bit tricky. But I think it looks really cool.

In the meantime I am really pumped about Max doing photos. I am perfectly happy to pay him cash money so he can add this assignment to his "Paid Projects" portfolio. I realize how important it is for Max to advance his professional career and I respect that.

Gotta run, my friend. I will look forward to hearing more about your adventures with Skyaak in Melbourne.

Good luck with everything and hope to TTYSoon!

Love and Light,

Michael.

A Sense of a Goose

I received this story in an e-mail this morning. I had read something like this before, but this time it really stuck. So I thought I would share it with you.



A Sense of a Goose

by: Author Unknown

When you see geese flying along in "V" formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone - and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front. If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those people who are headed the same way we are. When the head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point. It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people or with geese flying south.

Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. What messages do we give when we honk from behind? Finally - and this is important - when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies, and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their group. If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.

end.

Moral of the story? Mother Nature knows best.

Max Milne to Photograph Skyaak in Melburne!

Max Milne: Self-Portrait

Max Milne has a photography business in Melbourne Australia called M2 Photography. Check out his Flickr Page here.

I have hooked up with Max via mySpace. As further evidence that technology is shrinking the planet, it turns out that my new mySpace buddy knows Brendan O'Keefe, is familiar with the upcoming 'Weaving with Light' nano-technology

conference, hangs out at the 'Slingshot Youth Self-Employment Centre' and is keen to grab some action shots of Skyaak in Melbourne.

I have looked at quite a few of Max's photos. He has a really cool style. I like what he does with his nocturnal stuff. Very 'flashy', heh, heh.

Max mentioned to me that he wants to get some action shots of Skyaak at night, rigged up with its Night'Lit kit. Whoooa! That oughta be cool.

So we can look forward to seeing what this young artist comes up with.

Woo-Hoo! Are we having fun yet?

Skyaak lands in Australia!

Skyaak lands in Australia!

Just got an e-mail from Brendan. Skyaak is on the ground in Australia! Double yay! Gee, it seems like that happened really fast. Either I've been really busy and 'time is flying' or else Canada Post has outdone itself. All I know is it took less than nine business days as promised. More like seven. Mental note: next time send many more units to cut down on scarey shipping costs per unit.

I've asked Bren to fire me off pics ASAP so I can post them. Like posing with Skyaak on location in Melbourne. Stay posted for that. I sure will. That will be cool.

Maybe there's something to this vicarious global travel thing after all. It would be cool to have a video camera set up in the nose of Skyaak units around the world that could feed us streaming video to give us a sense of the different locales they end up in. Like video post cards back 'home'. How about prizes of genuine Skyaak merchandise for best entry each month? This is just me thinking outloud.

The Brutalizer steps up!

The Brutalizer Steps Up!

I don't imagine Jim "the Brutalizer" Friedman would have written the words below if he minded creating a BUZZ around this thing!

The Brutalizer is the Extreme Frisbee World Champion and author of the best-selling book "How to be an Extreme Champion" from B-Town, Florida, USA.

You can imagine what a rush it was to read what the Brutalizer has to say about Skyaak! The mind reels! I for one have never heard this phrase til now:

"Skyaak...may revolutionize the Frisbee World."

Well spoken, Jim "the Brutalizer" Friedman!

I am so pumped that I thought I would share Jim's GLOWING endorsement with you:

Dude,

The Brutalizer would be happy to be your first Skyaak Extreme Professional. My Doubles Partner the Velvet Hammer is highly intrigued by your invention and thinks it may revolutionize the Frisbee World.

Send me an invite and if you would like a sample and we will become your new spokesmen for this monumental project.

-Stay Straight(XXX)
-Stay Extreme
-Stay Brutal

Jim