Once upon a time...

...there was a rubbish 'surfer' called Nic. He started well, getting up on his first wave after a little tutoring from his lovely friend Laura. Trouble was, once on the board, he had 'legs like a drunk Bambi' (his own words), years of body boarding hadn't helped.

After Nic's second trip he realised that trying to get this skill/balance/control would take a lifetime of occasional weekend trips to Croyde, so he wanted a 'cheat'! Returning home, he saw the other balance boards on the tinternet, thought 'I can make one of those' - so he did in ¼ hour, and ¼ hour later he was board, sorry, bored...

Nic realised that he wasn't bad at foot to foot balance, it was toe to heal control that totally eluded him, or in fact, control in any direction other than a simple foot to foot.

Being a practical fellow Nic thought that there must be a better way, so he got on it. The premise was simple, if you can balance on a roller, surely you can balance on a ball. The answer is a resounding YES, but it took Nic a while to get his balance to the point of knowing.

During this time, Nic developed the board, trying to suss out what made it work, and what didn't. After several months, and a growing pile of bad balls and boards, the idea was taking shape. At this point a couple of Nic's friends, Ian and Mary, said that they wanted one, and they'd pay for it!

Well that was it... CoolBoard was born... Nic realised he'd created something great... A patent was sorted... and thanks to the lovely folk at Geronimo, Nic went to do his first show at the Rat Race in Bristol all those moons ago... and you lot loved CoolBoard, so here we are - so thanks y'all!