In the
90’s, based on conveyor and food processing machine
technology, a treadmill for a young player to skate
on was designed – and eventually a prototype was
built.
While
this proto type remained in a warehouse for personal
use, the idea of marketing such a machine was
conceived and a relationship was entered into
between two professional hockey players and the
engineer.
Unfortunately for everyone, the relationship between
the two players fell into disrepair, resulting in
the dissolution of the marketing arrangement and the
skating treadmill remained under wraps, continually
being re-engineered for a growing boy with a view
to, perhaps, one day being commercially available.
In 2004
this personal machine, dubbed “Fastrak” was sold to
a local dryland facility to be used as a
conditioning tool by the engineer’s son’s hockey
team, generating a lot of excitement and market
buzz.
In 2006
the engineer was approached to manufacture the
Fastrak under a private label , for exclusive sale
by a third party, which he rejected in hopes of
selling the machine himself at one point. This
decision eventually led to 2 companies marketing
their versions of skating treadmills. One product is
based on the Fastrak’s design and the other being a
converted running treadmill.
In
mid-2008, fielding many calls for his Fastrak, and
having yet again rejected requests to private label
his design for two separate companies, the engineer
undertook to build a new business exclusively to
provide access to not only this skating treadmill,
but other uniquely engineered skating-related
products such as the MobileRink®, SnipePad®,
ExtremePad® and LazerNet® etc.
In
September 2008 the work on branding EamaSports
started. The choosing of logos, product names, url’s
, creating copy, data sheets and the building of Web
sites on which to post this information completed
early December 2008 - at which time the process of
marketing and securing exclusive country
representatives and local agent representatives
began.
EamaSports products are currently installed in
Canada, the United States and Europe with 40
Blademills sold. We are currently engaged in sales
and delivery process at various stages in these
markets also. It is comforting to know our original
concept, design and technology is wide-spread –
albeit imitation. But as we affectionately say,
“Just because you can buy raw chicken, bread
crumbs and spices, doesn’t mean you’ll pull
Kentucky Fried out of the oven.”
Investment has totalled over $250k over 11 years,
resulting in EamaSports market-leading skating
treadmill, now aptly renamed the BladeMill - a
machine with patent pending technology, by which all
others are measured. The skating treadmill spec
analysis as seen online and commissioned by
EamaSports confirms that.
A video
of the BladeMill is accessible on our site. Others
are on the Web well, all promoting the values of
this technology. Professional videos of the
BladeMill, as well as other EamaSports manufactured
products, will be posted upon filming new product
installation at facilities currently under
construction.
I hope
you enjoyed this short trip down memory lane and
look forward to having you as part of our future.
Here’s
to good business.
Frank
Florindo
C.E.O. / President
