Ok so this week we had to do our speech's and it had to be about changemakers so basically people who made a good change in the world like inventors or people that just did good for the world. I did mine on Tony Finn who invented wakeboarding. There is not much else to say other then: here is my speech
I’m constantly surprised that I am so successful said Tony Finn, the inventor of the famous Liquid Force and wakeboard. Wakeboarding is not the most famous sport but it is the most underrated in my opinion. So in this speech I will be talking about Tony Finn and how he is a changemaker. What is a changemaker? A changemaker is a person who has made a change in the world. Tony Finn made wakeboarding which is a somewhat famous sport and made change meaning he is a changemaker
Tony Finn grew up in Los Angeles in America. He popularized the sport of wakeboarding by designing the skurfer, a mix between a water ski and surfboard. By 1988 the skurfer was being distributed in more than 400 stores across the US and in 40 different countries. After making the skurfer he designed another board which gets towed behind a boat, this time it is a mix of water ski, snowboard and surfing. The sport began as wakesurfing and ended up being changed to wakeboarding. The rider uses the wake of the boat to do jumps.
When Tony sold his business he then created a much more famous business called Liquid Force which is known as the number 1 business for wakeboarding. He co-founded Liquid Force in 1995 with Jimmy Redmon. Liquid Force has become one of the most famous and successful wakeboarding companies. Liquid Force sells wakeboard and kiteboarding gear such as wakeboards, ropes, bindings etc.
Tony Finn loved surfing and got his brother to teach him at age 11. After surfing for a couple years his dad bought his family a boat and they went out to a river and started water skiing. He loved water skiing more than surfing. After a while of water skiing he found it was getting repetitive so he designed a board called the skurfer which again, is a mix of a surfboard and a water ski. He used the wake at the front of the boat to push you along. He then tried a bunch of different things to make skurfing better. He went snowboarding with his Dad and brother and found that really fun. He took the idea of putting bindings on the skurfer and rode the front of the wake. But this man still didn’t stop. He said he needed more freedom while out on the boat and got a water skiing rope and used it to pull himself along.
In conclusion Tony Finn created a water sport from his enjoyment of surfing, snowboarding and water skiing. After trying out many sports he developed a board that no one had ever seen before and created a successful business and sport from his passion. Finding your passion in life could lead to great success.
So that was my speech it took me 2 entire days so yeah.
