What a cool, well written article. I'd hardly noticed how long it was until I was nearing the end. Although I never played this and honestly didn't even know it was a thing, it makes me wish more people took time to document histories of things in this fashion.
It sounds like he has awesome parents. I wish I had 1/10th the zeal and entrepreneurship his Dad(and seemingly his uncle) had.
The only thing I didn't quite grasp is this excerpt. I feel like it's implying something I don't pick up. Is it saying they didn't work together? Was sending the sample sets rude?
> He did make a final good-faith effort to partner with the sport's originator, Wayne Godinet, offering to purchase $20,000 worth of product. It was almost a third of the profit earned from reselling the Japanese shipment. Godinet sent back two sample sets with a bill for the cost of goods and shipping.