Spikeballers
To our friends and family we go by “Spikeball Inc.” For the tax folks and other not so fun people we are known as “Kankakee Spikeball Inc.” Why Kankakee? 7 of the 8 of us are from the fair city. 8 People? Yup, that's what it takes to launch a project of this magnitude. We are perfect strangers to most of you. Here is my attempt to change that.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy our little story...
Spikeball
“Where can I get my own set?”, “What's that game called?”, “How do you play that game?”, “When is this game going to be for sale?”, “Get your hands off my girlfriend!”. After hearing call outs like these for a few years we realized we were onto something. Being the slow movers we are we talked about doing something for about 5 years. And here we are... 5 looong years later. Still don't have a clue who we are? Here's the behind the scenes dirt on us...
Dave
Fine Scotsman turned redneck. That's the best way to describe Dave. Living in the U.S. less than a few years Dave hits a few NASCAR races per year, goes clubbing, and is going turkey hunting in Oklahoma. Seriously, he actually bought camouflage from Cabela's. Dave is heading to golf at Torrey Pines soon. He is not allowed to come back to Chicago without a picture of him playing Spikeball in the 18th hole sandtrap.
Matt
While he'll claim to be the best Spikeball player out there, I'll gladly disagree. I have to – I'm his younger brother. In the summer if he's not Spiking on the beach he's in section 101 at Wrigley. Seriously, don't call the office – go to Wrigley if you need him. “Spikeball is an X Games Sport” or “Cubs Win World Series”, which headline will come first? Matt was a guest on Howard Stern (terrestrial version) and almost won at “Win Fred's Money”.
Tim
Twin brother of Pat (see below). Tim and Pat were the originators of Spikeball in our crew. They have something like 42 siblings and one of them picked up the first set. Like good brothers, they took it and claimed it as their own. The rest is Spikeball history. Tim once had a car door stolen. Not the car, just the door.
Pat
The wise counselor. Twin brother of Tim, Pat was student body President at Villanova. Yes, I said President. We have royalty among us, show some respect. Pat is the moral leader of the crew. Thank God, if it weren't for Pat, you'd need to be over 18 and have a credit card to visit this site.
Killa
A former standout basketball player from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Killa is moving on from basketball to more lucrative sports... Spikeball. He was in a fistfight that made national news on SportsCenter. Don't ask about the rash on his inner thigh.
Adam
As you read in our blog (you read it, right?), he's known as the Beast. Why? I love this story... picture a round little kid smiling ear to ear with curly blond hair wearing jean shorts and a belly shirt with giant blue letters that read “BEAST”. Hot. Beast hails from Manteno “Small Town Big Future” which is just north of Kankakee. Being a cousin of mine and Matt's we both revel in dominating him on the beach. Beast was once in the Manteno street gang called “99 Individuals”.
Biggggy
Is this his real name? Ask him on the beach. Biggggy (yes, that's 4 g's) resides in Florida and gets to play year round. Correction, he plays year round except Sundays. Sundays are fer racin'! Yea, another NASCAR fan. I can't believe we have two NASCAR references in our bio sheet – that's embarrassing. Biggggy, his twin brother Chris, and I used to steal chrome caps together. They were slow.
Chris (me)
I'm the sucker that got stuck writing these bios. Most of the info is true, I swear... kind of. I really got the Spikeball bug about 5 years ago when we were playing in Kauai with Tim, Pat, and my brother Matt. 5 days of empty beaches, sunshine, and some intense competitions (we smoked Tim and Pat) was all it took. Dreams of spreading the Spikeball love have persisted ever since. I am more than happy to dominate you on the beach, shoot me a note. chris@spikeball.com
