If you have ever watched someone high jump, you know that the best way (known today, anyway) is to run towards the bar, jump, then twist the body so the back is facing the ground.
The jumper kicks their legs up in the end to ensure they don’t knock the bar down.
Landing is into a big pad on the jumper’s back.
That wasn’t always the way that the high jump was done.
Believe it or not, jumpers used to run towards the bar and than hurdle it. Or they straddled it, landing in a 3 point stance with 1 arm and both legs.
One high school student in Oregon, Dick Fosbury, decided to “jump the shark” and develop a new technique.
The schools had begun replacing the sawdust landing pit with softer foam, so that those jumpers landing on their hand and feet would have a more gentle landing.
Fosbury saw his opportunity.
He started jumping and clearing the bar with his back down, using the flop method you see today.
Critics – and his coaches – were all over him with disgust.
A historian called his method “an airborne seizure.”
A newspaper caption read, “World’s Laziest Jumper.”
Another newspaper wrote he looked like a “fish flopping in a boat.”
Then Dick went on to college at Oregon State, winning the 1968 NCAA title with his technique.
Then on to the Olympic trials, where he qualified.
And then the 1968 Olympics, where Fosbury took the gold medal and set a new Olympic record with his new “ridiculous” method.
Now his “airborne seizure” is the most popular and successful high jump method – the Fosbury Flop.
New methods are being used all the time in hydraulic fracturing.
For instance, EOG is using a lot more frac sand or proppant in their fracturing technique, resulting in better flow rates from large shale fissures near the well head.
And a company that I have been chatting with lately is going to use fly ash – a waste product from coal plants – to create a lighter, stronger, cheaper proppant.
And they are looking for investors.
Here’s the deal:
– They are going to locate their plant within striking distance of lots of oil fields
– This new proppant type has actual lab results that you can look at, and they have a product that is lighter, stronger, and cheaper than the competitors
– These very smart people may go public with their company at some point soon, so this opportunity might be great for someone looking to get into a company before it goes public
– These folks are looking for investors right now, with a minimum of around $50k, but they are moving fast towards their goal
— Contact me right away if you want to learn more, and I’ll link you up with the players —
Important: Keep in mind that on any investment idea I talk about, it’s just an idea. You have to do all the due diligence. I’m not offering securities here or investment advice. You also have to be qualified for each type of investment.
Since I’m a greedy capitalist, I will probably take a commission if you invest on an idea that I pass along!
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