With the end of the year here, I want to share a sentimental story about our roots. Sunski did not start in a board room with a tidy business plan; instead it began as a get-rich-quick-scheme gone incredibly wrong:
Back before sunglasses...
before sun worship...
before there was anything called Sunski...
...there was the Salsabol.
Two goofy college kids in a dorm room in 2009, worried about graduation and their crappy job prospects, wondering if maybe there was another way to hack it.
We had no idea what we were doing, only this vague dream to work for ourselves doing something that would let us ski and surf and be outside in the sunshine.
We invented the Salsabol. "The bowl with a lip so you don't spill your dip!" We got a patent. Young and fearless and stupid we charged into entreprenuership with $275 in the bank and a pocket full of instant ramen.
It went just as terrible as you would expect. Expensive to make, fragile, how the heck do you sell kitchenware? The 'bol remains one of the greatest things we've ever designed, with a reign cut short by the absurdity of the enterprise.
We were saved by sunglasses. Saved by our community -- you -- who saw something in us and gave two kids on Kickstarter a shot.
11 years on, could we have done it differently? Probably.
Do we have any regrets? Absolutely not.
To honor our legacy and thank our community, we're bringing the Salsabol back this holiday. A limited release of this classic blunder, yours to cherish or gift.
May its magic bring warmth to your hearth and home.
- Michael, Tom & Team Sunski
P.S. when you get your 'bol, tell us how much you love it at salsabol@sunski.com