{"id":81847,"date":"2018-04-09T14:54:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T18:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847//?p=81847"},"modified":"2018-06-08T11:01:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T15:01:58","slug":"ucf-students-innovative-beach-gear-wins-3000-state-startup-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847//ucf-students-innovative-beach-gear-wins-3000-state-startup-competition/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Student/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u2019s Innovative Beach Gear Wins $3,000 in State Startup Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
With an idea to create a new watersport based around skimboarding and a distribution deal lined up with Ron Jon Surf Shop, senior Matthew White took second place and $3,000 at the third annual Governor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u2019s Cup Pitch Competition at Florida State 海角直播 on Friday. The new-business-venture competition featured top-performing collegiate startups from nine universities across the state./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/n
White/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u2019s company, Mainland Tow, won with a new piece of beach gear called the /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201cSkimvest./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201d It allows the wearer to run along shallow water while towing a person behind on a skimboard. The electrical engineering major modeled the device after a baby carrier he found at a garage sale./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201cAt first, my friends and I tried to tow someone on a skimboard with a bunch of T-shirts tied together, but that didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u2019t really work,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201d White said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201cOne day, I was at a garage sale and came across a baby-carrying harness, bought it for $2 and thought I could definitely use this to tow someone down the beach./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/n
The full-time student plans to use the winnings from the competition to cover manufacturing costs for the first 100 units. After creating several product revisions and patenting the Skimvest in the United States, White set up a distribution deal with Ron Jon Surf Shop following a chance encounter with the company/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u2019s general merchandise manager at a beach in 2015./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201cI met him while putting on sunscreen during an event on Cocoa Beach,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201d White said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201cAfter months of phone calls, he agreed to meet with me and was really excited about the Skimvest./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81847/n