b'RULED THE EARTHSimpleShot Product Development TimelineThe sickness began in earnest. My dad picked up a Gary Flatband Miller slingshot on ebayThe Artful Naturals along with quality latex flats and steel ammo.2010 - bone, antler, and I found it in his shop, gathering dust. I took itnaturals of all sorts outside and shot it at a pine cone about 15mwere my favoured path.away and hit it. Then, I hit it again. It was all over!In the beginning, it was simply making any and all designs and styles I came across. It was notEarly 2011until 2011 that I got the bug really bad.The style and shape that would become the Axiom and Scout was born. The Roosevelt wasJanuary a design I drew up one evening after the kids2011 The Axiomwent to bed. I made the very first model fromdesignleather. In fact, it is generally understood that Iwas born. was the first to ever incorporate leather into a slingshot build. The Roosevelt shape became the Omega design, which when scaled downMay 2011begat the ever venerable Axiom.I began making slingshots from dyedI introduced the strange idea that slingshots laminates. I also beganwith a slim cross section were awesome. my in depth studies ofJuneI began to market this idea as SlimLine. I hybrid naturals where2011even went so far as to copyright the term natural forks wereSlimLine to designate thin cross sectional adorned or modified withthickness slingshots. This was during a time various materials. Manyof full bodied, thick slingshots. I was regarded have followed since.as either crazy or cutting edgeyou tell me? (Cutting edge, Ed.) What do folks call a design that is made thinner than normal? That is Augustcorrect; the copyrighted term SlimLine.Thus, 2011 SlimLine has been adopted/appropriated by www.flippinoutslingshots.com launchesjust about every hobby maker of slingshots ecom store and business takes o\x1f ! Septemberaround the world. You are welcome!2011The Flippin Pickle is born.Simply theThe FlipKung lineup classic PFS with a FlippinOut style. is born. Made Novemberwith in thick 2011 skeletonised frames The Maxim and Ultima designs are born. with universal fork tips and paracord wrapping. This style was adopted by The Maxim Tacticalmanyespecially EDC slingshot wasIrelands Chris launched. This slingshotFebruaryGra\x1f in. (GrafKung had a sliding handle to2012 they called it). Still decrease size for easierpopular today.pocketability. It was a pain to make but we sold our first productionSimpleShot run in just a few days. comes to life. www.simple-shot.April 2012 com goes live on Ray Bazonski wins ECST with a scaled downthe web and we Maxim. Thus was born the Maxim Champ. Therepresent slingshot Champ moniker that is so prevalent todayJuly 2012 artists from around comes from my naming the scaled down Maximthe globe.model the Champ to reference Rays win.051SSW003.50-52.Simpleshot.indd 51 05/09/2019 16:56'