Sky Zone Failed as a Sport, Won With Trampoline Parks
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Players soaring through the air, bouncing over a court made of trampolines and competing to score points by jumping through a spinning hoop six feet off the ground: That was Rick Platt's vision for SkyZone, a new sport he helped found in 2004.