RAVE Sports
1996: Founded in September by a team of entrepreneurs with a vision to quickly take innovative, alternative sports products to the worldwide recreation market. 1997: In February, the company was named RAVE Sports® for Radical Alternative Vehicles & Equipment. Introduced the patented Aqua Jump™ water trampoline which received national media attention in “USA Today” and various TV shows. Another top product was the Sun Kat electric 2-person boat. 1998: Aqua Jump is named one of the top five Products of the Year by Super Show.
Product innovation continues, including the Aqua Deck™, Bongo™ Bouncers, Aqua Attachments, and a line of boat towable tubes and pool floats. Many towables included the patented water-spraying RAVE Tail™ that provides added visibility for safety. Additional innovations included a portable inflatable grind rail slider for wake boarding and snow sleds and ice rinks. 2009: Company acquired by Revel Match, LLC, owned by Steve Friswold and Bruce Senske. Product innovation continued by eliminating the steel bar frame from the Aqua Jump water trampoline, then named the Aqua Jump Eclipse™. This improvement created the first and only water trampoline on the market that does not have a steel bar frame, making it lighter and easier for the consumer without sacrificing performance, and catching the attention of numerous celebrities and leading camps and resorts. Introduced the Waterpark Division to provide quality and innovative waterpark tubes and rafts to the world's leading water parks and water slide manufacturers.
