Chapter 181: GoPro
“Hi,Man,Lookme……”
Just as Lin Feng stood up again and again with great interest, he was washed off the surfboard by the waves, and gritted his teeth to climb up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
A young man next to him suddenly shouted at him, and made a gesture for him to look.
Then the man used a very slow movement, propped himself up from the bodyboard position, stepped forward with his left foot naturally and stepped on the middle of the surfboard, quickly retracted his hind feet and stood up, his knees slightly bent, his center of gravity in front, his hands spread on both sides of his body to maintain balance, and stood firmly on the surfboard.
The man looked back at Lin Feng and smiled: "Feel the waves, take it easy." ”
Lin Feng smiled and replied with an OK gesture: "thanks!"
Lin Feng's athletic cells are still good, after all, perennial skating and skiing, especially after getting familiar with surfboards, you will find that there are still similarities with some techniques of snowboarding - in fact, surfing is the origin of snowboarding.
However, compared to snowboarding, in addition to standing on the board to maintain the coordination and balance of the body, and to control the direction, the most important thing is to understand the nature of the water and be able to feel the fluctuations and ups and downs hidden under the waves.
Of course, you also need to have the courage to embrace the sea without fear of the waves.
Lin Feng's character is that after he starts to do something, he will definitely get into it, and he will not have a sense of accomplishment until he masters it.
When he didn't know how many times he was photographed by the waves, he finally suddenly found that feeling, jumped up and stood on the board, chasing a row of wave tips, and drawing a beautiful arc.
When he stood on the waves, looked at the vast sea, and enjoyed the moments of tens of seconds on the crest of the waves, he suddenly felt that all the salt soda in front of him was not in vain......
This kind of movement challenges one's own heart and dances with nature!
It is the short but beautiful moment, the most pinnacle moment, that enjoys it.
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The young man who had been cheering up with Lin Feng just now was also constantly chasing the waves, his surfing level was very high, and he was able to make a lot of very wonderful moves.
Lin Feng also followed him from a distance, quietly stealing a lot.
Finally, Lin Feng felt that his physical strength was a little weak, so he returned to the shore.
Ye Wei squinted for a while, she had already woken up this time, and was sitting on the recliner, looking at Lin Feng who walked onto the beach from the sea with admiration.
Lin Feng was so handsome gliding in the waves just now!
From skiing and skating with him in college, to now watching him surf in the ocean...... Lin Feng has always attracted her, in addition to her usual talent and gentleness, she also has an indescribable charm when exercising, which is a different feeling mixed with admiration and admiration, and it is also a woman's surrender to the strength and skill charm exuded by male sports.
She stood up and affectionately handed a drink to Lin Feng who came over, picked up a bath towel, and helped Lin Feng wipe the seawater on her body.
"Lin Feng, you are so good, why did you learn to surf so quickly? I thought you wouldn't be able to stand up on a surfboard today!" Ye Weiyu said with a smile.
"At that time, your husband and I didn't learn any sports as soon as I learned them!" Lin Feng said stinkily.
"Cut!" Ye Wei glanced at him, but still helped him wipe his body obediently.
While the two were talking, the young white man who had communicated with Lin Feng while surfing also came over with a surfboard.
Li Zhao stepped forward responsibly and blocked him.
"Li Zhao, let him come over. Lin Feng has a good impression of this man and wants to hear what he says.
"Hey, you're awesome, you're the best I've ever seen since learning to surf!" the man walked over and laughed with a thumbs up.
"Thank you, and thank you for your pointers. Lin Feng nodded and smiled.
"Would you like a drink?"
"Okay, thanks"
In addition to the drinks on the table, there were also several bottles of cold beer in the ice bucket. Lin Feng picked one up and handed it to the man.
"My name is Nicholas Woodman, sir, and with all due respect, are you a rich man? I mean, I have a good idea, and you might be interested!"
Nick said with some trepidation, completely missing the freedom he had just surfed.
"Oh, tell me, maybe I'll be interested!"
Lin Feng felt a little interesting, Americans are also very good at seizing opportunities, he vaguely remembered that this man seemed to be one of the people who played beach volleyball just now, his eyes swept away, and sure enough, he saw a group of young men and women in the distance looking at this side.
In this way, when I surfed by myself later, this buddy used to surf together, which was also premeditated.
His eyesight is good, and he can see that he is a rich man.
Since he was destined to meet here, Lin Feng didn't mind hearing his so-called idea.
As Nick spoke, Lin Feng's face became a little weird.
Nick was a student in the visual arts department at UC San Diego.
He started his entrepreneurial career while still in college, and he founded his first company called funBag, which focused on marketing. At that time, his company was supported by external capital and had a good momentum of development.
But after the dot-com bubble burst, he found his company unsustainable and became unemployed.
After that, he was a little decadent and became obsessed with surfing, but it was surfing that gave him a new entrepreneurial idea!
At the time, Nick was surfing for five months in Australia and Indonesia. During this time, he was constantly troubled by one small problem: it was difficult for athletes to record themselves surfing.
At that time, surfers would strap their cameras to their wrists and record videos while surfing. However, these cameras are difficult to hold firmly on the wrist, so the cameras often fly out and hit the athlete's face.
In response to this vexing problem, Nick wanted to invent a sturdy, adjustable, and resilient camera strap.
He and his wife found a scallop made from shells in a Bali bazaar. They bought 600 of the tapes for $1.9 and sold them for $60 each when they returned to California. Coupled with a $35,000 loan, Nick developed the first GoPro camera strap.
He then spent another two years working on the final optimization. His wife, Jill Woodman, is in charge of product sales. Business is not bad.
But now Nick has a new idea, he wants to be able to produce a camera himself, and has come up with a name called "GoPro Extreme Sports Camera".
However, due to limited funds, he can only manufacture 35mm film cameras from China, and he founded the Woodman Laboratory in his 1971 Volkswagen van, hoping to develop a more powerful digital camera for extreme sports in a variety of environments.
Lin Feng's memory of the "GoPro" company has emerged in his mind, if nothing else, the young man in front of him should be the founder of GoPro, a star company in the NASDAQ market.
GoPro, the world's leading event image capture company, GoPro cameras are also one of the world's best-selling camera brands, and cross-country, diving, skating, skiing, motorcycles, skydiving, surfing, extreme water skateboarding, rowing, kayaking, rock climbing, radio control, cycling, hunting, fishing and other interesting and wonderful sports are linked, and are also used by parents of babies and pet owners to extend love, and are used by movies and musicians to make professional records.
The concept of video sharing advocated by GoPro is one of the important partners of many social networking sites and video websites such as facebook and Yotube.
Nick was still babbling on and on about his thoughts.
Lin Feng interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "OK, I understand...... Nick, how much money do you need?"
Nick was stunned, it's as simple as that?
"Uh...... $1,000,000...... If you think it's too much, $500,000 is also ......"
"I'll give you $5 million! 40% of the shares. How?"
“OMG!“ Nick almost jumped!