WHAM-O along with its other brand Riva Snowboards

THURSDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2008
Submitted By: Mariangela Silvestre

Headquartered in Emeryville, California, WHAM-O, Inc. has provided children and adults with innovative, imaginative toys that spark creativity and encourage social interaction and get kids playing for 60 years.

Founded in 1948, and inheriting its name from the sound that its flagship product, the WHAM-O Slingshot, made when connecting with its target. WHAM-O, Inc. continually redefines the concept of fun by remaining simple, uncomplicated and without age boundaries.

WHAM-O, Inc. makes simple, fun, affordable, interactive products for all seasons. The company's rich history and solid reputation for innovation, quality and value, makes WHAM-O, a dominant force in today's toy and sporting goods industries, and includes category leading brands such as the Original Slip 'N Slide, Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Hacky Sack, and SnowBoogie�.

WHAM-O also, is the exclusive licensee for SEA-DOO and SKI-DOO inflatable water and snow tubes, towables, islands and pool products. WHAM-O, along with its other brands MOREY and BZ Bodyboards, CHURCHILL Fins and Riva Snowboards, designs and manufactures a core of more than 70 products that are carried by virtually every toy, sporting goods and mass retailer in the world.

For more details on this news, please visit www.wham-o.com.