SPEEDMINTON, ANYONE?

Just when you thought innovation is dead, sports-wise, here comes a wacky idea that’s making addicts of everyone it meets: Speedminton. A combination of tennis, squash and of course, badminton, this game was created by a bored sailor fed up of playing such a slow and wind dependant game such as badminton on his boat. More than seven years later, Berlin national Bill Brandes developed a shuttlecock which was faster and lighter than the usual badminton shuttle, and together with a group of friends, Brandes founded a small firm. In the following years, they designed and developed special racquets and thought up simple rules for those who prefer a proper match.

Read up more about speedminton here and here.

If anyone knows where we can get the gear locally (or regionally), email me!