Wham-O Press Kit 2023

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2023 PRESS KIT
HISTORY 195 8 1948 FOUNDED BY ARTHUR "SPUD" MELIN AND RICH KNERR, TWO AMBITIOUS USC CLASSMATES COMMITTED TO THE POWER OF PLAY. 1957 WHAM-O® INTRODUCED FRISBEE® 194 8 195 7 196 1 196 5 197 1 1958 WHAM-O® INTRODUCED HULA HOOP® 1961 WHAM-O® INTRODUCED SLIP 'N SLIDE® 1965 WHAM-O® INTRODUCED SUPER BALL® 1971 MOREY BOOGIE® BOARDS INTRODUCED BY TOM MOREY
198 3
1978 198 2 199 4 201 5
1978 KRANSCO BUYS RIGHTS TO MOREY BOOGIE® BOARD.
1982 WHAM-O® PURCHASED BY KRANSCO GROUP, AFTER HASBRO MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO BUY WHAM-O®.
2015 1983 WHAM-O® INTRODUCED HACKY SACK® 1994 MATTEL BUYS WHAM-O® FROM KRANSCO. STALLION SPORT LTD. & SPORT DIMENSION INC ACQUIRE GLOBAL RIGHTS TO WHAM-O® 2023 WHAM-O® CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY!
HISTORY
2/13/23 2/13/23 2/10/23 2/10/23 4/3/23 4/21/23 MAY/JUNE 23 6/28/23 7/24/23 7/28/23 7/28/23 7/28/23
2023 PRINT PLACEMENTS
2023
8/30/23 7/24/23 5/4/23
PRINT, PODCAST, & RADIO PLACEMENTS
2023 TV PLACEMENTS 3/15/23 3/21/23 6/5/23 6/5/23 8/27/23 8/11/23
WRLR-FM (98.3) in Chicago

AT WHAM-O, WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PLAY TO INSPIRE, CREATE, AND CONNECT.

FOUNDED IN 1948, BY ARTHUR "SPUD" MELIN AND RICH KNERR, TWO AMBITIOUS USC CLASSMATES COMMITTED TO THE POWER OF PLAY.

OUR TEAM IS DEDICATED TO INSPIRING CREATIVITY, PROMOTING ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, AND FOSTERING CONNECTIONS. WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING EXPERIENCES THAT TRANSCEND GENERATIONS, INVITING EVERYONE TO EMBRACE THEIR INNER CHILD AND REDISCOVER THE PURE JOY OF PLAY.

JOIN US ON THIS EXCITING JOURNEY AS WE IGNITE IMAGINATIONS, ENCOURAGE LAUGHTER, AND CREATE LIFELONG MEMORIES.

TOGETHER, LET'S UNLEASH THE POWER OF PLAY AND MAKE EVERY DAY AN ADVENTURE!

FOUNDED & DESIGNED IN CALIFORNIA

WHAM-O IS HOME TO SEVERAL ICONIC BRANDS THAT ARE INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE ON A GLOBAL SCALE.

FRISBEE, SLIP 'N SLIDE, HULA HOOP, HACKEY SACK, AND BOOGIE BOARD ARE CULTURAL PHENOMENONS THAT HAVE SUCH A STRONG INFLUENCE AND REPUTATION THEY NEED NO INTRODUCTION.

FROM THE WORLD-FAMOUS FRISBEE THAT SOARED THROUGH THE SKY TO THE HULA HOOP THAT SPUN ITS WAY INTO THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF FUN.

OUR TOYS ARE DESIGNED TO UNLEASH THE BOUNDLESS IMAGINATION WITHIN EACH OF US, SPARKING ENDLESS ADVENTURES AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES. WHETHER IT'S A BACKYARD PLAY SESSION WITH FRIENDS OR A DAY AT THE BEACH WITH FAMILY, WHAM-O TOYS ARE HERE TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT MORE MAGICAL.

CONTACT: JESSICA WYNER
JWYNER@WHAM-O.COM
BRAND MARKETING MANAGER

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