Industry night shenanigans led Lake Union Cafe server Rob Angel to commit this charades offshoot to paper in 1985. Coworker Gary Everson and financial whiz Terry Langston designed the board and marketed what became the bestselling board game since Trivial Pursuit.
Bauer Shuttlecock
Seattleites knew Eddie Bauer for his expertly stringed tennis rackets, and he took just as naturally to badminton gear: Cork-and-feather birdies from Bauer’s Shuttles set the standard in 1934 and remain regulation today.
The fastest-growing sport in America was invented in a Republican congressman’s backyard on Bainbridge Island in 1965. Our state sport cherry-picks its rules and equipment from badminton,
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