• Andrew promotes Coca-Cola in Taiwan

• David promotes Nikeon tour with the Brazilian soccer team in Korea & Japan with muchas samba dancers

• The Flaming Lips' request free ball for use in concerts - Andrew refuses request after listening to album 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots'

• Andrew wears suit and white gloves to open first operations in Ashikita, Japan

• Peter Gabriel sings from inside the ball on-stage during 'Growing Up Live' tour of Europe and USA

• Andrew films Coca-Cola ad in Malaysia through school hallways and down staircases

• The Amazing Race uses the balls in Rotorua, NZ

• Chris Roberts invests and joins company to develop a site in the USA

• David invents inflatable cylinder and tests on beach north of Auckland. The prototype craft is hit by boat and sunk - David swims to safety

• Andrew introduces elephants to the ball at the Auckland Zoo, NZ - much trumpeting

• Andrew travels to Bermuda for promotion with 20/20 cricket tournament

• Chris provides ball to 'Lola Bananas' for drag-queen beauty contest

• Andrew & David leave original company frustrated by an increasingly corporate culture imposed by new regime controlling the company

• Chris promotes Bell-South in USA in ad (and wishes to be known as the stuntman inside the ball on TV)

• Andrew & David sell shareholding and sever ties to original company

• Chris leaves original company

• Andrew & David develop games company 'Sacred Echo'

• David invents Fishpipe

• Chris sets up OGO USA

• Amesbury Sports Park opens OGO site in MA, USA

• 1st Fishpipe opens for business in Mt Maunganui, NZ

• Andrew & David join forces with Chris Roberts to develop OGO & Fishpipe internationally

• 'Roundtop Ski Resort' open OGO site in PA, USA

• Fishpipe opens in Pigeon Forge, TN, USA

• OGO and Fishpipe attend IAAPA Expo in Las Vegas

• Fishpipe opens in Philip Island, Australia

• Andrew & Dwane invent the 'orb' in Auckland, New Zealand

• First downhill ball rolling tested at Akers' family farm near Kawerau, New Zealand

• Trial down volcanic cone in One Tree Hill, NZ - click on image for VERY early video footage

• 1st appearnace on TV for Swedish show

• Temporary site closed due to Motorway being built through it

• Dwane resigns from company

• Andrew visits Europe to start first operations outside NZ

• David Akers starts first permanent site in Rotorua, New Zealand

• David develops harness system for the balls

• Andrew & David develop hydro form of the activity with water inside the balls

• British TV show; 'Top Gear' film David inside the balls as stunt-double for Jeremy Clarkson

• MTV film for 'Road Rules'

• Andrew trials walking on water in LA water park

• Andrew promotes Nike in Australia

• Jet Propulsion Laboratories request ball for NASA research re Mars Landings - Andrew initially dismisses request as joke

• Andrew provides balls to Seaworld, San Diego for 'cirque de la mer' production by Imagination Entertainment

• Appearance at Burning Man, NB, USA

• Andrew and ball in Times Square, NYC

• Snow testing, trialed in Argentina

• David invents new product; 'Zorpedo' trials on wife prove unsuccesful

• Nickelodean shoot footage - David releases ball and knocks over presenter

• Andrew visits operations in Chengdu, China

• Paul Knight sets up park in South UK

• Nude rides for free are banned after too many guys go naked

• Fishpipe opens at Wahooo! Waterpark in Bahrain

• Mobile Fishpipe starts operating out of Arizona, USA

• Fishpipe opens in Dallas, Texas.

• Horseshoe Resort opens OGO park in Ontario, Canada

• We move to a new, bigger, brighter factory and hire more staff