![]() The industry isn’t going to thrive unless we all reach out and make it. I accomplished my goal of becoming even better friends with Graham and Ashkahn, and I’ve listened to more versions of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” than anyone on the planet (save two others ahead of me). Personally, I learned so much more about this industry (and about myself) than I knew was possible. In the wake of the Float Conference, our deepest ambitions lie in finding a way to keep the float community as strong as it was when it was just a handful of centers getting together to talk about Nothing. Our road trip may have ended, but the adventure certainly hasn’t. Graham and Ashkahn shared some of their thoughts on the experience at the Conference. We made it back to Portland 3 months and 6 days from the day we left, tired but inspired. The schedule was absolutely unrealistic, and yet we held to it (mostly). We got to celebrate Persian New Year with Ashkahn’s family, visit the Petrified Forest in Arizona, chill with every float center owner along our path, and go on the kind of trip that could coax Kerouac out of retirement. What were these two larger than life characters up to? Was it a publicity tour? Were they trying to research float center ideas? Were they plotting world domination?Īs someone who’s gotten to know them pretty well over the years, I can say definitively why they decided to do this trip: it sounded like fun (and possibly world domination). Many of you were wondering why Graham and Ashkahn went on this trip. I made new friends everywhere we went and got to meet some truly interesting, innovative, and brave people. As we traveled, I became immersed in the Float World. Going on this trip, my primary motivation was to have an adventure and spend more time with Graham and Ashkahn, two friends that rarely got to see since they became consumed by their business.
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