While these two entrepreneurs can’t reveal the outcome of their time in the tank, they have no regrets about their experience. Schultz added, “Before we went in, we decided that instead of targeting one investor, we would be open to all of them since each Shark brings a different approach and set of skills to the table.” When Schultz and Rietema got the email that they were scheduled to film the show, they had a hard time believing it. Needless to say, they passed us straight through to the next round.” Schultz said, “The producer told us that he sent our products to friends with a lake house who absolutely loved them. ![]() The duo next set their sights on Shark Tank.Īfter applying online and mailing in product samples, they attended an open audition in Miami, where a producer recognized the Bottoms Up and Scuttlebutt. Coast Guard approval as a type III flotation aid suitable for rescues in calm waters. Schultz is a father of three boys under five and Rietema is expecting his first child in November.Ī pivotal milestone came in 2016, when the Bottoms Up received U.S. ![]() Rietema and Schultz are landscape architects by trade who founded H3O Sports in 2011, growing their business at night and on weekends. “Our goal has always been to provide consumers with multi-use floats and life vests that make their time on the water more enjoyable”įlorida-based Justin Rietema, 34, and Doug Schultz, 38, will pitch the Sharks on the Bottoms Up, a dual-purpose life vest that can be inverted and worn like a pair of shorts, and the Scuttlebutt, a saddle-like float that also can be used as in-water lounge chair or kayak seat. Rietema and Schultz have day jobs as landscape architects, but formed H3O Sports in 2011 as a side hustle.ĪBC’s Shark Tank Sunday, October 22: Two Landscape Architects to Pitch Human Bobber Floatation Aids for On-the-Water FunįORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-The inventors of the Human Bobber line of multipurpose personal flotation devices will make their national television debut Sunday, October 22 at 9 p.m. “Most of the guys in our group would just put on a life vest upside down and use that as a saddle for floating, but as you can imagine, life vests are not designed for that. “We are boaters at heart, and after watersports like tubing, water skiing and wakeboading, we would often anchor up our boat and float around in the water with some drinks,” Schultz said. Sunday to pitch their Bottoms Up, a dual-purpose life vest that can also be worn like a pair of shorts, and the Scuttlebutt, a saddle-like float that’s also an in-water lounge chair or kayak seat. They will appear on ABC’s “Shark Tank’ show at 9 p.m. Justin Rietema of Oakland Park and Doug Schultz of Coconut Creek invented the Human Bobber line of multipurpose personal flotation devices. ![]() Will the “Human Bobbers” sink or swim in the “Shark Tank?’’ The party bobs along with these Shark Tank contestants’ products (Miami Herald)
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