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Sarah is awarded the Boston University – Occupational Therapy Alumni Award, for developing SideStix!
Karen Jacobs, EdD OTR/L of Boston University, Sargent College, awards Sarah Doherty the Occupational Therapy Alumni Award, for developing SideStix!
SideStix is at the AOTA Conference in Florida
Sarah & Kerith are representing SideStix at the American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference in Orlando Florida.
The exhibition hall opened yesterday evening (Thursday 29th April) after a rousing opening ceremony that had the floor (literally) rocking!
SideStix Forum Goes Live… please join!
The new forum is available to everyone with an interest in SideStix. Feel free to read & post. We want the SideStix Sports Crutch to be the best it can be – and that includes incorporating YOUR valuable feedback!
www.sidestix.com/forum
TIA!
SideStix has new digs!
SideStix assembly & shipping has a new home!
We now have a workshop on the Sunshine Coast that provides ample space to assemble, test & ship SideStix & accessories.
Component manufacturing is carried out at Foreman CNC machine shop on Vancouver Island and the components are then transported to the Sunshine Coast where the SideStix are customized [...]
SideStix Ventures Inc. opens for business!
On Wednesday 10th March, 2010, we opened for business, with a full line-up of products and a shopping cart system that accepts all major credit cards.
It’s been quite a journey to get to this point, and no doubt there will be ‘bugs’ to contend with, however the systems are in place and Sidestix are being [...]
The first small-batch production run of SideStix is completed.
In early March, 2010, Foreman CNC in Victoria, BC, completed manufacturing components for 100 pairs of SideStix & accessories.
Just as SideStix are evolving, so too is the production process and every component is optimized for maximum manufacturing efficiency together with absolute uncompromising quality. For example, the shock absorber assembly and foot assembly components are machine [...]
SideStix are given a workout…
From December ’09 to February ’10, fifteen users tested SideStix in all walks of life, from urban streets to snow covered mounatains, from the frozen wastes of the Antarctic, to the sandy beaches of Hawaii.
We received excellent feedback and have made some changes to SideStix – to accommodate those suggestions.
SideStix is an end-user driven product [...]
THE NEXT STEP… Foreman CNC are making 10 pairs for product testing.
For the past 5 months, we have been working with Chris and Gary at Foreman CNC in Victoria, BC, on developing and refining the the SideStix Sports Crutch. By the middle of November 2009, they will complete the pre-production model and we will submit 10 pairs to field testers around N. America.
Posting comments should now be easier!
We’ve taken off the ‘registration thingy’ so posting comments should be much easier.
Many people said that they tried, but couldn’t post comments.
TTFN.
Sarah at the Dakota Ridge,
Testing snow-shoe attachments in fresh powder.
