Kymera is a line of electric jet body boards invented by Jason Woods. It took him ten years from inception to prototype. He spent more than $40,000 of his own money to finally produce a lightweight (35 pounds) Jet Powered Body Board that can reach 25 miles per hour. The selling points are that a Kymera is easily transported – it’s a 6’0” long board that 2’0” wide. And it can be carried to water by one person. There’s no need for a ramp. Woods’ hard work paid off when his product won the Popular Science 2011 Invention of the Year title. Problem is, he hasn’t sold one.
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Woods’ plan to pitch Kymera on Shark Tank without having sold one of the $3000 body boards and giving the company a $1 million valuation to boot backfired. Investor Daymond John called Woods’ pitch “the worst [he’s] ever seen.” Woods didn’t get a deal but that hasn’t kept Woods from working on a lite version (top speed 10mph) and a sport version (top speed 20mph). Kymera is currently accepting pre-orders on the website.
