Even though I haven’t listened to Ecstasy of Gold in well over a month, I’m still able to recognize that I just had one of the best weekends of my life, and it was thanks to Ecstasy of Gold.
I just spent a whole weekend in Idaho playing professional air hockey with some of the best people in the world. It’s such a small scene, but it’s still cool to play with the number 15 best player in the world and learn tricks and tips from him and all of the other incredible players that were there.
The coolest part about it was how incredibly tight-knit of a family and community vibe they have. We weren’t just playing air hockey, we were having an incredible amount of fun, which is why it was one of the best weekends of my life.
It’s also really cool to know that… I’m now in the pro air hockey scene. Even if just as an amateur. And that I’m able to beat people that are in the top 100. So, although it’s unofficial… I still unofficially have the skill set to be a top 100 rated player.
But Ecstasy of Gold has been incredible. It really manifested this whole opportunity for me. If I want, I have a serious business opportunity to build a community of air hockey players and create an air hockey league in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia of Canada. There’s an incredible demand for it. It’s an incredibly growing sport. The stream that I was playing on this weekend was getting 50,000 to 100,000 views. And I’m the only guy in Vancouver that has any sort of connection to this community, so I literally have first mover and shaker advantage. More importantly, though, it’s not a business so much as a way to fully tap into what I love doing. And like I said, air hockey this weekend was one of the best weekends of my life. And start to build some sort of brand and career around it as well.
Not only is there an opportunity for me to start that group, but these are the guys that a couple of months ago were saying that they would give me literally any percentage of commission if I helped them get sponsors for their streams because they get over 100,000 views on their streams quite regularly, and yet they have no sponsors except for a local Idaho REALTOR®, even though it’s a national and really international phenomenon.