His contribution to worldwide leisure got traction only after he narrowly avoided death while piloting a steel missile over Europe during World War II.
Morrison, a Southern California beach lad, first dubbed his spinning discs Flyin’ Cake Pans and later Whirlo-Way. It is now well recognized as the Frisbee around the world.
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“It was an instant phenomenon,” Wham-O’s brand director, Tristan Lin, told News.
Morrison was inspired by the simple act of throwing baking pans through the air, which was a popular leisure activity before to the invention of the Frisbee.
The Frisbee began as nothing more than a container for carrying pies,” according to the University of Southern California’s online engineering publication Illumin Magazine, which examined the physics of the flying disc.
Lin of Wham-O stated, “To me, the Frisbee screams America.” It shouts Patriotism. It represents American culture and innovation, as well as a relaxed, lighthearted, but competitive United States.
Something prompted America’s war heroes to provide happiness to the country following the horrors of battle.
