Whiteboard
Albert Stallion invented whiteboards while working at Alliance in the 1960s. Alliance (now known as PolyVision) produced enameled steel for architectural cladding, but Stallion noted it could also potentially be used as a writing surface. Stallion later left Alliance to form his own whiteboard production company, MagiBoards.
Surfboard shaper
The largest technological change to date came in 1926 when Tom Blake, one of the pioneers of surfboard innovation decided to drill hundreds of small holes in the board and sandwich it in between two very thin pieces of wood in the pursuit of weight savings. The first hollow board was 15 feet long, 19” wide, and 4” thick and weighed roughly 100 pounds. This was a huge step for surfboard innovation as it decreased the weight of most surfboards by 50 to 100 pounds. The boards design was originally ridiculed by surfers, but when they saw how much faster the board traveled through the water. In 1930, the hollow board became the first mass-produced surfboard the world had ever seen and were hugely successful. In 1936 the board saw the addition of the fixed fin. This gave surfers increased stability, speed, and maneuverability in the water and opened the doors to coming innovation.