Boogie2Boogie
Invented by 10 and 12-year olds Nicholas and Kaycee Johnsen
 

The kids on this development team thought that children’s body boards, commonly known as Boogie Boards, were not well designed for kids. They now wanted to create a Boogie Board that had a functional shape, that was fun to use and appealed to kids. They decided to design a better version that was kid friendly. 

Alyssa, Amy, Nick & Kaycee had a great idea and have won all kinds of awards for their innovative product. Kids enjoy body boarding and using body surfing boards to ride the breakers, the “white water,” near the shore. Kids needed a body board that is made specifically for riding that kind of wave, focusing on riding in the breakers near the shore—where kids like to ride! Boogie 2 Boogie has a signature boomerang shape making it hydrodynamic and fun. It was also more comfortable to lay on the board with this open shape. They enjoyed “surfing” together and came up with a connector to attach to each board to the other so they could ride in tandem.

Also, for parents who wanted a way of getting children’s attention when it was time to come in, the kids came up with a remote signaling device so that parents could signal them from shore.

They won First Place in the Sally Ride National Toy Challenge after winning Best Engineering & Best Overall Invention in the Regional Competition. They were also awarded a BKFK commercialization contract in November 2004.