Experimenting with an idea in the basement of his parents' house could make Myles Doak's idea bigger than he ever imagined.

Back in the summer of 2012, Doak thought a pair of flip-flops could have an appealing look with hockey laces as the sandal bridge back. So while he was home from college in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, Doak started sewing hockey laces together, built a few dozen prototypes and looked for a manufacturer.

The result is SummerSkates, which now offers multiple products and gained NHL preferred vendor status and a multi-year global NHLPA license. SummerSkates recently became a manufacturer member of the Hockey Dealers Association (HDA), which is a division of National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA).

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