Some more production help was hired in early spring of 1993, and Lee then started doing primarily sales and telephone work. Lightning Paddles became an Oregon Corporation in late 1993. Hank's wife, Laurie, who had been doing all the book work up to that time, anyway, officially joined the company at that time. The shop facility has expanded a few more times in the last five years, usually to make room for another paddle crafter. People come and go and we wish well to those no longer here.
Slow growth is one of our goals.
Yup, we're now making more paddles than we did in 1989, Lightning's official first full year of business. Yup, there are also some new paddle models and blade shapes shown in the 1997 version of the Lightning Paddles catalog. But, we'll continue to try and make the best ones you can get. Light, strong, and efficient.