What are the storms?
Bids are inflated plastic batons, which are often used as encouraging aids at big sports events or political gatherings. The air chambers inside the batons help to strengthen the sound when the user hits them together by applauding movement. The effect of hundreds of thunderstorms is collided simultaneously, especially inside a closed arena, it can be quite impressive. Fans sitting behind a basketball goal or a football end zone can also wave thunderstorms as a distraction of opponents. Companies specializing in promotional and cheerleading items can offer storms in a number of popular topics, along with the possibility of creating adapted batons. Professional operators of sports stadiums routinely distribute promotional storms, or at least offer them for sale in gift shops or through travel dealers.
Some sources say that the first use of Thundersticks in the United States appeared in 1992 when Anaheim Angels, professional baseballThe team based in Anaheim, California, distributed hundreds of storms during play -off. Others say that they have already been used at collegial football games and at least one conference, PAC-10, for many reasons forbidden its use. In fact, the first storms were invented in South Korea and used for sports and political events. Those who were imported to the United States still carried a Korean emblem.
The storm creator seems to be anonymous, which can be a smart career step with regard to all the negative fall of the surrounding product. Many athletes and other serious sports fans now consider the ubiquitous use of storms as damage to the game. The noise generated by hundreds of these batons can be deafening anad -way large are often visually disturbing. In recent years, the popularity of storms has decreased with excessive foam fingers and a nationwide event known as a wave.
forThis seems that support for storms is declining in professional sports arenas, are still quite popular for local cheerleaders and political gatherings. The adapted storms are relatively cheap to produce and provide a large surface area for logos, campaign slogans and other advertising copy. Younger children especially like excessive storms and parents do not have to worry about sharp edges or risk of suffocation. They are not indestructible, but are actually removable.