Like all successful entrepreneurs, Olympic short-track speedskater Jordan Malone saw a void in his marketplace, and he filled it. (Nathaniel Green)
Not happy with the tips skaters use on their fingers when going around turns, he made his own out of carbon fiber.
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Malone expanded his product offerings to helmets which is sells to other skaters.
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Malone uses carbon fiber, which is incredibly strong and extremely lightweight--perfect for the ice.
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Malone makes the carbon fiber rings by hand, and says people get interested in having one after seeing his.
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Malone took home a silver medal in short track speed skating men's 5000m relay and made his wedding ring from carbon fiber and it weighs only 1.8 ounces
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Malone says creating things with carbon fiber "gets his blood boiling the same way speed-skating does"
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Short tracks only have a circumference of 111 meters, and accidents are common, making shin guards imperative. Malone makes these out of carbon fiber
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