About us

WHEN A BALL DREAMS, IT DREAMS IT’S A FRISBEE, WHEN A FRISBEE DREAMS, IT DREAMS IT’S AN AEROBIE, AND WHEN AN AEROBIE DREAMS, IT DREAMS IT’S PLAYING KINFLOW!

KinFlow was created with the premise that play is a birthright for all that is essential for a healthy mind, body and spirit. Thus, the mission of KinFlow is to keep healthy and youthful spirits alive regardless of age, demographics, backgrounds and abilities, through the art of play. This mission exists so that people around the world can enjoy the essence of play throughout their lifetime and protect these values for our future generations
KinFlow fuses fitness and mindfulness into an immersive sporting experience for all ages, genders and skill levels alike. KinFlow is a new team sport that gamifies social emotional learning. As both a sport and learning tool, it is inclusive in nature, promoting healthy competition, mind + body awareness, & teamwork + group flow.

Core Values

 Play, Inclusivity, Teamwork, Honor and Creativity.


Commitment to Inclusivity

KinFlow recognizes that inclusion is about making sure our program reflects the diversity of the various local communities we serve and we are committed to working towards achieving this.

We commit to developing clear strategies and policies to achieve inclusion and remove discrimination within our program and we commit to establishing clear targets for measuring success.

We commit to promoting a safe, welcoming and respectful culture where everyone feels welcome and accepted regardless of age, gender, ability, socio economic status or cultural, ethnic or religious background.

We commit to informing, supporting and empowering our members and all others involved in KinFlow in relation to inclusion and diversity issues.

We commit to ensuring our sport activities consider the individual needs of participants and are appropriate to the level of development and skill. Where necessary we will make adaptations and modifications to cater for individual needs.

In making this commitment, we recognize that our program has an important role to play in leading the diverse communities we serve towards ensuring everyone has the chance to participate in KinFlow at the level and in the roles they choose.

KinFlow is a valuable part of many growing communities. We have an opportunity to shape the culture of not only our program, but wider communities by ensuring that KinFlow is a welcoming, safe and accessible program for all.

Origin Story From Founder

As a young boy I would play basketball nearly every day until I was unable to make the hoop out anymore in the dark. It was my greatest joy to dance freely on the court and enter into what I later understood as flow states. These peak states are when we feel our best and perform our best. Athletes often call it the “zone”, musicians sometimes refer to it as being in the “pocket,” scientists and inventors as “Eureka moments.” I revered this optimal state of performance and gained not only deep joy but lasting benefits of increased focus, emotional intelligence and confidence.

Having come from a hyper competitive upbringing, I know the rigors, stress and pressures that can come from over emphasizing external outcomes in youth sports. My sports journey led me to encountering a coach in High School that ridiculed my every move. I ended up questioning myself, my skill and ultimately my love for the game. I eventually quit basketball my senior year with a broken heart and shattered confidence. It took me almost a decade to pick up a ball again and play with some level of joy, albeit far less then what I experienced so effortlessly as a young boy. I know that I am not alone. Over 70% of American youth quit sports by the age of 13. Though the reasons vary, undoubtedly the pressures placed on kids primarily by parents and coaches is certainly a major driving force. In addition, the epidemic of youth sports related long term injuries is a wide spread issue. One of it’s primary causes has been linked to overspecialization and over straining the young developing body in one sport ,often with the tremendously high pressures placed on by external forces.

All this led to me to December 26th, 2017, which I consider the birth day of KinFlow. My friend Kurt and I were playing one of our regular Aerobie Frisbee games of catch and something clicked. My muscle memory was solid enough at this stage where I was able to let go completely of analyzing my form/technique and I allowed myself to play free like the 10 year old kid that danced with the basketball for hours on end. Quite simply, I entered a flow state. Time seemed to freeze, I became fully immersed into the present moment and disappeared into the bliss of play. It was at this exact moment that I knew from my core that I needed to figure out how to articulate this feeling to youth and help them understand, harness and protect the power of their personal flow states through play.

I immediately got to work on bringing the game to kids. The name KinFlow was derived from 3 Kin’s; Kindred (Relationship) ,Kinetic (Motion), Kinesthetic (Bodies Intelligence) and Flow (Current or Stream). Together the name forms a new meaning; Moving as One. It’s also a play on Kinfolk, representing deep connection with others. We started with game play rules that I now joyfully laugh at (we had more objects than Quidditch from Harry Potter!). Through literally hundreds upon hundreds of games with thousands upon thousands of international youth of varying creeds, age, ethnicity, skill level and gender in 3 continents over the course of 5 years, the structure and rules carved themselves out through raw and inspired play.

The wounds of hyper competition run deep into the collective unconscious and I see KinFlow as an antidote to mend this widespread trauma. To be clear, we do not shy away from healthy, playful competition, keeping score and pushing each other to be our best. We believe competition can serve to raise the collective group flow when rooted in honor and the primary intention of what we call “hyper-present states of flow”. We see youth sports as a universal bridge for diverse cultures around the world to engage through play. A space where people from all walks of life can gather together in healthy relations.

With the greatest joy, I share KinFlow with You, Your Community and the World.

Zachariah Fisher

KinFlow Co-Founder with Youth from around the Globe

HISTORY of AEROBIE

Beginning in the early 1970s, engineer Alan Adler became interested in improving the flying disc.

At first, he managed to streamline the shape of the disc, reducing the drag, and allowing it to fly further. But this made flight unstable.

Inspiration came from an unlikely source. Adler had read about the chakram—an ancient and formidable Punjabi weapon that was shaped in a ring (see below).

This led Adler to make the Skyro, his first flying ring, which set the Guinness World Record in 1980. It was good for throwing far, but only worked well at one speed. Adler wasn’t quite satisfied.

In 1984, Alan Adler finally found the last piece of the puzzle. Adding a spoiler to his flying ring, the Aerobie was born. It could be thrown fast, slow, near or far. In short, Alan Adler had engineered fun itself.

In 2017, Spin Master purchased Aerobie and is taking the beloved flying disc all over the world.