Local business aims to revive childhood nostalgia with slingshots

WOODFIN, North Carolina (WLOS) — Local Woodfin business owner Nathan Master has his sights on reinvigorating a somewhat forgotten sport.

Shooting cans off a fence post with a slingshot was common to many people’s childhoods, and that sense of nostalgia is what SimpleShot is trying to tap into.

“I saw a smile come to your face, and you might have moved your eyes up and to the left with a bit of reminiscence of what joy and what fun it was,” Nathan said. “When you’re just out in the backyard with a buddy, seeing who can hit the can first, is that sense of camaraderie and competition. It just brings about one word we have for it, it’s joy.”…

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