Slamball is the creation of Mason Gordon, who imagined he could create a variation of basketball since he was a teenager. Upon inventing a concept, he approached Mike Tollin, a producer. Tollin did not like the idea immediately; however, after giving it some thought, he agreed to help Gordon, six months after their first meeting.
Gordon then set up the first slamball court, with trampolines and a basketball arena. Gordon then tried to convince street basketball players to test his new idea; he wanted to find skilled, strong players who could compete comfortably while jumping on trampolines. He found six players who were willing to practice for an average of fifteen hours a day.
First played in Los Angeles, California, the game gained wide attention from street basketball players in the area, and within a year, 400 people had been enlisted as potential players. In 2002, slamball made its television debut, on the TNN network, soon after former Philadelphia 76ers owner Pat Croce had signed on as a major slamball partner. Soon, the game caught the eyes of other networks, such as ESPN, which would sporadically report about the new game. Later on, Slamball moved to Spike TV.
Slamball also aired on the British television station Trouble where it picked up a substantial British fanbase.
Having added two expansion teams and built a beautiful new court in Universal City, CA in the second season of Slamball on Spike TV/TNN , Slamball served its ties with Spike TV, partly due to fans that complained about poor coverage of the rapidly growing sport. The 2004 season was held of and Slamball joined up with Projekt Revolution, where the game meant to be showcased in a nationwide tour of the U.S, sadly this did not happen.
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