
At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Dick Fosbury introduced the ‘flop technique’.
This new jumping technique (jumping backwards and head first over the bar) amazed
the whole world. With his new jumping technique, Fosbury immediately achieved an
Olympic gold medal. The Fosbury flop is now the most used technique in high-jumping.
| New and successful concepts do not arise spontaneously. They are the outcome of thinking differently. The outcome of looking at familiar things in a different way. In the future, this conceptual way of thinking will increase in importance. |
In line with the lifestyle approach, moreover, the park is an interesting venue for related as well as unrelated industries. It is a structured yet open space for the exchange of ideas, concepts, knowledge and applications for existing and novel solutions to the demands of lifestyles. |