The following people played important roles in the design and development of these pool tables and the birth of this company. Most of them donated their time out of loyalty to our long standing friendships. I owe all of them much gratitude. All I did was ask and they were eager to assist.

Thanks to each of you,

John Conod, President of XCB, Inc.

•  To Mary, my wife, for her guidance, assistance and tolerance of my intense, compulsive, obsessive personality (as she puts it)

•  To Matt and JL, my two young sons for their help with the small stuff

•  To Patty, my sister and her husband Jimmy, for this website and the countless hours she spent on it for free.

•  To Kathy, my mom, for watching the kids whenever Mary and I were busy.

•  To Dave, my childhood friend and his wife Linda for help with the sanding and fabricating

•  To Brett, my childhood friend, for the paintbooth and to his wife Dawn for feeding us.

•  To Mike, longtime friend and his wife Crystal for advice and for hooking me up in Kentucky

•  To Willie and Jay, good friends who helped * To Justin, another good friend who helped

•  To Erin, my friend who helped * To Solo, the artist involved in my prototype

•  To Lloyd, for the graphics * To John Mallic, owner of Gator Harley Davidson

•  To Jim and Rob, graphics * To Jeff Riggon, artist * To Bruce, for research and development

•  To Matt Meyer, owner of MGM Fiberglass, a fiberglass genius who helped me design and build the perfect pool table.

•  To Steve, my boss at UPS for tolerating my absence and reluctance to work overtime

•  To Aunt Yvonne, for her support and encouragement * To Patrick, for suggestions and advice

•  To Mike Rebal, he knows why

•  To Mike, the painter and Jen, an awesome auto painter who saved me numerous times

•  To James Vinks, a fantastic artist

•  To Steve, an incredible pocket designer and artist

•  To Derrick, for striping the flames

•  To Phil, who sits with me during my lunch hour at UPS and listens to me complain

•  To Tracy and Tommy for promotional help

•  To Jesse Rudolph and the Rudolph's for their support and ideas

•  To Jack, my neighbor, who is really not worth mentioning

•  To Frank Conod, my deceased father, who taught me how to use my mind and hands to build anything

•  To God for the feather he placed on my windowsill

You made the craftsman’s body; you made the mind, which exercises control over his limbs; you made the material he needs to fashion anything; you made the skill that equips him to master his art and visualize within his mind the plan to which he will give outward expression. You made the perceptive senses which can interpret the design in the mind and transfer it to the material to produce the thing he is making, and then report back to the mind on what has been made, so that the craftsman may test it against the truth that rules him within himself, to ensure that it is made properly. All these things praise you, the creator of them all.

Saint Augustine