2005 ISA in Niteroi, Brazil. All Shufflers. Michael and Joe in front.

Michael Zellner was exposed to the game of shuffleboard by his grandfather as a teenager while spending some time in the city.  When he retired from the US Military after 21 years of service, Michael headed for Brazil. Before beginning his adventure, he dropped into Allen R. Shuffleboard Company in Seminole, Florida, just to get some information.   After a 2-hour conversation with the Sam Allen himself, Michael left with 4 cues, a set of discs, a book titled “Those Capricious Discs”, a scoreboard, the FSA rules, a bag of plastic beads and a set of blueprints for building a cement court.

Brazil’s (Michael’s) first two Courts!!

Michael never saw it coming! He was in deep and didn’t realize it! Michael had been bitten by the bug and exposed to the disease. Immediately upon settling in Brazil, he constructed 2 courts on a…