For 11 days last August, David Zuidema III and son Kaleb left the family’s septic service and pipe inspection and repair business in Midland, N.J., and took the vacation of a lifetime to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. They didn’t go to watch popular events like gymnastics or high-profile athletes like swimmer Michael Phelps. Instead, they traveled 7,000 miles to see Kaleb’s sport – javelin throwing. “We’d been following the javelin Olympic trials and knew who had been in the last Olympics,” says David. “But honestly, it’s an event I wouldn’t be too interested in if not for my
