Bob Brunskill was born in Fullerton, California 15, 1937. He attended school through junior college in Fullerton and then transferred to the University of California Berkeley earning a Bachelors degree in
Electrical Engineering. After graduation, he went to work for the Autonetics Division of North American Aviation, which later became Rockwell Int'l. He retired in 1992 after 32 years.

In 1980 after his wife died he became the owner of The Shelter, and bought a shuffleboard from A1 Stewart in 1982. To increase utilization of this investment, he started a singles tournament on Saturdays. This grew into the "One Grand Shoot-out" where the top 16 shooters from Saturday play were allowed to enter the tournament. Entry fee was $25 and the total prize was always $1000. Fortunately, he was able to borrow a shuffleboard from his cousin, have A1 refinish it, and use it too. The plank was split, the finish was fast, the cradle was a wreck, the leg adjusters were so bad that the legs were shimmed with playing cards. It was connected to the wall with spacers and turnbuckles but was a real experience to play (it was a new experience every week too). Bob also promoted league teams and, at one time, had three teams playing out of The Shelter.

Through Joe Muniz, Ted Z. heard about the Saturday tournament out in the sticks in Placentia and brought his friend "Easy", with him to take all our money. They first stopped in TJ's where they ran into Bruce Harvey who explained how he was going to win all this money at The Shelter in a shuffleboard tournament at noon. They really set him up! Bruce still thinks that it was his fault for bringing Ted to The Shelter. A more interesting contest happened when Ted challenged Dave W. to a game where Ted spotted Dave 14 points but kept the hammer every frame. Dave couldn't believe losing two games in a row to Ted.