The time has come for Wolfgang “Wolle” Nyvelt.

One of the late comers in the sport – having started at the ripe age of 15 in Mayrhofen Austria (in the Zillertal) through his passion for skateboarding – he’s now at 30 received the huge distinction of “The 2008 Transworld Rider of the Year” award.

He’s never been much of a protection wearer and it’s only when his local shop owner showed him the newest back protector from Slytech, that he started strapping it on. We caught up with him on his cell phone in between a sessions and proclaimed, “It borrows its concept from motorcycling and those guys for sure know what they’re doing in the protection department.”

Wolle was hooked and convinced that this backprotector was exactly what he needed to “give me that extra little bit of confidence.” When he met the guys at Slytech, he got hooked up with a sponsorship to boot! It was a natural fit… Wolle loves his 2nd Skin and Slytech has the super talented and personable  “Rider of the Year” to take his game to the next level.

Just take a look at these sick images… nuff said.