A noticeably more cleaned-up version

At 6'4", 210 pounds, Czech ripper Filip Trejbal is one of the more agile technical big ski racers on the World Cup Circuit and Olympic alumni. And with 8 year long handlebars resembling an out-of-control James Hetfield in Some Kind of Monster (as witnessed in the 2007 BBC News photo and caption below), he's probably the only one humming Metallica's "Creeping Death" at the start gate.

While seemingly intimidating rocker through and through, Filip is one of the nicest and most helpful guys you will ever meet. Czech World Junior Champion and hard charging ski racer who's been at it since the age of 2, he briefly considered a career in Sports Science, but then quit university to pursue his real passion: skiing. He's a ski racer by profession hitting the Slalom, Giant Slalom, Combined, and Downhill events in the Olympics. But he doesn't stop there: he also loves charging the mountains whenever he can for freeski and then to round out his summer activities hits other X-sports like motocross and biking. An all-around go for it adrenaline junky.

Rock and Roll

As focused and hardcore as he may look, even someone with cojones the size of Filip's thinks about protection. I'm no physicist, but I would image that when a huge guy like Filip at 210 pounds wipes out, that's a lot of mass accelerating and impacting on hard surface: E=MC².

You may recall this unreal crash at the Torino Olympics in the Downhill. Skiing is a beloved sport to millions, but when you combine speed, slick surface, sharp edges, etc... you've got a lethal cocktail that requires you to be protected. Just ask Filip:

We'll be interviewing Filip in the future on what an event like this does to your psyche, your resolve to pick-up and dust off. We'll also ask him some other questions about his new relationship with Slytech and why he's particularly stoked to be protected with our back protectors.

Stay-tuned... if there are any questions you want me to ask Filip, just leave a comment below and don't forget to SIGNUP to the right or follow us on FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.

Emi Hasegawa just got her new shipment of Slytech Nervous Shin and Arm Guards and already blogged about it. She's really  looking forward to using them on a regular basis and expressed her stoke about getting on what look and feel like the fastest guards out there...

If Japanese is your bag, check out her blog here: http://www.plus-blog.sportsnavi.com/emi-hasegawa/article/437

You just got to love it when people just go for it in life. So many people don't or can't seem to assert themselves and live a life they were destined for. Rather than daring to dream and jumping headlong into that dream, many toil in unmindful repetition and end up like Kevin Spacey in American Beauty.

Lisa Filzmoser, a diehard Slytech wearer from Austria is one of these people who dared to dream, jump into that dream and carve a life out for herself that's authentically her.

This post is dedicated to all those -- especially our femmes fatales -- who take that first step and never stop going for their dreams!

Lisa Filzmoser "Serious...Not" Part from LaFamiglia on Vimeo.