How amazing is it when we experience paradigm shifts?
On the face of it, you may think that what happened to Kevin Pearce is just horrific and sad, but when you listen to him and watch all the way to the end, you realize that having your world shift from gold medal aspirations to just being grateful you’re alive and with family, that’s a momentous shift.
When asked whether horrified parents would want to shelter their kids from the sport after hearing about the accident, Kevin said: “I would feel bad for those kids, just because snowboarding is such a great sport, it’s so much fun and has brought me so much joy. I wouldn’t change it for anything. Even after having had this accident, I still love it so much.” Not even his near death snowboard accident can keep him from doing what makes him most joyful in life.
You know your clay-mation video has gone gang-busters when it’s received over 5.5 million hits on YouTube.
In this episode, Pingu and Robbie go for a snowboard sesh and promptly get slammed. But as most riders do, they get up, strap on back protection and try it again. If only they realized they only strapped on the coccyx part of their protector! They woulda gone way bigger with the whole thing! Somebody PLEASE tell mom and dad Pingu to order a Slytech Slammer Pro Back Protector FedEx ASAP.
It’s no secret that hurling yourself down the mountain at high speeds, with changing terrain, light and weather at every turn is a dangerous endeavor. Top German Newspaper Welt had a full double page spread on all the typical injuries that can plague skiers all over the world.
Top injuries include:
skull farctures
dislocated shoulders
thumb sprain
collar bone fracture
spinal chord injury
femur fracture
meniscus/ knee injury
ankle fractures
muscle tear
scrapes and scratches
Injury is all about PROBABILITY (not if, but when) and the more precaution you take in mitigating that probability, the more up-time you’ll have on the hill, the more stoke you’ll feel while shredding. Of course, who wants cumbersome protection that inhibits freedom of movement? Who really wants to lessen injury probability if it means being weighed down by bulky protective gear?
No one.
That’s why it’s so important to TRY different protective gear before you buy. It pays to head down to your local shop and try the various brands out… and if your store doesn’t carry SLYTECH, go ahead and tell them you want to try one.
We’re pretty certain that the soft, pliable memory cell foam of the Slytech 2nd Skin Back Protector or the new Kevlar® infused SLAMMER PRO will provide that maximum freedom of movement and probability mitigation that you want and need to protect your spine, shoulders, and coccyx.
As if the motorcycle approved 2nd Skin Protection weren’t enough, our Pro riders and several high‐flying aspiring amateurs have requested even more protection for their death‐defying stunts. Pipe bangers and big mountain freaks alike kept bugging us for it.
Faced with the growing list of people who wanted it, the Slytech engineering department caved to the pressure then started frothing at the mouth and finally going just hog‐wild with this newest challenge.
12 hour days and several months later, they found the answer in the new SLYTECH 2ND SKIN “SLAMMER PRO”.
It offers the same high‐level craftsmanship and comfort as the Slytech 2nd Skin, except it uses infused Kevlar stringers to provide industry leading impact resistance and safety. After our memory cell foam innovation in the snow sports realm was blatantly copied, the forward thinking Slytech team has again outdone the competition with the introduction of Kevlar, the stuff they use in bullet proof vests.
You read right: Bullet Proof Vests!
The Slytech 2nd Skin Slammer Pro is only for the craziest, radical SOB’s out there.
