Walking through the lodge at the start of a World Cup Alpine Ski Race gives a glimpse into the future of consumer products, today. What you ride tomorrow, is hanging out in these rooms today. As the skiers wait for the start of their race, they sit and chill, chatting with one another or focus off in a corner by their lonesome, all the while you see gear that blows your mind.

• The newest boots that look just like the old ones, but use a new stiffer plastic;
• Speed suits with cutting edge fabrics that look more like lizzard skin than something humans wear;
• Arm guards and helmets that are constantly developed to be lighter and safer than the previous year's;
• and on and on...

I've never been in the waiting room at tennis matches or Formula 1 races, but I imagine it being quite similar: the newest of the new, the techiest of the tech. The Rafael Nadal racket I got at Tennis Warehouse is probably not the same racket Rafa actually uses (damn it!). The new tires on that Brawn-Mercedes are most certainly not the same rubber I got on my 1995 2 door Nissan pickup truck (see picture).

While I might be able to get the actual Rafa racket 2 years from now and I can get the newest Slytech's next season, the F1 tires might not be worth it.

the green dream

Formula 1

Slytech Arm Guards and Helmet

Rafa with is Custom Gear

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