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Absolutely love this! As someone that has worked in wildland fire for majority of my career in various capacities, I can relate on many levels. Have been quite lucky though too, and am not wanting to jinx myself by saying in what ways. Really, really happy that help is becoming more widely available and accepted for first responders. One thing that I can't help but bring up, and it is because of the frequency I see it in MTB culture - the lack of PPE when using a chainsaw. All it takes is one tiny lapse of judgement or complacency and these machines will alter or end your life in less than a heartbeat. Would love to see a shift in mindset & culture around wearing appropriate PPE when running these (maybe you were wearing Kevlar lined saw pants?), and feel like these types of documentaries would be the ideal place to do so, @stevev88. Love the shred, love your journey and so, SO stoked you are on the up & up buddy! Thank you for all you do, I will be making contributions to your gofund me and non profit.

@zachvogelmtb: was going to comment that you can see nails/anchors along the sides of the material.

3) The unwarranted confidence some of these riders have

Same, as I would expect to come home to find my gear had reorganized itself since this equipment must be a living organism. Went to the link to see how much this living organism costs, immediately laughed out loud. There will still be dingleberries that will buy this nonsense...

I picked up playing ice hockey last year at 38, and I love it! Progressed quickly enough to join beer league this year. Great to mix up the passions, still love riding bikes of course.

@snomaster: you have a typo in there, healthcare in the US is a complete joke, just not a laughing matter...

POC, you are completely mad for charging $80 on fair weather gloves. WTF?!

Wrecking and landing on that is definitely going to cause additional injury. Not too far off of those 'bull bars' of the 90s. Ouch!

Orange & gray/black are always a good color combo.

@vinay: Agreed. I grew up playing a few different sports as a kid, but focused on skateboarding and snowboarding through most of my youth (into late 20s, still sometimes hit a skatepark for fun). Picked up mountain biking in my late 20s, yet felt like I was still missing something. I had always wanted to learn to play ice hockey, having spent a LOT of time playing street hockey with neighbors as a kid. Last year I started lessons and getting into playing ice hockey in drop in games, absolutely love it! That all being said, would I try some off road skates? That is a nope from me, but go have your fun-skis.