After work, Jeanine and I joined Sarah Doherty and her husband Kerith, co-founders of SideStix Ventures, to watch Nicolai play soccer. He has been testing their forearm crutches and has earned a reputation as their most aggressive field tester. Over time, he has broken almost every component on the crutch which has led to a series of design improvements. They wanted to see him play first hand to better understand the kinds of forces he exerts on their product. They were both amazed by his speed and the variety of crutching techniques he employs, some of which they say they have never seen before. The game was close and resulted in an exciting 1-0 win for CCHS.

Pictured here are a set of prototype carbon fiber tubes they left with us for Nico to torture test as soon as I can fit them to his crutches.