Alana :

"Typically (Outriggers) it only hurts when you're first learning because you're falling in the cup is pushing into your forearm.You typically end up with bruises right on your forearm for sure when you're first starting, but there is kind of a breakaway design, so it's not a full cuff. It's, you know, at at Crescent, which allows for a little flexibility and also a softer plastic, which is kind of flexible too... But then they wrap a full thing of Velcro around that to secure it so... (implying it doesn't really work)"

Upon engaging in an insightful interview with Alana Nichols, I was deeply inspired by the challenges she encountered while using outriggers and their subsequent implications. Witnessing a particularly intense crash experienced by Alana served as a poignant catalyst for my determination to enhance the protective capabilities of outriggers.