MotoMat History & Testimonials

The MOTOMAT a brief history ;
December 1, 2000 I was racing a Mountain bike/ Motocross Industry Race out at Competition Park in Hemet, California. Racing a Yamaha YZ426F for Mountain Bike Magazine, I cased a triple jump on the back straight & broke my Lumbar #1 & and Thoracic #12 vertebrae. Took a break from mx and a friend taught me how to surf. One of the things I hated about MX was changing out of my gear in the dirt. In surfing it's 100 times worse getting in & out of a wetsuit on the side of Pacific Coast Highway . That gave me the inspiration to do something about it.

I started the prototyping & giving them to my mx, surf, ski & snowboard, mountain bike friends, anyone who was active, I wanted their input. Pretty soon I found there are a lot of things people do at their car where they need a clean place to change.

Fortunately during that time I booked a Subaru commercial with Lance Armstrong (who also has a MotoMat) where I crashed a mountain bike chasing him. The stunt pay was enough to start my first production run. And we are well into are improved '04 production run.

Thanks for your support & checking us out.

James

Ty Davis (too many titles to list- multi off road & MX champ), Doug Dubach (former Factory Yamaha, San Jose 250 Supercross winner and 9 time Vet World Champ) Gary Jones (4 time National MX Champ), Andy Jefferson (pro MX), Zap Espinoza(Motocross Action), Martyn Atkins (podium finisher Baja 1000), Laird Hamilton (big wave surfer), Daize Shayne (Multi time World Champ Long Boarder), Blake Howard (Channel Islands Surf Team), Terry Doonan (pro surf), Matt Phillips (Mountain Bike editor), Natacha Turpin (famous French Snowboarder), Damon Bivens(stuntman, MX racer), Danny Downey (BMX,surf, snowboard, & stunt), Nick Freedman(Publisher of Bicycling & Mountain Bike), The REVO Adventure Race Team, Lyle Koegler LA Fire Department & Montrose Search & Rescue Ace, Paul "Flush" Hernandez (World Record BMX Jump) Trek Mountain Bike Race Team

and too many more to list.

Testimonials;

"I don't leave home without it. I leave it rolled up in my truck so it's always ready. Whether I'm training in the desert, doing laps at Glen Helen or at the trailhead with my mountain bike. It works great!"

Ty Davis

"The MotoMat, what did I ever do without it? MX is already a dirty sport, the MotoMat now gives me a clean spot to get out of my sweaty gear, without making it any dirtier then it already is."

Andy Jefferson

"I've been changing in the dirt for 20 years, it's about time somebody invented this."

Danny LaPorte

Of course I read about the MotoMat in SKIING magazine! I actually saw it in Sam's office and thought of my husband, who always hops around ski area parking lots like a spastic frog while he's changing! So, I wanted to get him one to keep in his car--for skiing and mountain biking. He often goes straight from work and therefore has to change clothes wherever...

Thanks!

Bevin Wallace
editor-at-large
SKIING Magazine

It's one of the skiing & snowboard industries good ideas of 2003. "It's as civilized as a parking lot can get."

Bill Pennington
The New York Times
Thursday, December 11, 2003

Hi James,
I am part of Team Revo with Patrick Watson. You supplied us with your MotoMats. I wanted to let you know that I raced Wildflower Triathlon this weekend, with 3000 competitors and I used the Moto Mat for the first time. I had quite a few people come up to me solely because of your MotoMat. There were a lot of interested competitors in your product. Their comments were that they were very impressed with the mat.

The Mat was so nice to have! It kept all my gear neatly organized and my space marked out from the other competitors. Usually your gear ends up all over the place during a Triathlon.

Heather Curwen
Team Member
Revo Adventure Race Team

The MotoMat is awesome. The snow was pouring down in Mammoth, we stopped in Bishop picked up chains, got off the exit at Mammoth Lakes unfurled the MotoMat, and we where putting the chains on our car in WARM, DRY- terry cloth comfort. SWEET. Thanks Mr. MotoMat.

NT
via the internet