Many people would feel sorry for themselves in the presence of a life altering accident suffered during an outdoors sport regarded by millions as leisurely and fun. Though rather than feeling sorry for himself, Marco Pilotto, a man who suffered a rather common skiing accident in 2004, fell victim to the misfortune of that accident leaving him confined to a wheelchair. He now uses all his time and energy to market a product to help people like him, that he sees as revolutionary.
Mr. Pilotto, 53, still carries a lot of weight by his name in the industry of sports. He founded Surfpolitix, a company of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, which made 10% of the snowboards sold internationally from 1992 to 1997.
Everything was looking good in life for the entrepreneur, no ailments planned with such a promising future until he made a trivial fall while skiing at Le Massif de Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, a fall that typically no one would consider dangerous and certainly not paralyzing.
“I went down, very relaxed, gentle slope leading to the cottage and I hit a pocket on the track that had been rammed. I “freaout” by bending forward and I broke my neck, stupidly,” recounted the businessman.
ked The attitude this fighter shows is exactly what those who know him have come to expect. Though the shock this brought to friends, families and colleagues was as high as the altitude during the time of the accident. The change was radical and Mr. Pilotto had to break the news. “If I was in a pitch, I would have rolled. It would have been different. The C6 was completely soiled. Instantaneously, I became like a buffoon. I was in the snow, paralyzed. I knew it. I wasn’t able to move. In a split second, your life goes from being valid to invalid, but your spirit is there. You’re the same person, but in a new body. It’s very brutal like change,” he said.
Many people would have sunk into depression, but it for Mr. Pilotto, it was only the beginning. Although he has not received a penny of compensation as a result of the accident, he used his expertise to improve the thrusters hoops from a wheelchair, with the attitude of a fighter. This is how he chose to cope with his new crippling reality. Life only becomes depressing because faculties that were used on a constant basis become, suddenly, unavailable. However, those who can harness the rampant emotional kinetic energy of an accident and fixate towards something beneficial will see improvements in their mood.
Comfort and efficiency being the key, he’s been seeking a way to increase the comfort and efficiency of this masterpiece wheelchair. It’s traditionally made of a single aluminum tube. He arrived in offering stylized ergonomic profile and making appropriate hoops that are covered with a comfortable, non-slip texture similar to that used for water sports, thus was born in 2012 Company Products Innovations BBraver he runs with his daughter Gabrielle. The young woman plays a key role in business development. The company is entering a crucial phase in initiating the marketing of its products, and it all started with the simple idea that Montreal is thriving as a startup ecosystem, but it has no plans of halting its initiative attitude there. What remains of Quebec is like a blue-shift vastness filled with entrepreneurs ready to try their hand at bringing experience to Montreal’s startup companies and working together to pitch ideas and test the waters in attempting to grow the local ecosystem together in a united effort.