I am doing a speech for one of my classes about the advances of Oakley sunglasses and I'm looking to add a little visual flair. A while back a I remember seeing a picture of a biker who wiped out and his face was all torn up with intact Juliets lodged in his lip. Does anyone have that picture saved or know where it is?

I'm also in search of the link from the company that tested the optical clarity of a bunch of sunglasses. They compared how things lined up with glasses as opposed to the naked eye and Oakley obviously blew everyone else away. Does anyone remember the link?

Thanks for the help, I suck at searching. If you happen to have anything else that I could use toss it out. I figured doing a speech about Oakley would motivate me to get it started. :p

edit: Found the x metal lodged in the lip picture...

There is a cool picture from the FORCE's SI PROGRAM. It is of a Canadian soldier who survived and IED explosion while overseas. His face is covered with burns and lacerations.....except the perfect outline of his M-Frames.
I will try to find it and post for you.

Edit: I can't find the photo...sorry dude.

Would you mind sticking the pics you find in this thread - they would be pretty cool to see!

I'm not positive, butI think the optical clarity test was called something along the lines of "Top Gun" or something.

Here's a link that may be of use to you:

http://oakley.com/community/news/article/id/512

Private Pilot, and it used to be on oakley.com

The crash picture you're talking about was a Romeo, I'll try and find it.

Wasn't the picture with the Romeo a bike accident?

Here it is:



It was in the P.W. thread (page 62).

how did this happen, car accident, damn, i dont know if i want to wear my romeos

That's one reason I don't wear X-Metals while riding. They are strong enough that they will tear you up in a bad wreck. They other reason is that I don't want them to fall off my head, land on the asphalt and get damaged (due to their high cost). O-matter and wires should just bend and possibly snap, but won't injure you as badly as X-Metals (I would suspect).

Damn, it doesn't matter how many time I see that I still cringe. It just looks impossible almost, but there it is.

Wow!!
can anyone explain me how did it happen??
I really thought that it was impossible to happen, but it did..

here;s a link to the oakley government sales site. it explains some of the stuff.

https://usstandardissue.com/tech_clarity.aspx

also look under Private Pilot magazine. they commissioned an independent test as well

is this what you were looking for?

There is a cool picture from the FORCE's SI PROGRAM. It is of a Canadian soldier who survived and IED explosion while overseas. His face is covered with burns and lacerations.....except the perfect outline of his M-Frames.
I will try to find it and post for you.

Edit: I can't find the photo...sorry dude.

Check this one out!

https://usstandardissue.com/testimonials.aspx

It wasn't M Frame, it's Half Jacket..

Wow, I missed that horrible pic the first time it was posted. Painful doesn't even begin to describe it.