Third athlete to be named to the new POC Receptor Team: Blake Nyman (12/3/2007)

The Receptor Team is POC's new cross-disciplinary team that brings together athletes from a wide range of different gravity sports including: skiers, skateboarders, wake and kite boarders, BMX, cyclists and "bike parkers". Aside from being top athletes in their respective disciplines, they all use POC's new Receptor helmet. To our knowledge it is the only helmet certified for all these disciplines in the U.S. as well as Europe. To learn more about POC and the Receptor helmet, go to www.pocski.com

American Blake Nyman is a contemporary skier and a welcome addition to our team. Nyman, age 23, son of a ski school director at the famous Sundance ski resort near Provo, Utah says he knew from an early age that skiing would be a central part of his life. "My mom taught me and my two older brothers how to ski, and we started racing together when I was six".

Love for the sport runs deep in the family. Blake's brother, Steven Nyman, competes for the U.S. national team in downhill racing.

Blake is a committed innovator who has tried a wide range of skiing disciplines. He toyed with snowboarding for a while then moved on to Skier cross and Big Mountain events. Success found him early in his career. At age 17 he became first alternate to the X-Games Skier cross and then moved on to Slopestyle, Big Air and Rail events and then began filming with various production companies.