ATHLETIC CUP INVENTOR TESTS PRODUCT WITH RIFLE SHOT TO THE GROIN

Jeremiah Raber, 38, who says his Nutshellz groin protectors are “the world’s strongest athletic cup” put his own genitals on the line and took a bullet to the groin to prove their effectiveness. Raber had business partner Matt Heck shoot a .22-caliber rifle at his groin while he was wearing one of the cups for a video promoting his Kickstarter campaign to launch a line of Nutshellz for kids. “Don’t try this at home,” Raber warns in the video. “Our cup is not only strong enough to stop bullets but it also has a unique design and contour that allows it to rest comfortably in position without restricting an athlete’s mobility no matter what the movement or sport,” Raber wrote on the Kickstarter page. Raber, whose Nutshellz groin protectors were originally designed for Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters, said his products have also caught the attention of the U.S. military.
* Guy’s nuts.
* Now that’s really putting it on the line.
* To think I used to be impressed when Steve Jobs demonstrated a new Apple computer.
* There are two nuts in this story, and I’m not talking about the ones in the cup.
* “Don’t try this at home”? Thanks, but I wasn’t planning to.
* The tough part was getting his nuts to agree to this.
* Of course, if someone is shooting bullets at your balls, you have more than just a groin protection problem.
* Jeremiah managed to do two off-setting things: First, he convinced investors that his product is a good bet, but then he also convinced them that he’s too crazy to trust.