We are excited to inform you that our LifeWave patches are now ENDORSED by all of the professional athletes featured above.

These athletes have discovered the same thing as so many others: that LifeWave patches make a DRAMATIC difference not only in athletic performance but in your everyday life as well.

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST WINDSURFER
~ GAL FRIDMAN ~

Gal Fridman won the 2004 Olympic Mistral Windsurfing event in Athens, and with the victory became Israel’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist.

In 12 previous Olympiads, dating back to Israel’s 1952 entry into the international Games, Israeli athletes had earned only one silver and three bronze competition medals––one of them by Fridman in 1996. The victory-platform presentation of 28-year old Fridman’s gold medal marked the first time Hatikvah (the Israeli national anthem) was played at an Olympic awards ceremony.

Eight years earlier, Fridman took a bronze medal in the Mistral at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Illness prior to the 2000 Olympiad kept him out of those Games.

In December 2002, the Israeli Windsurfer won the Mistral World Championship. Three months earlier, he was silver medalist at the European Championships.

Fridman’s key results leading up to his Olympic victory:
3rd - 2003 ISAF World (Mistral) Championship, September 2003 (grade W)
2nd - Athens Regatta, August 2003 (ungraded)
4th - Mistral European Championship, May 2003 (grade 1)
2nd - Semaine Olympique Francaise, May 2003 (grade 1)
1st - Mistral World Championship, December 2002 (grade W)
2nd - Mistral European Championship, September 2002 (grade 1)

In February, 2003, Fridman was listed No. 1 on the International Surfing Association Federation (ISAF) rankings. Just before the start of the 2004 Olympics, he was ranked seventh in the World.

Fridman was just seven years old when his father introduced windsurfing to the youngster who would become Israel’s first Olympic gold medalist.

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OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST, WBC WORLD CHAMPION BOXER
~ WAYNE "POCKET ROCKET" McCULLOUGH ~

Each time I hit the mitts my trainer would ask if I was wearing the LifeWave patches because I am hitting harder and seem to have more strength. I recommended the LifeWave patches to everyone I talked to, telling them how fantastic they make me feel but they all wonder if they can make me feel as if I have more energy then what can the patches do for them!

I wish I’d had LifeWave patches back in 1995 when I was a World Champion. Fighting at that level you need an extra push. I know they give me the extra push, power and strength I need so I can’t wait to use them in full time training, during sparring and also in the ring. I know they make me stronger so my opponent won’t know what hit him!

I want everyone to know that I’m endorsing the Lifewave patches because they work and I’m not a paid spokesperson for Lifewave. I’ve never endorsed anything that I don’t truly believe in and use!

Amateur Career
As an amateur, McCullough won a Silver medal for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and a Gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, representing Northern Ireland.

McCullough also won a Bronze medal at the World Cup before moving from Northern Ireland to Las Vegas to begin his professional career.

Professional Career
Within a year of moving to Las Vegas, he had won the North American Boxing Federation title. On July 30, 1995, less than 2½ years since turning professional, he won the WBC World Championship by beating the champion, Yasuei Yakushiji, in Nagoya, Japan.

McCullough successfully defended his title twice before vacating the belt and moving up in weight to challenge the champion at a higher weight class. McCullough unsuccessfully challenged champions Naseem Hamed, in 1998, and Erik Morales, in 1999. Breaking both of their KO streaks while taking them the distance, Morales stated that McCullough gave him one of the top three fights of his career.

In 2005, McCullough became a United States citizen. He is known for his dogged, relentless, attacking style and has never been knocked down in an amateur or professional bout. In November 2005, McCullough released his autobiography, Pocket Rocket: Don't Quit, in the UK and Ireland. He went on a publicity tour to promote the book, which reached #2 on the Best Sellers list.

In 2007, Wayne McCullough joined the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization as an official spokesperson. He plans to open a gym and begin training fighters.

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NFL ALL-STAR, CHICAGO BEARS PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER
~ BRENDON AYANBADEJO ~

NFL All-Star Brendon Ayanbadejo was born in Chicago on September 6, 1976. Born to an Irish-American mother and a Nigerian father, Brendon and his family moved to Nigeria, where he lived for the first few years of his life. Coming back to Chicago at three years old, Brendon grew up in the North West side of Chicago in Lathrop Homes housing project. It was his experiences growing up in harsh conditions in Chicago that gave Brendon the drive to not only succeed in life, but also to give back to communities much like his own.

Having moved to Santa Cruz, California in 1986 after the Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl, Brendon and his brother had already been influenced by Walter Payton, Mike Singletary and other Bear greats. Football was to be a life changing experience for the two young men. After dominating in high school but with no scholarship opportunities to attend a Division 1 football college, Brendon had the opportunity to attend Cabrillo Junior College, where he joined the football team. It is here that Brendon earned Junior College All-American honors and attracted the attention of Division I football programs. Graduating from Cabrillo with a 3.4 GPA In 1996, Brendon accepted a full ride scholarship to UCLA to play football. It was at UCLA where Brendon began his humanitarian endeavors, by co-founding Equal Opportunity Productions (EqOp), a free theater program for Los Angeles youth. It was also at UCLA where Brendon began to receive national recognition as a potential pro talent in football. He was named 1st Team All Pac-10, 3rd Team All-American.

However, it was during the 1999 NFL draft that gave Brendon his biggest challenge of his football career. Expected to be chosen in the first few rounds, Brendon waited and waited, until the draft had ended with his name never being called. As an undrafted free agent, Brendon joined several NFL teams and was cut from all of them. For the next few years, Brendon played football all throughout the world on various teams and in various leagues. Yet, during this time, his commitment to giving back was relentless. He continued to work with EqOp and also returned home to Chicago and volunteered with youth programs at Hamlin Park, the very same park that taught him the love of athletics. After much hard work and determination, Brendon joined the Miami Dolphins in 2003 and quickly became a strong presence on their special teams. He was traded to the Chicago Bears in 2005 and is delighted to be playing in front of his home town.

Upon his return home, he quickly began to work with different youth programs in the city of Chicago, trying to give back as much as he could. He annually hosts the opening night of the Chicago Hip-Hop Theater Festival, showcasing various local performers at the Museum of Contemporary Arts. He coaches football at Hamlin Park where he also does after school youth programs. In 2007, he co-founded with NBA superstar and fellow UCLA alum, Baron Davis, a new organization addressing the lack of African-Americans in higher education who are not athletes. The organization is called We Should Not Be the Only Ones. With this incredible off-the-field work, his on-the-field performance was just as impressive. Helping lead the Chicago Bears to the 2007 Super Bowl, Brendon led the team with 28 special team tackles tying his own team record set in 2005. His 2007 dream season ended with playing in the NFL Pro Bowl, being recognized as the best player at his position in the game. Brendon followed that with his second straight NFL Pro Bowl in 2008.

Brendon was introduced to Lifewave by Greg Smith in 2005 and has been using Lifewave products since and is a staunch endorser of the products!

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PROFESSIONAL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
~ GAYLE STAMMER ~

With over 15 years of Professional Volleyball experience, we are happy to have Gayle endorse the Lifewave technology.

After being on the All-Conference team at Louisiana State University, Gayle played in the Italian Professional Volleyball League and the USA Professional Volleyball League. After playing 4 years of professional indoor volleyball, Gayle turned to the beach where she competed 11 years in the women's AVP. Gayle was ranked top 10 in the U.S. and made the Olympic Beach Doubles team as an alternate in 1996 Gayle won the 1994 WPVA Pismo Beach tournament as well as winning the Seaside Beach Open in 1999, 2001 and 2004.

Gayle's coaching resume is long and includes College experience at Pacific University (Asst. coach), De Anza College (Asst. coach ) and Cabrillo College (Head coach). With City Beach Volleyball Club Gayle took her 18's team to a Silver Medal finish in the 18 Open Division and with Main Beach Volleyball Club, she took her 17's and 18's teams to Junior Nationals in 2004 and 2005. Gayle has also been a Head Coach at St. Mary's Academy and Presentation High School.

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TORONTO BLUE JAYS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHER
~ MARK EICHHORN ~

Mark Eichhorn had one of the most interesting career paths to the majors. Drafted 30th overall by the Blue Jays in the second round of the 1979 amateur entry draft, Eichhorn's pitching style was rather conventional. He pitched from a three-quarters deliver and possessed good velocity on his fastball, which at the time was his go-to pitch. However, after suffering a shoulder injury in 1982, he was forced to alter his deliver to compensate for the velocity he lost on his fastball. The May 5th, 1986 edition of The Sporting News explains how the transition took place:

Eichhorn altered his delivery. He went from three-quarters motion to throwing from down under. "Once I changed my delivery it was like I was resting my shoulder," he said. "It gave my arm a year of rest. Then, as it got stronger, I brought the angle of my delivery up to throwing side-arm."
Prior to his injury, he had the potential to be an everyday major league starter. In fact, in a game that pitted the two most recent expansion teams at the time, Eichhorn had a perfect game through 6 1/3 innings against the Seattle Mariners at the Kingdome. Manny Castillo, who would go on to hit only three home runs all season, hit a home run in the 7th inning to put an end to his bid for a perfect game..

However, after he altered his delivery, he became a completely different pitcher. Rather than relying on his fastball, he consistently threw one of the best change-ups in all of baseball. In fact, in the Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers, Eichhorn's change-up is listed as one of the very best of all time.
After achieving good results with his new delivery throughout the 1985 season, Eichhorn posted one of the best seasons ever by a relief pitcher when he burst onto the major league scene in 1986. In 69 GP, he posted a record of 14-6 with an ERA of 1.72 and a microscopic WHIP of 0.96. Moreover, his ERA+ was an otherworldly 246. Had he pitched five innings in addition to the 157 he had thrown that season, he would have qualified for the ERA title and would have easily taken the crown away from Roger Clemens, whose ERA of 2.46 that season was remarkably higher than Eichhorn's. Legend has it that Eichhorn kindly turned down the chance to throw those five extra innings; a very classy gesture indeed. However, had he not missed two weeks of the season due to a brief DL stint, he would have likely qualified, regardless. In 1987, he tied an AL record by appearing in 89 games that season.

After absolutely owning right-handed batters, Eichhorn became below league average within two seasons. As a result, the Blue Jays lost confidence in him and sold him to the Atlanta Braves in 1989, where his struggles would continue. That wouldn't last for long, however, as his career was salvaged with the California Angels. He once again owned right-handed batters -- though not to the same extent as he did in 1986 -- and he no longer had trouble holding runners.

In 1992, he was traded by the Angels to the Blue Jays in exchange for Greg Myers and Rob Ducey. In what turned out to be a good trade for the Blue Jays, Eichhorn helped win two championships in his second stint with the organization. And until his final season in 1996, he consistently posted above average totals.

In the end, the quality of Eichhorn's career is probably overlooked by most contemporary baseball fans. In a Baseball Prospectus article entitled "The Top Pitchers of the 1990s," Eichhorn is listed as the 6th best relief pitcher from 1990-1998.

Mark was introduced to Lifewave by Greg Smith and he and his family have enjoyed all the products. Mark has used the Y-Age patches and the Energy Patches on his son Kevin when he pitches. He uses Icewave as a cooling down procedure instead of ice. Mark coaches at Aptos High School where Kevin is a nationally ranked high school pitcher!

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CHICAGO BEARS NFL PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER
~ OBAFEMI "FEMI" AYANBADEJO ~

Hello. My name is Obafemi Ayanbadejo. I have had the pleasure of actually being coached by Greg Smith and he introduced Lifewave to my brother Brendon and myself.

For those of you that are not familiar with me, I graduated from Santa Cuz High in 1992. I also attended Cabrillo College for three semesters and received a scholarship to San Diego State University, where I lettered in football. I also received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. I have spent the last eleven years in the NFL, and have played for the Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals and Chicago Bears. While playing in Baltimore for three years, I was a member of the 2000 Super Championship Team. I consider it my second greatest team achievement. My No. 1 team achievement was the SCCAL Basketball Championship Team I was member of in 1991!!!!

As some of you know, I failed an NFL drug test in January while a member of the Arizona Cardinals. This has all but kept me out of the League this year, however, I plan to make a strong comeback in 2008. I want you all to know I have never cheated the integrity of honest competition. I had taken a supplement for three weeks with a banned substance in it. This banned substance was deliberately put into the bottle by the supplement company. It was also deliberately unmentioned in the supplement’s ingredient list. I have a pending lawsuit against the ALRI supplementation company based out of Colorado. Prior to this incident, I had never failed a drug test at any level. Those are the facts. USA Today recently published information from an independent lab that found 25% of over 60 supplements tested had a banned substance in it. These substances were found to be anabolic steroids, which contained ephedrine as well.

Many high school athletes, as well as many adults, use supplements to assist in their training. Some of these people are being subjected to these drugs that can cause long term damage down the road. It is even safe to say that there are kids and adults in your community using steroids, HGH or other illegal substances. I would like to help everyone have an alternative to knowingly or unknowingly subjecting their bodies to something that will ultimately cause more harm than good. Ever since my failed drug test, I no longer use supplements, and only use David Schmidt’s LifeWave products. Rest and an organic diet also enhance the affects.

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