Eric professionally raced motorcycles in the US and internationally for over 25 years, winning multiple championships for Kawasaki, Harley-Davidson, and Honda. After years of racing at speeds up to 200 mph, he suffered several skeleton rattling crashes that left him with chronic neck and back pain accompanied by severe headaches. Backmate represents his mission to encourage others to take a proactive approach to pain and immobility. During his racing career, Eric and his brother Ben started a successful motorcycle hardware, accessories and lifestyle business called BozBros.

With a background in mechanical engineering, Dustin worked at a number of reputable companies including NASA, Northrup-Grumman and Boeing. He is also founded several startups including a medical device company that was acquired by the industry leader in prosthetics, and Fogo, a consumer electronics company that ran a successful kickstarter campaign in 2015 and currently sells products online.