Abstract: A garment usable for extreme sports is made of a tough fabric that is not easily damaged in falls and high speed contact with surfaces such as roads and sidewalks. The garment has elastic seams placed at points where an athlete may flex muscles and bend body parts. The seams enable bending tensile forces to be distributed between several layers of strips that are secured within the seams and having different elastic properties such as elastic limit, elastic cycle duration, and restoration force so that together these strips are able to exhibit plural properties that one material is unable to achieve.