I don't know about the airglide, but I went down with an Olympia jacket and the armor kept my elbow from being shattered. Of course, it then dislocated my shoulder but, bad as that was, a shattered elbow would have been far, far worse. What's weird is I didn't feel it, I only could tell because the jacket was scored there and I had a rare posterior dislocation--anterior is far more common. I later replaced all the armor in the jacket and still use it. It was from the early days when they were still located in upstate NY before they got bought out. Great stuff!