I met his parents several years ago while on vacation.
His father is a skilled machinist. I also saw one of the versions of the Ursus suit sitting in the corner of a lawyer's office. It wasn't pretty, but it did work. I've seen video of some of his tests and he walked away from things that would have killed anyone who was not armored.
From a website about the Ursus,
http://www.nfb.ca/grizzly/suit.html
Testing On Suit:
Truck: 18 collisions with a three-tonne truck travelling at 50 kilometres an hour (30 m.p.h)
Rifle: Shot at with 12 gauge shotgun, using "Sabot" slugs
Arrows: Armour-piercing arrows, fired from 45 kilogram (100 lb.) bow
Tree Trunk: Two collisions with a 136 kilgram (300 lb.) tree from a height of 9 metres (30 ft.)
Bikers: Assault by three bikers -- the largest, 2.05 metres (6 ft. 9 in.) tall, weighing 175 kilograms (385 lbs.). Biker armaments: splitting ax, planks, baseball bat.
Escarpment: Jumped off escarpment, falling over 15.25 metres (over 150 ft.).
On the face of it, it seems wacky, but who knows?