A tear and fatigue resistant gels, gel composites, and gel articles including collaspable articles having two or more communicating internal volumes like cavities when depressed by external pressure or force is capable of collapsing unto itself in a controllable and directionally preselected manner by venting static air within said internal through openings in said gel article, said gel article is made from gel compositions with one or more waxes and one or moreselected plasticizers having rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom suitable for cushioning and other uses.