Cameron Zink

Cameron Zink
Personal information
Born (1986-03-08) 8 March 1986
Reno, Nevada
Team information
Current team YT Industries
Discipline Freestyle Mountain Bikes
Role Freestyle
Rider type Slopestyle, Freeride

Cameron "Cam" Zink (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional freeride mountain bike rider.

Personal

Zink is from Reno, Nevada. He started mountain biking at age 9 and when he was 16 won the junior national championship in dual slalom. He was signed by the Santa Cruz Syndicate team when he was 17.[1] Until he was 20, he continued to race while also competing in Slopestyle.[2]


Career

In 2010 he won Red Bull Rampage and was awarded best trick for an almost 40-foot 360 drop, and also won the FMB World Tour season title.[3][4] In 2013 he won best trick for a 78-foot backflip,[5] after having been forbidden by a doctor to ride.[1] In 2013 he finished 4th Overall in Munich X-Games Slopestyle event. In 2014 he placed 2nd and again won best trick with the biggest 360 of the event.[6]

On August 21, 2014, on Mammoth Mountain, he set the world record for the farthest backflip on a bicycle with a 100 foot, 3 inch flip.[7][8] In 2006 and 2010 he won Crankworx Slopestyle (now Joyride) in Whistler, British Columbia.[1][2][9]

In 2009 Zink founded Sensus, a company that manufactures bike grips.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Collins, Ian (February 2014). "So Close to Hell". Dirt (Interview).
  2. 1 2 3 Parkin, Joe (August 21, 2014). "Where Are They Now? Cam Zink: The freeride legend talks about responsibility and 100-foot flips". Bike.
  3. ↑ Maine, Tyler (October 3, 2010). "Red Bull Rampage - Cam Zink wins it!". pinkbike.
  4. ↑ Billy (October 4, 2010). "Cam Zink Wins Red Bull Rampage". Dirt.
  5. ↑ "78ft backflip on mountain bike by Cam Zink at Red Bull Rampage". The Guardian (Video). Red Bull. October 15, 2013.
  6. ↑ Berard, Mike (September 29, 2014). "Cam Zink's 2nd Place Run at Red Bull Rampage 2014". Red Bull.
  7. ↑ Strege, David (August 21, 2014). "Cam Zink lands world-record mountain bike backflip". GrindTV.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Cam Zink sets world record mountain bike backflip". X Games (Video). ESPN. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ Mazzante, Lou (August 18, 2010). "Zink Lands Safely on Crankworx Podium". Bicycling.
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