Cameron Zink
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| Born | 8 March 1986 Aptos, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Devinci | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Freeride | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Freeride, Slopestyle, Dirt jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cameron "Cam" Zink (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional freeride mountain bike rider and X Games athlete, known as a pioneer of the freeride mountain bike discipline.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Zink is from Carson City, 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.[2] Until he was 20, he continued to race while also competing in Slopestyle.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2009 Zink founded Sensus, a company that manufactures bike grips.[2][3]
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.[4][5] In 2013 he won best trick for a 78-foot backflip,[6] after having been forbidden by a doctor to ride.[2] In 2013 he finished 4th Overall in Munich X-Games Slopestyle event. In 2014 he placed 2nd in Red Bull Rampage and won best trick with the biggest 360 in history of the event.[7]
On August 21, 2014, Mammoth Mountain at World of X-Games, he set the world record for the farthest backflip on a bicycle with a 100-foot, 3 inch flip.[8][9] In 2006 and 2010 he won Crankworx Slopestyle (now Joyride) in Whistler, British Columbia.[2][3][10]
In 2020, Cam founded Milepost 35 Mountain Bike Camp at Mt. Hood, Oregon with, We Are Camp, LLC, the parent Company of High Cascade Snowboard Camp, and Windells Ski Camp.[11] Zink's 501c3 nonprofit, "Sensus Rad Trails" designs and builds the camp's private bike park while each summer campers can ride and learn from him during his Signature Session with Sensus.[12]
In April 2021, X-Games would bring back mountain biking this time to a REAL series format. Zink's video submission would be enough to win his first X-Games medal.[13]
In 2023, he won Red Bull Rampage for a second time. In the 2024 edition of Red Bull Rampage he suffered a heavy crash in the early stage of his second run. Cam Zink was airlifted to hospital in an unknown but stable condition.[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cam Zink". Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Collins, Ian (February 2014). "So Close to Hell". Dirt (Interview).
- 1 2 3 Parkin, Joe (21 August 2014). "Where Are They Now? Cam Zink: The freeride legend talks about responsibility and 100-foot flips". Bike.
- ↑ Maine, Tyler (3 October 2010). "Red Bull Rampage - Cam Zink wins it!". pinkbike.
- ↑ Billy (4 October 2010). "Cam Zink Wins Red Bull Rampage". Dirt.
- ↑ "78ft backflip on mountain bike by Cam Zink at Red Bull Rampage". The Guardian (Video). Red Bull. 15 October 2013.
- ↑ Berard, Mike (29 September 2014). "Cam Zink's 2nd Place Run at Red Bull Rampage 2014". Red Bull.
- ↑ Strege, David (21 August 2014). "Cam Zink lands world-record mountain bike backflip". GrindTV.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ "Cam Zink sets world record mountain bike backflip". X Games (Video). ESPN. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Mazzante, Lou (18 August 2010). "Zink Lands Safely on Crankworx Podium". Bicycling.
- ↑ "M35 History". Milepost 35. 16 July 2024.
- ↑ "Dates & Prices". Milepost 35. 16 July 2024.
- ↑ "Monster Energy's Cam Zink Takes X Games Bronze in 'Real Mountain Bike' Video Competition".
- ↑ "Red Bull Rampage 2024: Finals Day and Men's Results".
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