Cameron Zink
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Born | Devinci | 8 March 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Freestyle Mountain Bikes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Slopestyle, Freeride | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cameron "Cam" Zink (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional freeride mountain bike rider and X Games athlete.
Personal life
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.[1] Until he was 20, he continued to race while also competing in Slopestyle.[2]
Career
In 2009 Zink founded Sensus, a company that manufactures bike grips.[1][2]
In 2010 he won
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.[7][8] In 2006 and 2010 he won Crankworx Slopestyle (now Joyride) in Whistler, British Columbia.[1][2][9]
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. [10]
In 2023, he won Red Bull Rampage for a second time.
References
- ^ a b c d Collins, Ian (February 2014). "So Close to Hell". Dirt (Interview).
- ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ Mazzante, Lou (18 August 2010). "Zink Lands Safely on Crankworx Podium". Bicycling.
- ^ "Monster Energy's Cam Zink Takes X Games Bronze in 'Real Mountain Bike' Video Competition".