Cameron Zink
American mountain biker
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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]
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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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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.[2] Until he was 20, he continued to race while also competing in Slopestyle.[3]
Career
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]
