Cameron Zink

Cameron Zink

Personal information
Born	(1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 (age 38) Aptos, California, U.S.
Team information
Current team	Devinci
Discipline	Freestyle Mountain Bikes
Role	Freestyle
Rider type	Slopestyle, Freeride
Medal record Competition Red Bull Rampage 2023 Freeride Red Bull Joyride 2010 Slopestyle Red Bull Rampage 2010 Freeride Red Bull Joyride 2006 Slopestyle Red Bull Joyride 2011 Slopestyle Red Bull Joyride 2007 Slopestyle Red Bull Joyride 2005 Slopestyle Red Bull Rampage 2017 Freeride Red Bull Rampage 2014 Freeride X Games Real MTB 2021 MTB Red Bull Rampage 2013 Freeride

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 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 in Red Bull Rampage and won best trick with the biggest 360 in history of the event.[6]

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 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.[10] 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.[11]

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. [12]

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. [13]

References

1. Collins, Ian (February 2014). "So Close to Hell". Dirt (Interview).
2. Parkin, Joe (21 August 2014). "Where Are They Now? Cam Zink: The freeride legend talks about responsibility and 100-foot flips". Bike.
3. Maine, Tyler (3 October 2010). "Red Bull Rampage - Cam Zink wins it!". pinkbike.
4. Billy (4 October 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. 15 October 2013.
6. Berard, Mike (29 September 2014). "Cam Zink's 2nd Place Run at Red Bull Rampage 2014". Red Bull.
7. Strege, David (21 August 2014). "Cam Zink lands world-record mountain bike backflip". GrindTV.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
8. "Cam Zink sets world record mountain bike backflip". X Games (Video). ESPN. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
9. Mazzante, Lou (18 August 2010). "Zink Lands Safely on Crankworx Podium". Bicycling.
10. "M35 History". Milepost 35. 16 July 2024.
11. "Dates & Prices". Milepost 35. 16 July 2024.
12. "Monster Energy's Cam Zink Takes X Games Bronze in 'Real Mountain Bike' Video Competition".
13. "Red Bull Rampage 2024: Finals Day and Men's Results".