Team FSx Member Zack Simons

FasterSkier · September 15, 2005

Zack Simons

Age: 24
Profession: Ski Racer… Some design work, graphic and web… Fair amount of XBOX.
Ski Club/Team: Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation- Olympic Development Team
Hometown: Straight off the streets of Park City… Utah
Current Residence: the gems area- Ketchum, Idaho w/ roommate C. Cook
School: University of Utah (2005 1st Round Draft Picks- NBA and NFL)
Ride: 20AE VW GTI sitting on 19″ Oz Rims
Other Ride: 46″ Sector 9 Longboard (Skateboard)
Favorite XBox Game: Its gotta be Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Must Haves On The Road: iPod, my XBox or Cook's GameCube, my computer. Playing On iPod Right Now: Snoop Dogg and Bush, I'm stuck in the 90's right now.
Signature Move: The Swoop
Athletic Accomplishments:
â€¢ 2005 Overall Sprint Champion, Super Tour
â€¢ 1st in Super Tour Sprint, Madison 2005
â€¢ 3rd in US Nationals Sprint, 2005
â€¢ 2005 Madison SuperTour Sprint; 1st Place
â€¢ 2005 Minneapolis SuperTour Sprint; 2nd Place
â€¢ 2004 Europa Cup, Bad Gastein, AUT; 4th Place
â€¢ 2003 NCAA Championship; 1st Place-Team, University of Utah

Aside from that it seems like a program helping to improve the image of nordic skiing. I want people to realize that cross country skiing is a cool sport. Nordic skiing can be as popular as anything; it just needs to be repackaged. I want the general public to see a much cooler, hip side of nordic skiing… FSx seems likes a program that is ready to help make that step…

What is the first thing you do in the off season?
This past spring, Newell, Johnson, and myself drove to Baja. We drank a few Ballenas, ate some roadside tacos, fished (sort of), and surfed a fair amount. Unfortunately I had a cold that I got when we decided it would be a good idea to start driving at 11pm and make it to the border in San Diego by the next morning (this was only two days after Spring Series)… we did make it… we also learned the perils of the mountain life… do you know Mitchell… real blond guy? Mitchell?