Nickname: Sammy, Pasty C
Age: 18
Specialty (ies): Park & Pipe
Nationality: American
Home Mountains: Mt.Hood, Oregon, Timberline and Windells Camp
Other Sports/Hobbies: Peeing in public pools
Portrait
Sammy is truly an up and coming star of Freestyle! At the age of 18, this young American already has impressive style and great results to his name with a great 2nd place at the X-Games SlopeStyle 2007 as well as several podiums (US Open Big Air…) and huge victory at the Jon Olson Invitational 20008 & Whistler Invitational SlopeStyle. He has proved to be one of the most talented riders of his generation: the rider to watch out for in the future!
Favorites
Terrain Park: Meadows and Mammoth
Backcountry: Whistler
Favorite Performance from last season: X Games!!
Riders (except you!) to watch: Pollard
Other skiers to ride with: All the guys at Hood, and Windells Crew, Luke Van Valen
Music to ride to: Good rap beats
Own Ski movie segment: Rage films, Poorboyz, MSP
Best ski movie: too many good ones
Dreams/goals with your skiing or the ski industry in general: Winning the X-games and meeting lots of cool kids and getting them pumped on skiing
Freestyle skiing in the future: Getting the respect snowboarders get right now