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Height: 5-6
Weight: 125
Birthday: April 3, 1975
Birthplace: Cincinnati, OH
Hometown: Carbondale, CO

Zach Horwitz spent the summer showing young riders how to handle a halfpipe. This winter, if last season and this preseason is any indication, he may be showing others on the World Cup how to do it (again).

Horwitz was largely an unintimidated rookie on the FIS Grundig tour a year ago. He competed in the World Championships and was riding his best as the season came to a close in North America. He earned his first World Cup win despite slow conditions at Sun Peaks, B.C., and ended the winter with another podium appearance at Mt. Bachelor.

During the summer, he worked at a snowboard camp (Windell's) on Mt. Hood, demoing new equipment and serving as a night monitor for the campers. "He sure was going big, getting real high out of the 'pipe," said Coach Peter Foley.

Comment: "'Pipes are getting better and better, and competition is getting more and more fun every year ... I love free-riding just as much but I like competing because I like the stress of having to perform ... I'm hoping to go to the Olympics. I'm working on a lot harder tricks. I think 'consistency' and try to be smooth and consistent. I've learned a lot over the summer [and] I'm hoping that's going to pay off during the winter."

Start-up: He started riding as a 10-year-old when his family lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a ninth grader at Colorado Rocky Mountain School, he competed for the first time, racing gates and twirling through the halfpipe. He eventually settled on freestyle.

Family: Dad (Larry) is a financial counselor and professor at the Univ. of Cincinnati, Mom (Pat) is helping manage Zach's career; and there are an older brother, younger brother and sister...and four horses

Momsez: "Zach went to North Country School in Lake Placid for alpine ski racing. But when he got his first 'board, it was a match made in Heaven. He's really got tunnel vision about riding and doing well." - Pat Horwitz

Off-'board fun: Rock climbing, kayaking, running and creating pottery

Busman's holiday: Works in summer at snowboard shops