Mountain Bike Riders
Jamie Goldman
Style: Dirt Jumper, Freerider, Slopestyle
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
Jamie Goldman, born and raised in the east side of Santa Cruz, has been riding bikes since he was three. His career with Santa Cruz started as an 11-year old when Rob Roskopp put him to work stuffing envelopes. Somehow managing to skirt around potentially embarrassing child labor law violations, Santa Cruz Bikes brought him into the Syndicate fold in 2005.
Having grown into a pretty sizable slab of meat, at 20 Goldman is currently one of the pre-eminent slopestyle athlete's in the world, scoring some impressive competition wins and choice film segments along the way. That level of achievement has come at a price however...
"I got knocked out and broke my hand in Saalbach," he says, and begins listing the carnage of 2006 as if it was some sort of travel vacation gone horribly wrong. "I tore my MCL in Puerto Rico, tore some stuff in my shoulder in Santa Cruz. Then I sprained my MCL in the other knee in Oregon. The whole year was like - "get hurt, get better, do a couple contests, get hurt again, heal, couple more contests, get hurt..."
For 2007, Goldman is healthy, motivated and prepared. "After last year, I'm wearing more braces. Riding my bike is all I want to do right now. And if I stay healthy, it's a career that could last a long time."
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
Jamie Goldman, born and raised in the east side of Santa Cruz, has been riding bikes since he was three. His career with Santa Cruz started as an 11-year old when Rob Roskopp put him to work stuffing envelopes. Somehow managing to skirt around potentially embarrassing child labor law violations, Santa Cruz Bikes brought him into the Syndicate fold in 2005.
Having grown into a pretty sizable slab of meat, at 20 Goldman is currently one of the pre-eminent slopestyle athlete's in the world, scoring some impressive competition wins and choice film segments along the way. That level of achievement has come at a price however...
"I got knocked out and broke my hand in Saalbach," he says, and begins listing the carnage of 2006 as if it was some sort of travel vacation gone horribly wrong. "I tore my MCL in Puerto Rico, tore some stuff in my shoulder in Santa Cruz. Then I sprained my MCL in the other knee in Oregon. The whole year was like - "get hurt, get better, do a couple contests, get hurt again, heal, couple more contests, get hurt..."
For 2007, Goldman is healthy, motivated and prepared. "After last year, I'm wearing more braces. Riding my bike is all I want to do right now. And if I stay healthy, it's a career that could last a long time."
