Jacques Summermatter

St. Niklaus VS / Zermatt, Switzerland | Active public archive: 2017-present | Known for: Crackjack, Snowpark Zermatt edits, Surface Skis, Everything is Perfect, freeskier/carpenter identity | Discipline: park skiing, street skiing, creative jib

Zermatt Park Before The Glacier Light Flattened

The rails in Snowpark Zermatt sat under sharp glacier light, with the Matterhorn country around them and summer snow turning slower by the hour. Jacques Summermatter, better known in ski circles as Crackjack, moved through the setup with the loose timing of a skier who did not need the feature to be perfect before making it look useful.

That Zermatt frame is the safest entry into Summermatter’s profile. He is not documented through World Cup finals, X Games medals or a major FIS competition record. His public identity comes from Swiss park and street clips, Surface Skis, a long-running @crackjack persona, creative resort laps, urban-style lines and a double life split between ski boots and carpenter’s safety boots.

St. Niklaus To The Surface Team Page

Surface Skis gives the clearest verified identity base. The brand lists Jacques Summermatter with IG @crackjack, date of birth October 7, 1997, hometown St. Niklaus VS and resort Zermatt. That profile anchors him in the Valais, close to one of Switzerland’s most iconic mountain settings.

Zermatt matters because it gives his archive a specific texture. The resort is not only a backdrop. Snowpark Zermatt and the glacier season create long windows for rail laps, spring sessions, summer skiing and casual filming days. Summermatter’s skiing grew around that kind of repetition: park features, creative timing, soft snow, rails, side hits and friends filming quick ideas before conditions change.

ZOOM V And The 2017 Crackjack Cut

ZOOM V – Jacques CJ Summermatter Season 17 is the first strong public video marker. Downdays described the 2017 edit as a collection of Summermatter’s favorite winter shots, mixing urban skiing with creative Snowpark Zermatt footage. That combination still defines the page: not pure street, not pure resort park, but a skier comfortable moving between the two.

The edit matters because it shows a clear identity before later brand and crew references. Summermatter was already being presented through personal clips, not only broad crew rosters. The value was in style and feature use: making everyday park objects look playful, keeping tricks compact, and giving viewers enough personality to remember the Crackjack name.

Crackjack Seasoncut 18 And The Casual Style Tag

In 2018, Downdays published Jacques CJ Summermatter – Crackjack Seasoncut 18 and described the Swiss rider as someone with a “crazy casual style.” The article tied the clip to Zermatt, park skiing and Summermatter’s ability to make difficult moves feel easy rather than forced.

That wording fits his public image well. Summermatter’s skiing is not built around a single huge contest trick. It reads through body language: relaxed shoulders, late-looking pop, controlled landings, unusual choices and a willingness to make a simple straight air or rail hit feel more personal than technical paperwork would suggest.

BTK, Crackjack And The Zermatt Quickie

BTK & Crackjack – Zermatt Quickie added another precise location marker in 2018. Downdays framed the video around Benjamin Timon Kronig and CJ “Crackjack” Summermatter taking quick laps in the Zermatt park before the winter whiteout arrived. The caption also noted the strange rhythm of Zermatt, where the end of one season can feel like the start of another.

That small edit helps explain Summermatter’s place in the Swiss scene. He is not only visible through one polished season part. His name appears in quick park sessions, personal cuts and local collaborations that make Zermatt feel like a working playground. Those clips are useful for skipowd.tv because they show the everyday version of his skiing, not only the strongest standalone shots.

How Crackjack Uses A Feature

Summermatter’s skiing should be watched through timing, not scale. The useful details are rail entries, compact spins, controlled landings, switch exits, butters, small takeoffs, side-hit creativity and how he carries speed without looking tense. His skiing often feels casual because the setup is solved before the trick looks difficult.

That kind of style works well in Zermatt and in street-influenced edits. A huge jump is not required. A short rail, roof edge, wall, side transition or small park hit can become enough if the skier finds the right pressure and exit. Summermatter’s best public clips sit in that zone: clean enough to read, loose enough to feel human, and creative enough to stand apart from standard park laps.

Fluid And The European Creative Network

Fluid, covered by FREESKIER in 2021, gives Summermatter a wider European project marker. The film used water as a central theme and listed a broad group of skiers and riders, including Lukas Ellensohn, Raphael Hagen, Armando Guetg, Magnus Granér, Jacques Summermatter, Adrian Gaiser, Torge Nagel and others.

The project should not be overstated as a solo part, but it places him inside a creative European freeski environment. That matters because Summermatter’s profile is strongest when read as part of a broader style-first network: Swiss, Scandinavian and central European skiers using edits, small films, spring sessions and visual concepts to build culture outside formal contest formats.

Everything Is Perfect In Scandinavia

In 2025, Downdays covered Everything is Perfect, a Remco Kayser edit featuring Jacques Summermatter, Remco Kayser and friends on a spring road trip around Scandinavia. The write-up mentioned encounters with The Bunch and Keesh, placing the project directly inside a modern creative ski network.

That Scandinavian trip is an important current marker because it shows Summermatter still active beyond old Zermatt edits. It also fits his style. Scandinavian spots reward creativity, patience and feature reading more than pure jump size. A skier in that environment has to adapt to rails, park setups, spring snow, street objects and the mood of the crew around him.

Off The Leash And The B-Dog Language

Summermatter also appears in the 2024 B-Dog Off The Leash Video Edition list, surrounded by skiers such as Sleepy Grill, Ferdinand Dahl, Tanner Hall, Dasha Agafonova Knight, Emile Bergeron, Andrew Egan, Seamus Flanagan, Tim Baud and Tino Lehtinen. That field gives the clip useful context.

Off The Leash is not a conventional contest lane. It belongs to Henrik Harlaut’s style universe, where creative tricks, personal taste, rail work, butters, unusual setups and visual identity matter. Summermatter’s inclusion makes sense because his skiing fits that language better than a rigid slopestyle result sheet would.

Carpentry, Zermatt And The Work-Hand Identity

Solid Gear’s profile gives Summermatter’s page a different angle from most park skiers. It presents him as both freeskier and carpenter in Zermatt, moving between snow and sawdust, ski boots and safety boots. That detail should not be treated as a side note. It is part of what makes the profile distinct.

The carpenter identity matches the skiing more than it first appears. Both jobs involve reading material, judging pressure, using timing, accepting physical work and trusting the hands and feet. For a street and park skier, that connection feels natural. A rail trick is built from approach, balance and touch; a carpentry job is built from measurement, force and patience.

Surface, HAE And A Careful Gear Frame

Surface is the clearest verified ski-brand connection around Summermatter. The team page confirms his identity and Zermatt base, but the public material available here does not support a detailed ski length, boot model, binding setup or outerwear list. Those details should stay out of the article unless a direct setup source appears.

HAE also confirms a creative collaboration involving Jacques and Sophia Zurniwen, describing Jacques as an established name in the freeski scene under the @crackjack pseudonym. That reinforces the correct reading: Summermatter’s value is style, visibility, creative identity and crew culture, not a medal record.

Where The Crackjack Archive Belongs

The strongest skipowd.tv tags for Jacques Summermatter are Crackjack, Zermatt, St. Niklaus VS, Snowpark Zermatt, Surface Skis, ZOOM V, Crackjack Seasoncut 18, Zermatt Quickie, Fluid, Everything is Perfect, Off The Leash, park skiing, street skiing, creative jib and Swiss freeski.

The current endpoint is clear: Summermatter remains active through creative projects, Surface Skis visibility, the 2024 Off The Leash video context and the 2025 Everything is Perfect Scandinavian road trip with Remco Kayser. Future updates should track new Crackjack edits, Surface clips, Zermatt sessions, Scandinavian crew projects and any verified setup or sponsor information that expands his Swiss creative-ski archive.