Sam Zahner
Profile and significance Sam Zahner is an American freeski rider from Sparta, New Jersey whose edits-first, street-driven approach has become study material for a generation that learns from films as much as from contests. After moving west to Colorado in 2014 and later settling in Utah, he stacked influential parts with the Strictly crew—“Banged Up,” “Welcome,” “Bermuda,” and the all-street follow-up “Most Gutter”—while honing a movement language built on calm entries, long-held presses, precise swaps, and jump tricks that breathe. That combination earned him an athlete slot at X Games Real Ski in 2020 and iF3’s 2019 Discovery of the Year for his role in Strictly’s “Welcome,” cementing his place as a reference in urban/street skiing.... Read more on the Athlete page