In 1998, after seven years with the US Ski Team, Zach Crist walked away from the intensity of World Cup ski racing and shifted his focus to the burgeoning freeride tour. There, along with older brother Reggie, he found his niche. Taking his first X Games championship in 2001 (he scored bronze in 2000), Zach continues to excel and shared the podium with Reggie in 2005 (taking Silver to his brother's Gold.
When not on the race course, Reggie and Zach are staple big mountain skiers with production companies such as Warren Miller and Rage Films. The brothers are also part owners and operators of Equator Productions and have been producing adventure documentaries for the past four years. They have been featured in several adventure films, claiming first descents on the polar ice cap of Greenland, the Himalayas of Nepal, the Alps of New Zealand, and the coastal giants of Alaska.
In the summer months Zach takes to the water: surfing and kayaking his way through the warm months, with a little mountain-biking thrown in for good measure.