Zachary “Special” Violet
Born: Zachary Carson Violett, July 11, 1982 in Sacramento, CA
Hometown: Brownsville, CA (middle of nowhere, two hours west of Truckee)
Club Team: XC Oregon
Currently living: Bend, OR
School: University of Alaska Anchorage
Weighing in at: 5’11 & 167lbs
Special thanks to Fischer skis and the Mt Bachelor Nordic Center for their on-going support.
Skiing Accomplishments:
2006 US National Champion Team Sprint
6 x Top 3 at Super Tours
4 x NCAA All-American
2001 Junior World Championship team member
Favorite memories of skiing:
My favorite memories are definitely skiing with my parents when I was young. We would go out on snowmobile trails in the woods and ski for hours. My brother and I would find anything we could and jump off of it. A rock covered in snow, Perfect ski jump. Tree stump covered in snow, jump off of it. Road cut, climb to the top and jump. I don’t really remember ever landing on my skis. It sure was fun to jump.
Best Racing moment:
Passing Bjorn Daelie in the 2000 Norwegian Skarverennet was a great feeling.
(Some people would point out that the said racer may, or may not have been leading a blind skier. That is completely erroneous. He and I were both wearing numbers and partaking in a race. I passed and beat him. Case closed, I am a better skier than Bjorn Daelie. Trust my logic; it totally makes sense in my head.)
