Simon Silver

When you grow up in Santa Cruz, you know you gotta throw down… Simon Silver has his sights set on Crankworx France & Whistler ahead.

Hometown: Santa Cruz, California
Career Highlights: Creating awesome media, shared across the web to get people stoked on riding mountain bikes!
First Bike: 20″ Huffy with four pegs and a gyro.
Most Memorable Moment (mtb-related): Most memorable bike related moment happened quite recently for me while in Bali. One morning I woke up at 3am to arrive at the location we were shooting at around sunrise. I’ll never forget watching the sunrise over Batur Lake and Volcano, Such an amazing experience.
Favorite Place to Ride: Favorite place to ride undoubtedly has to be Coast Gravity Park in BC. The coastal crew boys build un-paralleled trails.
Favorite Type of Terrain: I love singletrack with lots ‘o berms, or bike park jump trails.
What I like about KORE: Kore is such an iconic and classic brand in the industry, it’s an honor to be spinin’ on Kore wheels!
If I weren’t an athlete, I’d be: Photographer
Where I see myself in 10 years: Owning a bike related business, and riding bikes just as often as I am now!