Jamie Goldman
Full Name: Jamie Goldman
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
Height: 6'0'
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Green
Birthdate: 08/31/86
Birthplace: Santa Cruz, CA
High School: Soquel high
Current Occupation: Lifeguard
When did you begin cycling and why?
I started racing bmx as a kid around the age of 6 or 7. And then I got into jumping my bmx at Calabasas jumps in San Jose Ca. It was a long drive, so my dad, brother and I started building dirt jumps and ramps in my yard. I stopped riding bmx for a while and got into dirt bikes. That was a really far drive too. I got my first mountain bike and I think I was 12. That was the end of it all for me, I was hooked, a cross between bmx and motocross, what could be better?
Who influenced you and how?
My brother and Dad because they always were so stoked to hear what I had done that day and would convince me to do something bigger and better the next day. Kyle Strait was in the sea otter dirt jump contest a few years back, and I was watching like a hawk. We were the same age so I was really interested to see how he would do. He won the fricken contest with a heel clicker and a no footed can. I think the next day I went to my jumps and started to learn the heel clicker. Then I started to watch John Cowan and Timo in the Disorders and tried to do what they were doing, it just went from there.
Serious Injuries?
I've ruptured my spleen, broke both my ankles and was in a wheel chair for 2 months, I've broken my collar bone, and a couple of ribs.
Other sports competed in and when:
Surf, Snow board, wakeboard, 50's and motorcycles. I also have a sweet scooter.
Accomplishments in the above sports:
Lets see, I suck pretty hard at surfing but I can turn and surf you could say, ah, I did a 25 ft gap on a snowboard, I can 360 on a wake board about 30% of the time, I can nac nac on a 50, and my scooter does wheelies.
What are your strongest qualities as a racer?
I like to sing in the gate, it psyches the other riders out and allows you to stay calm, here's a story for ya, I was racing slalom and I was singing ba ba ba ba barbra anne and a bunch of beach boys songs in the gate of every round and everyone was waiting for me to get out, but I made it through every round that you could, I podiumed and everyone I beat was kinda pissed. It's a good technique to stay calm though.
What are your current and future goals in racing?
To get a top five at a slopestyle, stay heathy, and get to do a lot of comps and have fun traveling.
What are you doing to achieve these goals?
I eat Mexican food a lot, and also cajun chicken pasta, just riding your bike helps too, even if its to the beach and back to check the waves or to get a burrito at the taco shop.
What are your current and future goals in life?
To lay back and enjoy the ride. I just don't want to stress about anything, and to ride my bike or something like a bike ( like one of those chairs that old people cruz in, I think they are called rascals) - the ones with 3 wheels and electric motors.
Describe your greatest cycling achievement to date:
1st at the sea otter dirt jump comp 2005
6th place + best trick in the gathering dirt jump comp
Describe your worst race or cycling experience:
Bailing off my bike over a 45 foot gap. The fall from the top is fun, but after you land the next 2 months in a wheel chair are not.
Describe your favorite race course:
I really liked the set up of the gathering. Six pack with multiple hips and the best dirt you will ever see in your life. Red clay and it was in a stadium too, it was sweeeeeeeeeeet.