SSX Characters

Nickname: Sketchy

Nationality: Canadian 

Home Mountain: Garibaldi back-country 

Bio: Psymon Stark was born in Squamish, British Columbia in 1974. His parents weren't around much growing up so as a result, he rarely found much time for school, choosing instead to spend his time in Whistler snowboarding the backcountry during the winter and glacier climbing during the warmer months. When Psymon turned eighteen, he moved to Whistler fulltime and took a job working the graveyard shift as a groomer. Psymon did more damage to the runs with his cat than good, spending most of his time secretly building "kickers" all over the mountain so he and his friends could ride them the next day. This played havoc with newbie tourists and ski-school kids but made Psymon something of a legend in the circles that mattered. Off the mountain Psymon was the same kind of renegade. He was an animal. The all-night partying, the bar binges and the dust-ups were just fuel for the fire for Psymon. Nothing could slow him down. He fully embraced the bad-ass side of snowboarding culture and he very quickly started to build a name for himself with both local police and people on the pro snowboarding circuit.    

Nickname: Demon

Nationality: American 

Home Mountain: Flat Top Mountain, West Virginia 

Bio: Zoe Payne was born in the rural outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland in 1983 and from a very early age she knew she liked to go fast. She latched onto anything that would put the wind in her hair, even managing to get her Big Wheel up to highway speeds on the hill outside her house. Zoe received her first pint sized dirt bike at age nine - and never looked back. Riding took over her life. Each birthday the bike got bigger, the riding got wilder. The only thing that ever got in the way - was winter. But Zoe discovered that snow offered up a different kind of riding. She flung herself headfirst into snowboarding. An instant natural she soaked up the culture and quickly honed her skills to become a formidable rider. Always looking to push herself, she tried her hand at some competitive riding and instantly laid waste to her fellow racers. Through sheer willpower and almost psychopathic determination, she landed herself a spot on The Tour and quickly became a dominating force in the world of professional snowboarding.    

Nickname: King of the Mountains

Nationality: American 

Home Mountain: Aspen 

Bio: Born American, and damn proud of it, Griffin Simmons is the preeminent pro snowboarder riding on The Tour today. He is an Olympic gold-medal winner in boarder cross and big-air and currently holds the title of "King of the Mountain" according to top snowboarding magazine Shredder. In the early days, as Griffin was coming up through The Tour, his driving determination to eke out his place was nicely balanced by certain humilities that bought him easy public adoration. He was an All-American kid just trying to do well, for him and the country he loved, but, as Griffin's time on The Tour stretched on, any modesty he might have had began to spoil. Griffin was becoming his own biggest fan. The fortune and fame he was amassing was very quickly going straight to his head. He became consumed by the idea of being number one; of being the greatest. His expert skills as a snowboarder only worked to facilitate his insatiable hunger for the center podium. If Griffin failed at that number one spot, whatever prize he won would go uncollected; because if he was accepting anything less than first place, he was accepting failure.    

Nickname: Hippie

Nationality: Fijian 

Home Mountain: None 

Bio: Tane is the quintessential gypsy-surfer. His laid back ways and zest for life attitude have earned him a reputation for being one of the most personable and approachable people on the beach. But once he hits the waves in competition, Tane turns on his razor-sharp focus, tearing up the circuit. His penchant for pushing it to the limits on the water seems to betray his sage and carefree ways around the beach-fire, so much so, that often people find it hard to believe that the two are equal parts of the same person. It's not the spotlight that Tane seeks out on the waves though; it's the personal satisfaction he gets from connecting with the ocean and the adventure that it provides him. He's never had much stomach for his celebrity status and over the years, as the sport of surfing has twisted into a competition of corporations, Tane's taste for competitive riding has soured. He longs for the days when all that truly mattered was your skill on a surf board; not the size of your stock in a boardroom. Wanting to rid himself of this new wave of surfing, Tane has left the pro circuit to look for other ways to satisfy his hunger; something that speaks to his true self. Tane hooks up with friends, Zoe Payne and Mac Fraser to form SSX.