Rider Bio

meet zach johnston a super-upbeat, always stoked down to earth snowboarder, currently based out of Breckenridge, CO. Zach grew up riding the "mountains" of Michigan and Ohio. He started shredding seriously around the age of 15 with friends from his high school snowboard team which he would later become the prez of. I remember Zach riding in the car talking about tricks he wanted to do that were somewhat, off of most peoples radar in the area. The thing about Zach is that he is always trying to learn the next trick, be the best and most of all have the most fun possible on top of a snowboard. Zach has always been a super fun kid to ride with because he is always stoked on whats going down around him, and he is usually killing it himself, so that makes it fun for his friends to watch. Zach is currently riding for Mervin Mfg. and Quiksilver and getting flow help from CandyGrind, Celsius Boots,Purl Wax and Monocera. With the addition of the 1080 and his invented rail trick, "the magician" Zach Johnston is definetly some one to watch out for and if your looking for someone to hook up thats going to represent your company in an extremely positive manner then this is your kid. Robert Ragan- Aspen Ski Shop

::Contacts::

  • Zach- c: 419.266.3333 or 3zachary.johnston@gmail.com
  • aim: ZachJohnston3

Quiksilver

lib tech

lib tech
lib tech

binders!

binders!
backdoor love!

CandyGrind

purl

MonoCera

MonoCera
Best tune job in the world!!!

BooTs!

HeadPhone Hook

HeadPhone Hook
they can make ears bleed!

Sunscreen

Sunscreen
when your as white as me spf is a definitely.

Breck

Breck
fs900
"This kid has Pastrana Syndrome,
he wont be happy with 2nd best."

feb.2010 Photoshoots

Saturday, October 30, 2010

opening week.

holy hell! the first week of the season was amazing! it was like shredding in feb. around here, i had back to back to back deeeep pow sessions where i was just hammering turns with no remorse for any rocks because there were almost none! soo stoked on this year, just swooped up my very own sled so this year is def. gonna be out of this world!!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

its official, I am the newest addition to the team at Quiksilver/Mervin Mfg and a few more secrets are to come! Be looking out for the new quik gear on site for Dew Tour in December! cant wait to start shredding!!!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

summer is flying by and i couldnt be happier about that, living in california working trying to save up money for this winters adventure, living at the base of peak 9 in breckenwind all year next year and could not be happier with that, i already have my first run of the day planned out. miss the snow and frends that go along with it! see you soon. for your viewing pleasure ill be submitting some ultra old photos!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

hey this friday come check out the MervinMFG. party on the beach at Abasin this friday. should be a super fun day up there! thats the 14th if this isnt dated. see you up there!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

CandyGrind

had a pleasant surprise today when i rolled past the beach and saw the CG tent all set up, super fun to shred with those kids, they all have such good vibes its so fun to ride with them!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

so in case youve been under a rock its been dumping up in summit for like two weeks now. feels like jan. or feb. up here but the snow has been sick! looking forward to the lib party on the 14th. white weddding themed so get your costume ready to rock!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

ready for another amazing spring day at abasin. shredding is so sick because even in the midst of five final exams this week i guarantee when i roll into that jump or roll into that rail, final exams will be the last thing i am thinking about. i love getting lost in my passion everyday.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

POW DAY!!!! yeah gotta love those late april cement sessions!!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

loving the spring.summer days up at the basin, finally a decent sized jump up there and lots of goood shit and soft snow to learn on stoked to get some fresh tricks down for this summer. hcsc in august!!

Friday, April 16, 2010

cruising breck for the last few days of their season, jumps are hitting so perfect! stoked on my season over there!

Friday, April 9, 2010

getting back at it today, heading out to build a jump and film solo all day. in desperate need of a dedicated crew. get at me if your interested in doing the damn thing! be on the look out for photos and everything from the day. thanks!

Monday, April 5, 2010

poww

sooo sick the past few days rolled over to vail for a few days and then raged some stuff on the pass! so much fun!

Monday, March 22, 2010

just when you think everything is prime time, i get some kind of infection in my intestine, what the fuck! better than an injury but i still have to take a few days off. too bad theres no pow to kill around here, maybe rolling to beaver creek tomorrow i heard of some secret stashes over there! wish i could go film something. ugh!

Friday, March 19, 2010

i was hoping to be able to get back on this backcountry mission this week with all the predicted snow buttttttttttt no such luck with the predictions. hoping to find some secret stashes and get some urban footy taken care of with the little snow that we have....

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

wow. the lines at breck today were outrageous. forgot about spring break. didnt get to work on the double much did work on hitting the pipee switch! so fun. and scary.
killlling it at breck today!!! hit me up if your over there, trying to work on doubles today.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

LOVING the sunshine in scummit county right now but def. wishing for some snow, how are we supposed to film video parts if theres no white stuff?!?!?! getting back on the mission ASAP. hope all is well with you. and as for the progress on the double cork. its coming soon. no doubt!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

this is such the business side of things, some people hate on this whole "going for it" attitude that i have with snowboarding, regardless of what their deal is all im trying to do is have fun, yeah the business side of things sucks compared to snowboarding but its all fun to me. Im not trying to keep the fun in snowboarding, to me its always fun no matter what, park, pow, groomers drops down rails and everything inbetween. no matter what happens, if i turn into the next big thing im always going to have fun on a snowboard no matter what. so lets go have fun together asap.
took the day to re-learn backlips the correct way. super fun trick when you do it right, feels money, other than that the other cool thing in my snowboarding world right now is rodeo back sevens, love the way those feel and im trying to raise money to get to snowboard camp this summer! anything helps haha. looking at doing the hcsc stuff, but in the meantime im on my way to woodward to try to learn doubles. wish me luck! hope all is well with all of you!Thanks

Monday, March 8, 2010

rodeo back 5 photo pulled off the video camera. high res photos looking like this one are coming sooon! loving snowboarding more than ever right now!!!!!!
learned rodeo back sev today. hit it three times in the park and then took it straight to the backcountry got worked a few times hah, theres always tomorrow, prettty funny footage tho, try to get it on here for you
finally some snow! waiting for the light to be right and then cruising out to do some more filming!

Friday, March 5, 2010

getting video on this thing is weird, gonna have to spend some time on that one, in the meantime i will let you think about what it is - - - step up with a super sketch run in on top of a cornice deal and then a kicky off the top of the cornice back into the valley type dillio. super fun atleast, be on the look out for some footage!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

shredded this sick set up on loveland pass the yesterday, step up into a kicker, super fun!!! shot a few shots on there be looking forward to that!! check back. peace!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

midnight shred

got out last night under the full moon to kill it on the pass. found a cool triple line and went back to slay that shitttt this morning. i was lovin it for sure. back tomorrow to film some stuff.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

echo?

so im trying to get a little PS set up for echo mt. park anyone with names and numbers, just trying to see if we could borrow a latter type thing to shoot from above for a change. thanks!

Monday, February 22, 2010

love for the beaver. creek that is, in bounds waist deep pow, perfectly spaced aspens and a few good lines were bagged, sick drops with even better landings. looking to build a big jump in the next few days.

Friday, February 19, 2010

cruising some back country today. ribs still sore but starting to try my own version of the double cork...

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

2010.2011. CLS-9's from celsius!!

10.11 CLS9's from Celsius

thank you so much kay!! your killing it for me!!!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

backbowls and backflips

finally learned the backflip today haha, second try, maybe easier than anyother trick i have ever tried haha, anyways its still snowing up here and im still looking for new bindings! hope everyone is going to be able to make it up here for some of this snow!!

Monday, February 15, 2010

finally snowing in summit

thank god its finally snowing up in Summit. breck is reporting more than 20 inches and the keystone wayback bowl was super sick today did some hiking and rode the independence bowl. super sick back there with lots of deep snow. gotta love that. back country is super sketch up here lots of shit breaking off...

new threads!

big thanks to Jonesy at 686 for the new pantalones! your killin it for me girl!!!! thank you so much

Sunday, February 14, 2010

older breck shoot

im not gonna repost these after this but to get them you just wanna click the slideshows in my archives!

Saturday, February 13, 2010

SLIDESHOW--Keystone PS 2.13.10

Here the shots as promised, yes it was snowing and i was riding park, we are still somewhere between too much and not enough here in summit! one week of snow to come hopefully we get some pow!!!!

keystone PS

had a shooot in the snow today at keystone. hit a few tree jibs, photos will be up here soon!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Monocera

If you are looking for the best tune in the country be sure to drop by MonoCera if your in summit county. Ryan is killing it on tunes and repairs, big thanks to him for everything he has helped out with!!!! keep killin it wax monkeyyy! for more info check out www.monocera.com

new booots!

hey big thanks to Kay @ Celsius for hooking it up with some new boots, very much appreciated!

breck

catch me at breck today!! park lane warm up laps then gettin into freeway!!! say whats up if you see me out there!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

double cork 10s

so this trick is so new that there are no trick tips, there are only a hand full of videos of kids landing it and learning it is proving to be a bitch. i need to go cruise to the foam pit at woodward!!!
the weather says it feels like 1 degrees at keystone today, going out to get warmed up on key jumps for the PS this weekend. Greg Oakley-- you should let me try out that RockerCamber for the weekend shoot!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

volume max!

shredding A-51 at keystone solo today. Turn up the ipod as loud as it goes and zone in!!!

Monday, February 8, 2010

slideshow of breck PS feb.05.10

silverton

holy shit, Silverton, Colarado is a ridiculous place to be. While down there with the 611 crew we watched some thing on one of the main streets where a horse pulls a skier over jumps and the skier grabs rings, i dunno it was strange but pretty cool to watch and throw back a few beers haha. hit some bmx stuff in the front yard and then killed some pow the next day, 70 inches of snow doesnt suck at all.

breckenridge photoshoot

hey i had a shoot on friday feb. 5th. got a handfull of good looking photos, check the slide show out to see what went down!