Team Germany

This is Eric Zeller. Eric is our German friend and the only rider on the German SOS team. Therefore we refer to Eric as Team Germany. Now you might ask yourself why we only have one skier in a country with a population of 81 757 600 people. Well, at the moment we are just that picky! But who knows, that might change. Until then here is a short interview for you to get to know Team Germany:

NAME Eric Zeller

NICKNAME SuperEric

AGE 23

PLACE OF BIRTH Konstanz (South Germany)

CURRENT RESIDENCE Cologne & Vancouver

YEARS OF SKIING 19

INTERESTS Basketball, my friends, travel

MUSIC ON THE MOUNTAIN Old school Hip Hop

FAVORITE MOVIES Gladiator, Coach Carter

PHILOSOPHY Enjoy every second of your life

QUOTE "It’s our Light not our Darkness that most frightens us"

PERSONAL STYLE Full throttle

FAVORITE RESORTS Andermatt (SUI) and Mt Baker (USA)

FAVORITE SOS GEAR My purple Layer 1 beanie

PEOPLE TO RIDE WITH My friends and people who can push me… Like my dad!

HERO My Mum

UNDER YOUR FEET More than 120 mm for sure... The Blizzard Zeus

OTHER SKILLS I have eaten a 5-liter bucket vanilla ice cream in 3 hours

EATS Vanilla ice cream, apple cake, pizza, lasagna

DRINKS Beer

SPEAKS French, English and German

BEST HANG OUT Lake Hawea, New Zealand

BEST BAR BlueTequillaBar (Italy, Villa Marina)

AMUSED BY Two and a half men, Simpsons, Funny People

FEARS Lose someone important in my life

PLAYS 3 Groschenoper

FAVORITE CITY Vancouver

LIFE SOUNDTRACK Common - I have a dream

RECOMMENDS Shred hard!

WHO TOOK THIS PICTURE: Kai Stoeckel

If you like Eric and would like see more of him you can either check out our SOS blog for updates in English or just click here ericzeller-freeskiing.blogspot.com or here nz-wheredreamscometrue.blogspot.com