GEORGETOWN — For Boulder native Zak Maytum, high-velocity long boarding isn’t just an athletic intrigue. It’s a way of life.
Twelve years before gracing the Devil’s Peak Downhill competition on Guanella Pass over the weekend, Maytum founded Venom Skate. He started the company after inventing the Venom Bushing formula, which is a rubber-like cylinder on the center of the longboard.
Since then — and since the dawn of the Devil’s Peak Downhill three years ago — Maytum and Venom Skate have been intimately involved in local long board races. He’s sponsored the Georgetown race since its beginning in coordination with race director Justin Rolo.
Although Maytum’s been racing for the past 15 years and won his fair share of local and World Cup-caliber competitions, the 28-year-old is still chasing that W down Guanella Pass.
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