Glen Plake

Glen Plake born 9 September 1964 is an American Freestyle skier Born in Livermore California he grew up in Lake Tahoe skiing Heavenly Valley He is known for his appearances in ski films such as Greg Stumps The Blizzard of Aahhhs and for his trademark Mohawk hairstyle often dyed blonde purple or blue Plake was a pioneer of extreme skiing in America He is currently the host for the RSN program Reel Thrills According to his official biography it was his thirdgrade teacher who used a Möbius flip from the seminal 70s ski flick Outer Limits as a way of demonstrating math that turned his life For Glen there fell into place a connection between skiing and the wider world an understanding that there were deeper forces beneath this sliding on snow In that brief flash of insight Plake knew that skiing held something greater for him Glen Plake married his wife Kimberly in 1991 The Plakes now base their winters in Chamonix France