119: Jenn Nelson Competed In The First Ever X-Games On ESPN. Learn How Mountain Biking Has Literally Taken Her To The Top Of The World!

Jennifer Nelson is a filmmaker and former ESPN X-Games mountain bike racer based out of New York City. Subsequent to graduating with honors from U.C. Berkeley with a B.S. in Sociology and a minor in Creative Writing, she pursued her passion for mountain biking and became a professional downhill racer on the televised Chevy National circuit.

Jenn competed in the inaugural ESPN X-Games, as well as specialty sporting events on CBS. In addition to racing, Jennifer was developing her story telling skills by writing sports stories for magazines and websites. At the height of her racing career, Jennifer was introduced to film and hired to be a stunt double in the IMAX film Everest, appearing in the dramatic opening sequence of the film. She was also featured as talent in an adventure series called Adventure Quest for OLN (now the VS Network) and rode her bike to Mt. Everest Base Camp for a one-hour documentary. Jennifer retired from mountain bike racing and attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and received an M.A.

Jenn has since been traveling the world filming in various genres including; TV documentaries, feature documentaries, 'webisodes,' and TV specials/content branding with subjects ranging from car racing, pregnant teenagers, underground tunnel workers, to arête, the philosophy of excellence. Jenn is committed to adventure and exploring the art of story telling through images. Her goal is to make global impact through film and multimedia.