ZAK SMITH
Zak Smith is an engineer, inventor, published writer, sponsored competitive practical shooter, motorcycle racer, and small-business owner living in northern Colorado.
DEMIGOD LLC, Owner
DEMIGOD LLC produces
Articles,
Training,
Photography,
Video, and
R&D and New Product Consulting.
Principal customers include Big American Man and
Thunder Beast Arms Corporation.
Articles featured in
Shotgun News, Book of the AR-15, Guns & Ammo Tactical Guns & Gear, Guns & Ammo Combat Arms, AccurateShooter.com|6mmBR.com
Thunder Beast Arms Corporation, Owner, Vice-President Operations
Thunder Beast Arms Corporation
is a licensed manufacturer of Title I & II firearms located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. [Type 7 FFL; Class 2 SOT] We specialize in centerfire rifle sound suppressors for tactical, sporting,
and competition use.
Current products.
The purpose of Colorado Multi-Gun LLC is to promote world-class multi-gun skills through competition, including long range rifle, carbine, pistol, and shotgun, with an emphasis on their practical application.
Zak Smith is a trail rider and novice enduro and hare scramble racer in northern Colorado. This
site features
ride and race reports,
photos, and video.
He rides a 2009 KTM 450 XCW for dual-sport and hare scrambles and a 250 XCW for enduro and trail. Some assistance provided by Elite Motorsports KTM in Loveland, Colorado.
About
Zak Smith
- Has competed in USPSA/IPSC, 3Gun, and long range rifle matches since 2003, with top-10 finishes at the CMMG Midwest 3Gun Championship, Tiger Valley 3Gun, MGM Ironman 3Gun, Snipers Paradise Sniper Challenge, TACPRO Sniper Tournament, International Tactical Rifleman Championships, Practical Rifle Team Challenge, Weld County 3Gun, Camp Guernsey ARNG Base Multi-Gun, NRAWC Sporting Rifle Match, and Rocky Mountain 3-Gun Nationals. Other major matches shot include Superstition Mountain Mystery 3Gun, DPMS Tri-Gun Challenge.
- Match/division wins: 2007 Camp Guernsey Multi-Gun Invitational (overall), 2007 Steel Safari (standard), 2006 Steel Safari (overall), 2005 Cavalry Arms Tiger Valley 3Gun (Trooper Class), and local Rocky-Mountain region 3-Gun.
- Sponsored shooter Cavalry Arms Shooting Team; Magpul.
- Principal member in Colorado Multi-Gun LLC, an organization that runs world-class multi-gun matches.
Match Director: 2008 Steel Safari. Assistant Match Director: 2006 Practical Rifle Team Challenge; 2007 Camp Guernsey ARNG Base Mult-Gun Invitational
Administered, with others, the IBPO Colorado Law Enforcement 3Gun Match (2005-2006). - Graduate EAG Tactical Carbine Operators Course, Larry Vickers Carbine & Pistol, Tactical Response Fighting Pistol, Fighting Rifle, and Force on Force training.
- NRA-Certified Instructor: Basic Pistol, Basic Rifle, and Personal Protection in the Home.
- Professional gun writer with articles published in: Shotgun News, Book of the AR-15, Guns & Ammo Tactical Guns & Gear, Guns & Ammo Combat Arms.
- Owner and Vice-President (Operations) Thunder Beast Arms Corporation.
- Holds MSEE from the University of Wisconsin (Madison), works as a design and verification engineer, and has 5 granted and 19 pending U.S. patents.
Photographs (most recent 6 albums below)
Contact