The Story

From Brooklyn to the Olympics.
Back to keep a mountain town running.

By Errol Kerr · Excavation Foreman · 2010 Olympian · Truckee, CA

Born in Brooklyn. Raced for the U.S. Ski Team, then carried Jamaica's flag at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and finished 9th in ski cross. Today I run an excavation crew in Truckee, California, own E Kerr LLC, and teach skiing at Palisades Tahoe.

I didn't get to 9th in the world by standing still. Same drive, different mountain. I dig, plow, build and teach in the Sierra, and I document all of it here.

The Long Version

From Brooklyn to a CAT bucket.

9th
Ski Cross · Vancouver 2010
Best Caribbean Winter Olympic finish
Flag Bearer
Jamaica · 2010
Sole athlete · Opening ceremonies
2008
World Cup Debut
Les Contamines · 12th place
2016 →
Palisades Tahoe
PSIA Level 3 Instructor · Mountain Guide · Active
The Whole Operation

Three operations, one operator.

Timeline

The throughline.

1986 to 2009: the early years
1986

Born in Brooklyn, NY

April 12. Jamaican father, American mother. Grandson of John Fuller, former Sugar Bowl board president.

1990

First on Snow

Age 4. Strapped in and never really unstrapped.

1995

Squaw Valley Becomes Home

Every winter since at Squaw Valley, now Palisades Tahoe. First gate race at 11.

2000s

U.S. Ski Team

Alpine racing with the U.S. Ski Team, then the move to ski cross.

2008

World Cup Debut and X Games

FIS World Cup ski cross debut at Les Contamines, France: 12th. Winter X Games ski cross in Aspen.

2009

Warren Miller

First Warren Miller film. Racing at Cypress Mountain, the future Olympic course.

2010

Vancouver Olympics: 9th in Ski Cross

Jamaica's only athlete and flag bearer. 9th in the first Olympic ski cross race, the best Caribbean Winter Olympic result on record. 4th at Arctic Man the same spring.

2010-15

Copter Kids LLC

Aerial cinematography with custom RC helicopters flying RED, Sony and Panasonic cinema cameras, before the drone era.

2016

Palisades Mountain Guide

Started teaching and guiding at Palisades Tahoe (then Squaw Valley). Now PSIA Level 3. Arctic Man podiums 2016 to 2018.

2016-22

Welder and Fabricator

Certified structural welder. CC Welding in Reno, custom railings and stairs, framing, and fabrication for Disney+ Rennervations.

2022

SKI Magazine Cover

First Black skier on the cover of SKI Magazine, shot by Stan Evans.

2023

Ruppert Inc.

Joined Ruppert Inc. in Truckee. Foreman with his own crew by 2024, leading GPS machine control.

2024

E Kerr LLC

Equipment rental company founded. CAT 299D XHP, John Deere 35G, J-Rod wing plow dealer since 2026.

2025-26

Palisades Village Snow Removal

Ran the 2 AM snow removal crew for the Village at Palisades Tahoe. Featured on KCRA 3. Name added to the Palisades Olympians wall.

2026

A Son Arrives

Errol and his fiancée, Lindsay Baker, welcomed their son in July 2026. Next chapter, same drive.

I was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1986, to a Jamaican father and an American mother. The mountains were already in the family: my grandfather, John Fuller, was board president at Sugar Bowl. I was on skis at four, racing gates at eleven, and I have skied Squaw Valley, now Palisades Tahoe, every winter since 1995.

U.S. Ski Team to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics

I spent years on the U.S. Ski Team racing alpine, then moved to ski cross: four racers on one banked, jumped course, and only the first two move on. My FIS World Cup debut came in January 2008 at Les Contamines, France, where I finished 12th. I raced ski cross at the Winter X Games in Aspen in the same years.

Before Vancouver I switched federations to race for my father's country. I was Jamaica's only athlete at the 2010 Winter Olympics, carried the flag into the opening ceremony, and finished 9th in the first Olympic ski cross race ever held. It is still the best Winter Olympic result by a Caribbean athlete.

Ninth in the world, racing for Jamaica. That number never left me.

Arctic Man, Warren Miller and a SKI Magazine cover

After racing I kept skiing hard. At Arctic Man in Alaska, you drop 1,700 feet in under two miles, grab a tow rope and get pulled uphill behind a snowmobile at more than 80 mph. I finished 4th in 2010 and 3rd from 2016 to 2018 with snowmobiler Eric Quam. I skied in Warren Miller films in 2009 and 2017 (Line of Descent), won the 2016 pond skim, and became the first Black skier on the cover of SKI Magazine (2022, photographed by Stan Evans). In 2025 my name went up on the Olympians wall at Palisades Tahoe.

Aerial cinematography, welding and fabrication

From 2010 to 2015 I ran Copter Kids LLC, an aerial cinematography company flying RED, Sony and Panasonic cinema cameras on custom RC helicopters, before drones were everywhere. Then I learned a trade. I worked as a certified structural welder and fabricator, including years with CC Welding in Reno, built custom railings and stairs, framed houses, and did fabrication for the Disney+ series Rennervations in 2022.

Excavation foreman at Ruppert Inc. in Truckee

In 2023 I joined Ruppert Inc., a Truckee excavation and underground utility company. Today I am a foreman with my own crew, running water main and waterline installs, pipeline rehabilitation, storm drain and fire water lines for public works and private projects across Truckee, Donner Summit and North Lake Tahoe. I lead our GPS machine control work on Trimble Siteworks and Earthworks and train other crew members to run it.

Winter means snow removal. In the 2025-26 season I ran snow removal for the Village at Palisades Tahoe: a crew of about 14, starting at 2 AM, so the village is clear before the first chair. KCRA 3 covered it.

E Kerr LLC: equipment rental and J-Rod plows

In 2024 I started E Kerr LLC, my own equipment company. It rents machines to contractors, including a CAT 299D XHP compact track loader and a John Deere 35G mini excavator, and it is an authorized dealer for J-Rod hydraulic wing plows from Atelier JR in Quebec. I run the plows on my own machines before I sell anyone one.

Teaching and guiding at Palisades Tahoe

I still ski most days in winter. I am a PSIA Level 3 alpine instructor and a mountain guide at Palisades Tahoe, where I have taught private and corporate groups since 2016.

Weather, tools and this website

In the Sierra the weather makes the call on every job. So I built errolkerr.com into a free toolkit for crews and mountain people: a hyperlocal Truckee and Tahoe weather forecast, a crew weather GO/NO-GO dashboard, a daily weather blog, a construction and climate blog, and a tools and gear store with the equipment I actually use.

Home

I live in Truckee with my fiancée, Lindsay Baker. We met at the bottom of KT-22, I proposed there in 2025, and our son was born in July 2026. It's the same drive that got me to 9th in the world, now pointed at my family and my mountain town.

Every photo here is mine. Every build is my money, my hands and my hours.

Media

Videos, photos and press.

More Videos

More footage from the archive.

The documentary, Warren Miller, the X Games and an interview. All 47 videos are on my YouTube channel.

Olympics · Vancouver 2010

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Ski Cross

The race that put Jamaica back on the Winter Olympic map. Errol carried the flag at the Opening Ceremony, then finished 9th in the inaugural Olympic ski cross event. Brooklyn to Vancouver in one lifetime.

On the News · KCRA 3 · 2026

The Olympian Clearing Palisades Village

KCRA 3 followed the overnight snow removal crew at the Village at Palisades Tahoe, where Errol runs a loader and the crew that keeps the village open through Sierra storms.

E Kerr LLC · J-Rod

JROD-S60 Snow Wing Blade

A J-Rod wing blade carrying snow the length of the Village at Palisades Tahoe. The same plows E Kerr LLC sells.

Arctic Man · Alaska · 2018

Kerr / Quam

Summit at 5,800 ft. Drop 1,700 ft in under two miles. Then a snowmobile tow at up to 86 mph for 2.25 miles uphill. Errol partnered with 2015 Iron Dog champion Eric Quam, finishing 3rd in men's ski division (3:58.75) in the world's most dangerous ski race.

Skicross · X Games 2008

Aspen · Winter X

Four racers, one banked line, last one across goes home. Errol's 2008 X Games skicross run in Aspen, Colorado.

Copter Kids · 2014

Aerial Cinematography Reel

Copter Kids LLC aerial work. Custom RC airframes carrying RED EPIC, Sony FS700, and Panasonic GH2. Two years of aerial cinematography compiled into one reel.

Documentary

Errol Kerr and Crew

The documentary following Errol and the team through the road to Vancouver. The full story behind the flag, the race, and the crew that made it happen.

Warren Miller · 2017

Line of Descent, Squaw Valley

Errol's Squaw Valley segment from the 2017 Warren Miller film Line of Descent.

X Games · Aspen · 2011

The Last Jump, and It's Big

The final jump on the 2011 Winter X Games ski cross course in Aspen, Colorado.

Interview · 2017

THE BENCH

Errol talks through his ski racing career, the 2010 Olympics and the X Games with THE BENCH, which interviews athletes from the Reno Tahoe area.

See all videos →

Career in Frames

Thirty-six years on snow.

US Ski Team alpine to the 2010 Vancouver ski-cross stage to Arctic Man at 86 mph. Squaw Valley · Alpine Meadows ambassador, Line of Descent team rider. Photographers credited where known.

Errol Kerr · Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ambassador poster
Errol Kerr · Squaw Valley · Alpine Meadows ambassador · Line of Descent team rider · photo: Court Leve / WMS
Sun-flare turn at Palisades Tahoe with KT-22 lift visible
Palisades Tahoe · sunrise turn · photo: Court Leve
Errol Kerr action shot by Keoki Flagg, 2009
2009 · photo: Keoki Flagg / WME
Freedom Fest at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
Freedom Fest · Squaw Valley · Alpine Meadows
Backcountry cliff drop, Sierra Nevada
Sierra backcountry
Errol Kerr career highlight
Career highlight
Common Questions

What people ask about Errol Kerr

Who is Errol Kerr?

Errol Kerr is an American-Jamaican former ski cross racer and a construction excavation foreman based in Truckee, California. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 12, 1986 to a Jamaican father and an American mother, holds dual US and Jamaican citizenship, and represented Jamaica at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. He now runs excavation and underground-utility crews for Ruppert Inc. and owns E Kerr LLC.

What does Errol Kerr do now?

He is an excavation foreman at Ruppert Inc. in Truckee, California, running a crew on underground utilities, waterlines, pipeline rehabilitation and GPS machine control, and he led the 2025-26 snow removal crew for the Village at Palisades Tahoe. He owns E Kerr LLC, an equipment rental company and authorized J-Rod wing plow dealer. He is a certified structural welder and a PSIA Level 3 ski instructor and guide at Palisades Tahoe, and he builds free Sierra weather tools on errolkerr.com.

Did Errol Kerr ski for Jamaica in the Olympics?

Yes. He competed in ski cross for Jamaica at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and finished 9th, the best placing by a Caribbean athlete at any Winter Olympics. He was Jamaica's sole athlete at those Games and carried the flag at the opening ceremony. He qualified on his FIS world ranking as a top-32 ski cross athlete, finishing 9th of 33 in the qualifying round, 1.18 seconds off the top qualifier. Before switching federations he raced for the United States Ski Team.

Was Errol Kerr on the cover of SKI Magazine?

Yes. He was the first Black skier on the cover of SKI Magazine, on the 2022 Gear Guide issue, photographed by Stan Evans. SKI had been publishing since 1936 and had never run a cover featuring a Black skier shot by a Black photographer. The shoot took place at Powder Mountain, Utah. See the press archive for the original coverage.

Is Errol Kerr still skiing?

He no longer races competitively. He still skis and guides at Palisades Tahoe, and construction is now his primary work. His racing career included the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, X Games ski cross, FIS World Cup starts, and appearances in Warren Miller films.

Where does Errol Kerr live?

Truckee, California, at roughly 5,820 feet in the Sierra Nevada, north of Lake Tahoe. He works across the Truckee, Tahoe and Reno corridor. You can reach him through the contact page.

What is E Kerr LLC?

E Kerr LLC is Errol Kerr's equipment company in Truckee, California, founded in 2024. It rents compact equipment to contractors, including a CAT 299D XHP track loader and a John Deere 35G mini excavator, and it is an authorized dealer for J-Rod hydraulic wing plows from Atelier JR.

Was Errol Kerr on KCRA 3 news?

Yes. In February 2026 KCRA 3 ran a segment on snow removal at the Village at Palisades Tahoe featuring Errol Kerr, the Olympian running a loader on the overnight crew. The video is on this page and on his YouTube channel.

For Press

Writing about this story?

Available for interviews — Olympic ski cross, Jamaica's winter program, the racing-to-trades pivot, or Sierra weather and public-safety work.

Reach Out

Want to get in touch?

Rent a machine or a J-Rod plow from E Kerr LLC. Book an interview. Ask about a ski lesson at Palisades. Or just say hi. I read everything.

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Errol Kerr (born 1986, Brooklyn, NY) is an American-Jamaican former U.S. Ski Team racer who represented Jamaica at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, finishing 9th in ski cross and carrying the flag at the opening ceremony, the best Caribbean Winter Olympic result on record. Today he is an excavation foreman at Ruppert Inc. in Truckee, California, owner of E Kerr LLC, and a PSIA Level 3 instructor at Palisades Tahoe. He has a Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Kerr

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Errol is a certified structural welder, construction excavation foreman at Ruppert Inc., and owner of E Kerr LLC.