Blizz Pinnix was a retired swoop and speeder bike racer. He was a veteran of more than forty years of racing, and could always be seen wearing a full-face helmet. This led to many speculations about his gender and species, although it was generally thought that he was a male Human. After retiring from his racing career, Pinnix founded The Pits, a restaurant complex that catered to swoop racers on Stend IV. Pinnix could often be found striding through The Pits with his expensive racing gear and zipping around in his ebony swoop, the Black Raptor.