Jamie Thomas
| Jamie Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 11, 1974 Dothan, Alabama |
| Residence | Encinitas, California |
| Occupation | Professional skateboarder |
Jamie Thomas (born October 11, 1974), is an American professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He is the co-owner of Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear.
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[edit] Skateboarding career
Thomas started skateboarding at the age of eleven. He was first sponsored in 1992 by Deluxe (Thunder trucks, Spitfire wheels and as a flow rider for Real Skateboards). This prompted him to move to San Francisco with his friends Sean Young and Hurley. While living in San Francisco, Thomas turned pro for a short-lived company, Experience Skateboards. Thomas then went on to ride for the San Diego based Invisible Skateboards. After relocating to Southern California in 1994, Thomas was featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboard magazine and had video parts in the Spitfire and Invisible videos. In 1995 Thomas joined Ed Templeton's Toy Machine. He filmed and directed two Toy Machine videos, the second one being Welcome To Hell. His section in "Welcome To Hell" is arguably the biggest milestone of his career.
[edit] Business career
In 1996 Thomas started a small clothing company through Toy Machine's distributor Tum Yeto. This company later became Zero Skateboards. Thomas is the owner and president of Black Box Distribution, which was created in 2000 and is the parent company of Mystery Skateboards, $lave Skateboards, Zero Skateboards, Threat By Zero, Insight Clothing, and Fallen Footwear. In 2006 he won a regional "Entrepreneur of the Year" award from Ernst & Young.[1]
[edit] Personal life
Thomas is married to Joanne and has three children (Julien Tiger born October 30, 2003, James Ruby born March 30, 2006, and Maximus Trey born June 11, 2008). They reside in Encinitas, California. Thomas is also a Christian, with several board graphics featuring Christian imagery and scripture.[2]
[edit] Select videography
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The Zero video Thrill Of It All featured Thomas' attempt at what would be coined "The Leap of Faith", an ollie melon down an 18-foot, 8-inch drop over a handrail at Point Loma High School in San Diego, California. Although Thomas never successfully landed the trick, his attempt garnered him notoriety.
- Invisible Skateboards Invisible (1994)
- Spitfire Wheels (1994)
- Toy Machine Heavy Metal (1995)
- Etnies High Five (1995)
- Toy Machine Welcome to Hell (1996)
- Emerica Yellow (1996)
- Zero Thrill of it All (1997)
- Zero Misled Youth (1999)
- Landspeed:cKy (1999)
- Transworld VideoRadio (2001)
- Chomp on This (2002)
- Zero Dying to Live (2002)
- Zero New Blood (2005)
- Reason to Believe (2005)
- Thrasher King of the Road (2004)
- Thrasher King of the Road (2005)
- Thrasher King of the Road (2006)
- Zero Promo Video (2007)
- Fallen: Ride The Sky (2008)
- Zero Strange World (2009)
- Zero Cold War (2011) In progress
