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Jamie Thomas Answers Your Questions
You asked for it, you got it. We went down to Black Box and brought a list of questions YOU wanted Jamie Thomas to answer. Here are the first 3 segments. Jamie wants to answer more questions on film, which will be posted at a later date. Did your question make the cut?
Jamie Thomas: Professional Skateboarder, business owner, family man, and director of all things Black Box is going to be answering your questions! Ask him whatever you’d like to know about from his long, amazing, and ongoing career which has not slowed down. If you’re lucky he’ll pick your question and answer them for you right here on hbsurfshop.com You have until October 20th to get your questions in and we will post the video of Jamie’s answers by November 1st.
Jamie’s favorite question, by one of you out there, will win a Black Box package!
**Make sure you submit your correct email address, as to be notified if you are the winner** Also, check out our Ask Erik Ellington Video!
START ASKIN’!
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Sorry for the delay of the video everyone! It has already been filmed and it will be posted super soon!
Jamie, what inspires you to skate? or, i guess you could say, what makes you act the way you do, dress the way you do, skate the way you do,and things of that nature?
post the video dammit! LOL
hi Jimie and team Fallen When you come back to Mexico City and all´band skaters mexicans we want to slide with fallen you can come again this my Msn locomotionman@hotmail.com
see you Cheers
Sawatdee Hi!!! jamie
i like you
i like zero missled youth it’s good
the who jamie thomas
bye!!!!
awesome, he answered my question!
when is slave video droppin and when is slash going pro
i love johnny cash nice song dude
HI Jamie ….
when did you started skating…
And what about coming by Vejgaard skatehal in Denmark and make demo or something…
Hey, I’m from Dothan Alabama too. Born in Flowers Hospital. and although I have not lived there all my life I still go back there to visit my family about every 2 weeks. I only live in Birmingham now so it takes about 3 and a half hours to get there. I even know one of your old teachers, Miss Glenn. I don’t see how you found spots to skate down in Dothan. There seems to be something wrong with everything there. The streets are rough and everything’s so spread out. I found a couple things to skate though. Skated Northview High School a little before and that’s was okay. But i would like to know if there’s any particular spots you can remember where I could skate.
Thanks,
Eli
hey jamie how do deal with all of all tthe copsd youve pist off in the past and present?
Hey, I got a question for Jamie Thomas.
Q- In your whole career, what were your top 3 most memorable business decisions that you had to make when it came to Fallen or Blackbox Dist.
- BTW, whens the next time the Fallen team will do another Canada Demo?
Hey, fallen has inspired many skateboarders to ride straight skateboarding gear, do you feel that fallens been a great move for you and how has it impacted your career?
what was the best intentions in your life and what was the best decision you ever made of being a pro skateboarder
is it true that you got beaten at the game of skate by an 8thgrader
Dear Jamie, I currently live in Des Moines Iowa and i grew up in a small town. Im a freshmen in college and I’m learning to become an artist and graphic designer. When i was younger i always wanted to be a pro skater but i just didnt have the parks and the terrain to skate everyday and all day like most of the youth.
-What do you think you would be doing as an occupation if lets say you didnt make it as a pro skater?
yeah i heard an 8th grader beat jamie at skate
yeah an 8th grader did beat him and he got all butt hurt
What are your upcoming plans for the future?
When is Tony Cervantes going to turn pro? (for fallen or zero)
did u ever graduate high school or even college??
Hey Jamie if you didn’t skate what would you be doing do you think?
You look like a Country singer to me.
hi Jamie my Question for you is if you had a choice of being boss of blackbox or having a job where you could see your family more whick one would you choose?
hey jamie how do you control the hole black box distrubution with zero,mystery,fallen, & slave. how do you manage all of those companies at once? and also with the new videos, like ride the sky, strange world and and all those? by the way YOU ROCK ! HEY HOW DO YOU work with all of the companies with the fact that you , film ,skate,go to demos go on trips , travel sighn thigs skate & skate? who inspired you to skate & why? did this thing or person also inpire you to be a skatebuisseness man? hey do you find skating a bit too much of your time? if so . WHY? did you have to go to college to be a dist. owner? do have any advice to keep skating? what is it?
do you ever have chill time li,ke not having to deal with the whole blackbox distrubution thing,,, when? what was your first sponsors? have you ever hated someone around blackbox? and why? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEN SKATING FOR?
hey jamie how do you control the hole black box distrubution with zero,mystery,fallen, & slave. how do you manage all of those companies at once? and also with the new videos, like ride the sky, strange world and and all those? by the way YOU ROCK ! HEY HOW DO YOU work with all of the companies with the fact that you , film ,skate,go to demos go on trips , travel sighn thigs skate & skate? who inspired you to skate & why? did this thing or person also inpire you to be a skatebuisseness man? hey do you find skating a bit too much of your time? if so . WHY? did you have to go to college to be a dist. owner? do have any advice to keep skating?
do you ever have chill time li,ke not having to deal with the whole blackbox distrubution thing,,, when? what was your first sponsors? have you ever hated someone around blackbox? and why? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEN SKATING FOR?
Hey Jamie Thomas
What year did you turn pro
do you like the band called P.O.D.
What is favorite shoe from fallen you created so far
I had a shoe of yours is Rival Lo-Fi SE is color is black crack/beige at buyskateshoes.com on shoe is so cool from me Dalton James Perdue from Houston, TX
hi jamie, i was wondering if you think tom asta has what it takes to turn pro.ann i started skatein when i 14 and i was wondering if you think i have a chance to get on a flow team one day. thanks jamie
k, im a huge black box fan so ill hav a couple. 1. is that ryan smiths motorcycle in the picture? 2. do you run into trouble sometimes sponsoring yourself on zero and fallen but not giving any coverage personally to $lave and mystery? 3. why dont you make b marks shave his mustache?its hard to watch him skate in videos when theres that huge thing on his face. 4. why’d u stop making fallen aces? i had a pair and they were awsum.
If not for my questions, please gimme the package. my dad just got a new job after not working for a while and my parents are kinda tight on cash. i skate and wear as much black box stuff as i can. i even have a whole wall in my room with nothing but black box posters. gimme an email to send pictures of it to if you dont believe me.ur websiter is my home page. and check out the link on my name, itll take you my myspace page wich has the slightest amount of black box stuff. just at least look at it.
Hey Active this is my Question:
-Jamie do you wanna try again the leap of faith?
hey jamie i send a part of nice greeting`s out of germany and i must say the new fallen dvd is so nice …. so da schreib ich mal noch etwas auf deutsch da haut er rein …abgeMOSHT….. xD =)
Hi Jamie!
Do you like Graham Coxons song called “Jamie Thomas”? I like it!
And can you give a number to Billy Marks mustache? 1-10…. 1 is not bad at all and 10 is horrible!
Thank You, God bless you!
What is the best thing about being a father?
yoheys* First off you rock I love you dudE* Keep the faith. read the bible. AND!!
the Zero Jamie Thomas Limited Edition Smith Grind deck…the blue one… 7.875 x 31.5 do you have
any other boards made with that kind of shape, if so what are they and are you ever going to re-release
that deck, i’ve never skated anything that was at hardcore as that deck.
and oh ya.. thanx!* keep rockin’ it* and Come to Ottawa, Canada. We would love to have you and the fallen team!*
yoheys* First off you rock I love you dudE* Keep the faith. read the bible. AND!!
the Zero Jamie Thomas Limited Edition Smith Grind deck…the blue one… 7.875 x 31.5 do you have
any other boards made with that kind of shape, if so what are they and are you ever going to re-release
that deck, i’ve never skated anything that was at hardcore as that deck.
and oh ya.. thanx!* keep rockin’ it* and Come to Ottawa, Canada. We would love to have you and the fallen team!*
yohey!!!* My name is Jamie from Ottawa, Canada, age 25
Jamie, first off you rock dude, you are a huge inspiration and i pray for ya all the time. Just wanted to ask what you think of the current skate industry standard for pricing and what not. Do you think that skateboarding has lost it’s focus and is focused on too much of the wrong thing. i.e. making money instead of serving the skate community?! Do you think it’s possible that one person could make such a huge difference by doing the right thing and change all of that?! or do you think that the downslide is too much for even God to fix.
I’m asking this because I really believe that the skate companies//industry should be all about the kids and serving the skate community, really reaching out and making a difference in the world around us, not just entertaining but giving people purpose. I just wanted to encourage you to be that person, and to let that light shine, cuz God’s given you an amazing platform and I don’t know if you’ll ever even see this question, but I pray that you rock it hard for Him, cuz what you are doing is awesome, just don’t forget that the people are the reason. Rock the LOVE. LIVE it LOUD. HOLD fast HOPE. LET COURAGE OUT. this is IT the time when LIGHTS will call upon His name and EVERYTHING will be made to sing the power of the CHANGE. ALL HAIL to the KING. rock on Jamie. uR the man!* GET SPARKED and ignited the world with purpose passion, faith and love. It’s time for Justice to arise and the world to know JESUS lives. later sk8er!*
love ya dude* rock on*
JaMiE, age 25, Ottawa, Canada
dude everyone on this website sucks i hate jamie.
that 8th grader kid is not good in skating
First things first minnesota dude come up here and skate it’s cold though like now it’s 67- below zero so bring a jacket. Anyway of all your videos and all your tricks whats your favorite trick you’ve ever tried/landed Leap of faith maybe?
Thanks for your time
the eagle!
Are you still good friends with Ed Templeton? Did you leaving toy machine change your friendship in any way? By the way, I’m totally diggin Slave.
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would you have a team compete in the king of the road again? thanks for answering my question in the other video. do you still have your two dogs you had when you had a part in that 411 video
that dude jamie noble is totally right. now is the time to act
can u give me free shoes
have you ever read the coments that ppl puts on the youtube about you?. your videos or things that has something to do with your?
HEY JAMIE i REMEMBER ONE OF THE FIRST ZERO ADS THAT SAID SOMETHING LIKE………ZERO IS WHAT SOCIETY LABELS SKATEBOARDERS SO WE STARTED A COMPANY NAMED WHAT WE ARE LABELED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THANK YOU THAT **** INSPIRED ME AND EVERY TIME i GO SKATE IT GIVES ME PRIDE THANK YOU!
How long did it take you to set off the Zero company?
Jamie Thomas, never thought I’d actually get a chance to possibly comunicate with ya man, this little questionnaire thing is pretty awesome thanks for doing it. Sorry for how long this post is = /. I’m not sure if you get a chance to actually see all of these posts or not but my question for the video will probably be in the last paragraph of this post.
I still haven’t really figured out what my main question is going to be, maybe I’ll figure it out while I type this, but I do have something to ask. I made a 3D animated video in college for a class project and I ended up making a skateboarder doing a kickflip at a skatepark me and my friends skated growing up in Ormand Beach, FL. Anyway, I made a 3d model of your head and put it inside of a mask of my version of Todd Mcfarlane’s SPAWN. I thought you might be intrested in checking it out so I put it on youtube, here’s the link…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLJJwXrkls&feature=channel_page
It’s kinda goofy and I’ve got you skating in Lakais which I don’t think you’ve ever skated for, but I had already modeled the shoe so I went with it. If I would have made it recently I would’ve used the Fallens.
Do you think it looks like you in the end there, I kinda messed up on the nose a little I think.
Anyway, you were always a big inspiration to me as a skater, something I’m sure you’ve heard a thousand times. Me and a friend of mine, who have been like brothers since we were 6yo, have always been arguing which is better, rollerblading or skateboarding. You know that old chestnut, he’s the rollerblader and I’m the sk8ter. When he showed me a video of a rollerblader doing the Leap of Faith and said “Ha! You’ll never se a skateboarder trying that.” Then the next year, BAM you tried it ! The rollerblader he showed me didn’t land it either so don’t feel bad, I’m just stoked you gave it a shot.
I was always the guy doing the huge knee braker stuff myself, until I broke my knee. Then I started watching Mullen and Daewon videos, stopped skating the durable Zero boards and started skating the lightweight Habitats and got all technical.
Well, I guess my main question is going to be…
There’s a lot of negativity that goes along with skating, I remember an old man once came down out of his driveway when I was skating in the street one day as a kid and just told me flat out “It would be really great if you just died!!!”, just because he thought that skateboarding was evil. You’ve always seemed to skate for symbols that make fun of this, Zero, toymachine, “Welcome to Hell”, etc. I know that people hate us because of the damage we do to property from the lack of skateparks where you don’t have to use helmets, not that I support not using them but you know how us skaters are, and also that a lot of skaters give the rest of us bad names by being drug addicts, kleptomaniacs, litter bugs and all that stuff. So, do you ever think that this kind of stereotyping will die down due to possitive messaging reinforcement by professional skaters, amatuer skaters, and so on possibly even an influx in the skateboarding comunity to create groups dedicated to improving their communities? You know, instead of being litter bugs.
would you like to buy a zero deck autographed by Jamie Thomas 2002 cork city skate park. it will be on ebay soon.