Why Jamie Thomas Never Tried "The Leap Of Faith" Ever Again??
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Jamie Talks About The Leap Of Faith!
#Skateboarding #Podcast #Interview SandC
I know Jamie's sick of talking about it but really, I'll never tire of hearing about it, so I greatly appreciate his willingness to answer the endless inquiries...
What’s sad is no one will ever be able to try the leap of faith again. They built an elevator where Jamie ollies. Which cements it as the most iconic trick that was never landed.
Crobs transitions are about as good as his transition in skating
I never tire of hearing JT talk about LOF.
Just because he never rolled away doesn't mean he didn't "land it" in my mind. He landed on and broke the board which showed how big the impact is and make it that much more iconic.
Number one stunt of the 90s
This or Jeremy Wray's tower ollie.
Robert Komen no, that’s low impact, risky af, but low impact. Leap of faith is both risky and high impact and just cooler looking
@@mateoito8266 I agree but Jeremy Wray landed the trick, so I think it's close
Joslin and Jaws would be the first people I would pick that could handle that type of impact.
Sheckler when he was younger and smaller probably too.
Nah you guys im picking Dollin
@@bleachvisionTV 12 beer mininum
If Frankie Hill hadn’t broken his knees in 93 he would have done it too
Joslin probably more comfortable landing a treflip than an ollie down that thing...
Yoo hella shout out to shredzshop that channel is sick
Some bails deserve to be covers. Maybe put a colored border around it or include an image of the fall in the corner.
Richard King came outta nowhere not even sponsored and tried that shit in his mid 30's. broke his leg or something. The sequence was in transworld back in the day
I think he broke both of 'em!
It’s in the avalanche video
Leap of faith 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 balls as big as church bells 🔔
I wonder about the claim that it's the most famous trick that wasn't landed. It's definitely top 2 for me, but to me the most famous was always Ali Boulala and the 25 stair. Idk if that counts now that Jaws did it though. Idk what else would even be up there with those two though. Someone make a video of the top 10 tricks that were never landed for me lol.
still conts i think, jaws did a melon grab right? and with pads and everything
This was by far to me the most memorable trick in skateboarding ever.
The other thing is the school has since done some renovations that removed that gap so no one can ever try it again. The leap of faith that is.
Except the Lyon 25 has been landed.
I read that first sentence and immediately thought about Ali before I got to that part. It really is for me
There may have been some hands on impact but Frankie Hill pre 93 could’ve done it mute IMHO
Went to UCSB in 93, those steps at the Thunderdome are maybe 10+ ft as each is not very high. If you watch Frankie skate, 90% of his landing have a sketch wobble, on most tricks other than mute grabs (likely my most comfortable huck too), but this is too big. Jaws or Sheckler
@@JointFive yeah but his PD part was mostly hands free. I personally think his technique devolved from what I witnessed on video from winter 88 up to spring 93 before his major blowout
@@JointFive or Joslin. Jaws wouldn't try it now after all his injuries.
@@eatassonthefirstdate I was just stating who "could " do ir
@@rebusd I've watched his parts, not seen the big gap here I person, but what he did to blow his knee is knowable, because that is about 7-8 ft high landing over the rail. Frankie started it, but others doubled it. Lyon still biggest.
When i was younger my favorite trick was the one foot nose manuel and i could do it for 20 feet. I just got back into skating after 18 years and i cant even ollie anymore. Jamie Thomas has always been m,y favorite skater. One of these days im gonna finally get the Bloody Nose deck annd keep skating
Edit: im an idiot, i got a Creature complete board and have recently started skating again, but iom gonna buy the blkoody nose board because i never was able to bnack in the day. plus, Zero boards are my favorite, my first Zero board was the John 3;16 board
Very similar here. Lost most of it. Fun times I won't forget. The pain though from risk, and the healthcare system.....
Still have a Jamie smith grind board from the good days
Well, did you get it bro??
Yeah don't kick out but Jaws purposely jumps down gaps to test them without the board. Crazy
I'm still convinced Jaws isn't a human, he's some weird experimental half human half alien sent here from Planet Gravity or some shit
He still made it, the board broke that does not mean he didn’t do it, technically he landed correctly and would have rolled away but the board couldn’t stand the force.
So he didn’t land it.
@@simonreilly213 No, he landed it. The board just failed. Generally snapping a deck still counts as a make because its not you that fucked up, it was your equipment.
@@simonreilly213 oh he landed that.
Jaime Thomas my favorite skater of all time. I had his deck I was all into ZERO
Wasn't that good. Mediocre.
@@SmoothKatDaddy12lol
Jaime go up from the Leap and was like Nope. Not doing that again. As far as I'm concerned he landed that. I have had 3 acl reconstructions too. That's crazy. My last surgery ended my skating. Good time though. We all said the same thing. He needed more speed. That's funny..
Having recently torn my Achilles, the mental gymnastics are real. I can not fathom three surgeries on the same body part, that close in proximity, just to potentially re-injure. Kudos.
Damn get well soon bro
@@droptheego5112 Much appreciated sir.
All the best bro! I recently went through my second ACL tear. Knock on wood but I'm feeling good now and fully healed. Treat the rehab seriously and you will get through it!
@@destructionman1 Thanks for the great advice and also glad you’re doing better and healed. Had a few close friends go through ACL rehab/repair...
What caused the achilles tear, lack of stretching, old age?
I just wanna say, this highlight channel is helping me through some shit. Thank you 🙏
@matt Better. Thank u brother
It honestly hurts me to even lay here while I visualize that trick. I don’t skate gaps. I respect that shit it’s crazy tho
Yep it’s off tap a gap that size.
Gaps were always my favorite thing to do. Never was good with parks/ramps. My slides/grinds were meh. Was okay on flat. I could win skate with double kickflips, twisted flips?(varial flip with body varial to opposite).
But gaps, hell yeah. Distance usually though, not height. A straight drop would mess me up, but the same height with steps I could do easy.
Like Rodney Mullen, Jamie Thomas was always in a league of his own and was such a well respected and influential skater of the 90s. Thanks for all of your years of raw and wild dedication to skateboarding, Jamie!
Rodney and Jamie are both on my Mt Rushmore of skating. Serious pioneers for the sport
@@jordanbolm8517Genuinely curious, who are your others? You're off to a damn strong start, but that's realllll tough for me to fill those last two spots. Tony has to be there if only just for innovation and longevity. But then it's like I have 50 other dudes like Mark Gonzales, Jay Adams, Alan Gelfand, Chris Haslam... Just so so many mindblowingly influential skaters--hell, *artists* (Gou Miyagi is up there with Rodney as one of my favorite skaters of all time strictly because he is so eclectic and unique with the stuff he does on a board that it's truly artistic expression at it's highest level)
@@Mr_Jisheric koston
To give everyone an idea of how tall it is. The lyon is 14 feet 9 inches. The leap of faith is 18 feet 8 inches.
I'm curious how you know this though lol
The Lyon is 25 stairs, no?
Theres a youtube vid ive seen that fully has measured the biggest skate gaps
@@APAL880 yeah and each step is just a few inches tall lol.
They did another measurement for the Jenkem documentary on it. At least the point they were at it was 14 feet 3 inches.
He didn't do it again because the school put an elevator in the way and he didn't want to end up breaking himself.
Yo Jamie is talking about SHREDZ skate shop in Cochrane
No he's talking about Levi
Mystninja th-cam.com/video/jn7ff-TBUPQ/w-d-xo.html
Yo we have the same last name r u from the area?? Ahah
Your both hacking. Turn moon physics off.
Why be tired of it Jamie?! Its part of your legacy, and skateboarding lore. I remember when part came out we always thought u just couldnt do it cause boards or trucks kept breaking. Bet you woulda rolled away in maybe 3 more tries
Baker 2G era Knox Godoy. Hands down the only person who could have pulled it off.
Pffft Duffel would crush it
@@dubla321 Alright, alright. Animal Chin era Lance Mountain. That's my final offer.
@@collinsjames7518 lmao
LOL
Greatest most inspirational skater IMO
Can you please include the video clip that your talking about 😉 not just in this clip but most of them. For example that long haired dude doing the giant hill bomb...where's the vid?
Hahaha that host is dope.
Someone does a dope crook
Him:
UGH.. that crook was just.. to die for
*eyes in back of head*
Chris roberts
No one has gone there and done it!! It's always his spot!!!!
Not true
@@sal23lksd who did it?
There's a jenkem video with the dude who tried, local legend in that area. I believe he broke both ankles.
*Types "Jamie Thomas Leap of Faith" in the search bar*
I just get two cups one girl.
why type that??? you didn't know about that video????
@@MotoSly Because god forbid I want to watch it again after listening to them talk about it. Lemme guess, you've never rewatched anything in your life before right?
Clay _ Dude, the way you worded it totally made you sound like you’d never seen it before. Calm down.
in my mind he did land it
Yup, just no roll away. From two stories up I'll give it to him.
Josh Christian absolutely he made that.
Does he not know that people still know the jamie Thomas name today from that leap of faith. That's how badass it was back then for street skating.
He doesn't even need to land it, just trying that is fucking still crazy
I remember in maybe Transworld an article about the leap of faith that stated another guy(non sponsored) tried to ollie it and snapped his femur.
If you watched Jordan Maxham frontside flip El Toro attempts he kicks out quite a few times and gets pretty broken, Also Joslin tre flip el toro he kicked out a few times you could tell he was hurting
sad thing is tho joslin never landed it :/
Erik Soliven Only because he was skating Venture and not Indy
Erik Soliven It was a Baker Maker in my eyes
@@d.istortionaladdict Yes he did, I believe I saw footage of him riding away.
It was edited: an Ollie Landing and treflip catch combined.
He wouldve landed it, if his board didnt snap
Roberts' "ok..." after Jamie nonchalantly talks about jumping off vert ramps 😂
Jamie Thomas is a ruler. He’s knowadays comparable to (at time of his wildest) Chris Jolson is now #imo
Joslin is more Reynolds like...
I'm getting vertigo just listening to him describe it
This is one of the most great advice in skateboard history.
“I’m feeling good today…let me fuck that up”
Dudes a maniac. He was always my favourite skater, when I was younger. I think a lot of it had to do with us both having a shaved head though, ha ha.
Then I remember seeing footage of him with long hair, and I was like "duuuude" you let the side down. hahaha. Did the shaved head come first, or later though? I'm not even sure.
The f’ing mic in front of JT on the tv is absolutely hilarious. 😂 Someone finally did it. First time watching the show. Already a huge fan.
Knees are overrated anyway.
Username checks out
Sometimes landing on the board on a big gap or drop isn't the right move though. I went back and skated this drop that I used to skate when I was 16. Went back 20 years later in my 30's. My friend missed filming the ollie, so i had to try it again. In the air I felt like I was leaning way too far back but I didn't want to bail. The board disintegrated and I did the splits. Tore my hamstring was not fun lol
That TH-cam channels/skate shop stole the 15 things you don’t know about from skateboarder magazine lol. Only different was skateboarder’s was 10 things haha.
He came so close that I always thought he landed it afterwards lol
Someone else did though
Okay, who? When?
@@JollyStunts th-cam.com/video/GwPD9nVJ490/w-d-xo.html
@@JollyStunts richard king but he also broke his legs
@@auyamacowlyou6856 so he didn’t land it.
One of the best advice to not kick out no matter what. I just wish I knew sooner. Now I'm waiting for my MRT results praying that I didn't completely fuck up my ankle.
“How was that transition?”
…probably less painful than a 20ft flat. 😂
Chris coles 360 flip down love and Anthony pappalardos switch flip down love are among some of the most famous tricks not landed
Ya but Cole did it down Wallenberg that tops Love gap IMO.
Pappalardo was a dude who never got enough credit back in the day yo, wasn't he on zoo York w Harold n Jefferson Pang n shit back then?
Crazy skater. Leap of Faith could have shattered him but it payed off!
Thomas could of definitely done it in his prime, but it’s to bad everytime he planned on going back he would suffer a bad injury. He definitely landed things as high as the leap of faith though. The worst part of the leap of faith is the rail that you gotta Ollie over and the angle of the rail your ollieing over to do it. Often times when somebody Ollie’s over a handrail they are hitting the rail at an angle so the the rail is actually lower than it is at the top “usually they clear a few stairs before they go over the rail so they only gotta really Ollie a couple of inches to clear it” but with the leap of faith they gotta Ollie over the highest point of the rail so they gotta Ollie at least 2 and a half to 3 feet just to clear the rail, and than you are going off an 18 foot drop lol. So you are over 20 feet in the air. It would be like turning the Lyon 25 into a 30 stair set and putting a rail side ways at the top and having to Ollie over the handrail in order to Ollie the stairs. Or go find a house to Ollie off and just for shits and giggles putting a bike rail at the edge of the house that you gotta Ollie over to Ollie off the house. Just imagine your truck getting hung up 😂.
The new doc about this topic is golden! My old homie Richard King also tried it but kicked it out and had compound fractures and torn ligaments. Watch it. He was and always will be an inspiration to me. Jamie too.
I low key hate that Jamie has says its doable. Such a double edged sword, on one side I want to see it done on another I don't want to see anyone die on that thing.
Jamie needs some Kneesovertoes training, thanks for being awesome so long brother 🤙
Super iconic moment in the Skateboarding community
legend
he should have grabbed board so it did not land before him. We all know Jaws would and could have done it.
Fuckin hilarious segue Crob
Such another level, amazing
THE LEAP OF FAITH IS LITERALLY ONE OF SKATEBOARD'S MOBY DICK TRICKS THAT NO ONE HAS YET TO CONQUER....
I used to watch all his parts back in the day.
Bro I had the leap of faith t shirt it was rad af
So nobody landed the leap of faith?
Nope!
No
Jamie makes interviews really awkward
I caught that Think and grow rich -Napoleon Hill
Jaws landed the lion 25 though
Has any one else don't this... Jaws?
I think the reason is in the name already 😂
*Chris* "Jamie, why haven't you tried the "leap of faith" again?"
*Jamie* "I've broken my legs trying it"
*Chris* "huh...interesting" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Get Matt Mumford
As bad ass as Chief is, I’m still blown away by his fellow Alabama to Cali transplant, Sean Young. I wonder if Sean young really understands how sick his hill bomb in SF, at night… IN RAIN soaked streets
Jumping off of f****** high s*** used to be my game.
I think the leap of faith was something like 25 ft I've done something like 15 ft
2 knee surgeries myself. They ruin your ability to skate, and somewhat ruin your life.
Josh Kasper did it on rollerblades
Is there any footage of this? I really hope so because it would be an amazing discovery. It’s totally believable based on a few of his skateboard edits I’ve watched!
did someone make it ever
Wanna see jaws kick flip it
He did the top ledge at Clipper
The Leap of Faith is gone. Not skateable anymore.
Yeah if the Leap of Faith was still there, I could see Jaws give attempts for an ollie or even a melon, but not kickflip.
@@c1dtl39 Jaws could do it no problem... I went to school there, they put an elevator in the spot people used to Ollie off of
@@aprayingatheist2378 that’s pretty interesting. But what trick are you referring to him being able to do off it?
Real talk tho - GREAT way to focus your board. Not sustainable, but really gets the point across. XD
Well shit. I mean 3 knee surgeries would put a damper on the plant wouldn't it... knee surgery can kill you
Like what I think about with the the line 25 you know a person could train run and jump that like a parkour dude could do that but you're not laying on a rolling platform and therefore your energy is going to be planted right straight through your entire skeletal structure you know
Lol cant figure out what's wrong with it. Doc is like wait you said you jumped off of what ?
Let's see jaws do it
It's 3 ft taller than Lyon 25 jaws is too scared and that's why Jamie is forever a better skater than jaws.
Jaws is a literal one trick pony and he's kind of a moron.
Dunno why he has so many fans lol
I mean he did the 25.
That's dope.
But Jamie woulda landed leap of faith if his board didn't break.
What is KIcking out. Sorry guys. Not understanding. (New to skating) and Jamie Thomas is legendary
Kicking out is bailing mid trick... You literally kick your board out from under your feet to bail.
@@queenhenryviii thank you, so did jamie mean not to kick out ON PURPOSE to avoid making that happen? What would happen if he did kick out?
@@deebonash1495 Yeah, he purposefully did NOT kick out... If he would have done so, it meant he would have landed on his feet, instead of his board... I use to skate a lot of stairs and gaps back in my prime and I always told my friends (so I agree with what they talked about here), it's way less painful to actually go for it and land on your board.... even if as you're coming down you know you're not going to roll away, just land on the board versus kicking the board out midair and falling on your feet... that's how you roll ankles or get hurt more often, by landing directly on your feet instead of trying to stick it and land on the board. With an ollie, like Jamie said, there's really no excuse... If you can ollie a 5 stair, you can ollie a 12. It's the exact same motion as if you were olling off a curb. The difference being how you hold it together in the air, and how you land with your knees bent a bit. Also, speed is key. Hope that makes sense!
No doubt The original reason why his knee started blowing was because of the first attempt
Why ? Why ? lol The question should be '' Why did you try it in the first time anyways ?? ''
Cus that’s shits crazy and he did it
Done ✔️
I had the smith grind board. Iconic.
Jaws needs to build a replica and do it
Never even thought about a replica
@@jaystuart4300there’s a Miami one that’s 4 inches bigger that’s been landed.
Jaws couldn't even try it
I've always wondered if that was Elissa Steamer in the background saying, "oh, my god!" It sounds like her from other clips.
you can die in this videogame!?..
It's still doable if you can gap past the elevator shaft. Someone will attempt it again.
Nah bro. Jaws or Sheckler or Joslin would have by now if it was gonna happen dude.
It's never going to happen.
It doesn't need to.
Jamie owns it and that's that.
I shit a brick when I got my transworld in the mail n saw that ad💯 we were BUGGIN dude. Then THPS2 drops and boom leap of faith ar the beginning of School ll 😂
True story -- when I was like 10 Jamie was my favorite skater (back in like 2000 around the time of tony hawks pro skater). Turned out he was married to my babysitters best friend
Lee DuPont landed it
the shreddzshop shout out tho
A kid from SD tried it and broke both his legs it’s in the avalanche video
Dude, thank you. I've been looking for that for so long.
epic transition xD fun story
The nugeeee... is a beast