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One of my favorite things about the internet is stumbling across images of items from my childhood. I was looking at Jim Phillips art online and came across a shot of this Jason Jessee board which I believe I received for my 10th birthday. 

I loved this skateboard. It was the first deck I owned with concave. I am sure I learned a couple of tricks on it, but I KNOW I learned one-footed ollies on this board (all the rage in the hensley era of skating). I have a vague memory of ending up at a shopping center on Sunday and skating with a ton of people I had never seen before right before this thing bit the dust. Mind you, I grew up in a small town in VA and I knew most of the skaters in and around a decade of my age. 

It was a magical time for me as every trick and skate session was so exciting. Boards were about to change shapes at a drastic rate and I can confidently say this was the last board I owned without a nose. I believe I also learned that Santa Cruz was no longer cool while having this under my arm and that I needed to get an H-Street deck immediately.