Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Jim Menscer.
Home: Jersey.
Favorite terrain: Streets, any good hill or steep banks to hit. I like railings, crazy railings, or a big ollie. I just like to skate down a street and hit stuff, anything that's fun. I like ramps also, ramps are always fun. I'll skate anything, I don't care.
Inspirations: Ricky Oyola, Matt Reason, and this kid I see in Philly. He's so good. I think his name is Evan. He's got style.
Music: Superchunk, Sebadoh, Fugazi and Engine Kid are a few favorites. I generally like punk or jazz.
Sponsors: I ride for Screw Skateboards and Transit Wheels.
Thanks: Bob Losito, my family and my friends, especially my mom, Jay, Rock, Tom, and Andrej.
I think this qualifies as a big ollie. Jim also rode for Capital at some point and had a few tricks in couple of Transworld videos.
The photograph is by Ryan Gee.
For the information: Thrasher - February 1996 Volume 16 Number 2
Transworld - December 1997 Volume 15 Number 12
3 comments:
Damn...I had to go play Driveway to Driveway after seeing the music list. And those Oyola's wouldn't look out of place now but I'm guessing look pretty much like most etnies/airwalks at the time.
Yeah, this post takes you back.
His music picks made me smile. I still like Superchunk, but I always skip 'em when they come up on iTunes shuffle. I think I wore the band out back in college.
The Oyolas do look sharp. I fear the soles might have been just a bit too thick.
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