Jim Simpson's Page

I'm back in the skating scene again after a 10 year hiatus. Not that I ever gave it up--I still went out to watch sessions and kept up with the technology and such; but, I became so disillusioned with the tech. skating of the 90s that I hung my board up for a while whilst I attended college and tried to get a "real" job. Now that is all over, I am back longboarding. I recently discovered distance skating--thanks to Adam C., James at Pavedwave, and the rest of their distance buds for giving me the idea to pick this discipline up. Now I am just keeping things old school where tricks are concerned. I prefer going fast rather than letting the board have all of the fun. I guess that is why I picked up longboarding. The rider has all of the fun as opposed to the board doing all of the work. So, LDPing, pushing, cross-stepping, hanging ten, bonelesses, etc. are all rage with me at the moment. I do get a wild hair up my ass and break out the kickflip from time to time, but speed is where it's at. Divebombing hills, scaring old grandma's on the sidewalk as I blaze past them. It is so great to find the roots of skating all over again.