Jamie Thomas and the 'Leap of Faith'. Thrill Of It All (Zero, dir. Jamie Thomas, 1997).

Jamie Thomas's part in Zero's Thrill of it All, including the infamous 'Leap of Faith' ollie into a 6 m void at the Point Loma school in California.

This clip is part of a 100 video playlist, linked by QR codes in Iain Borden "Skateboarding and the City: a Complete History" (Bloomsbury, 2019), the definitive book on classic and contemporary skateboarding.

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[dubsentertainment]

20 years ago i went to a zero demo in my city to watch jamie skate, he signed my board, gave me a mystery tee and told me to keep skating, never forgot it and still have that tee too 🤙🏻

[scruffyp]

He walks off like he just stubbed his toe on a coffee table or something.

[labbeaj]

I still get chills seeing The Leap of Faith

[jankemjunkie]

Was playing THPS2 and read his bio, came here to see the footage.

[PolarisCastillo]

Was the School II in THPS2 modeled after this Leap of Faith area?

[KingDennisJensen]

Man I miss skateboarding videos. Used to hit up West49 and buy a couple tapes and watch them before going outside all hyped up skating lol, good times!

[ideal]

funny how everyone is all warm up for jaws...he could do it ...well who do u think made skaters like jaws...jamie fucken thomas~!!!! respect

[DEVN]

at around 0:55 during a manual, im still baffled after all these years how he managed to get SO MUCH pop off that

[ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

1:42
Lights out! Guerilla radio!
...can't see that spot without hearing that song. THPS2 nostalgia fest!

[unleavenedbread]

This is what Jamie Thomas has given us

[robertcooney]

He needed to go faster for the Leap of Faith. He landed on his board. I don't think anyone else has done it, but it's always going to be Jaime Thomas's Leap of Faith. He would have rolled away if his board didn't break and he should have went a little faster.

[theForrestGalantey]

Thats like a 6 meter drop! Still amazing to this day.

[rebusd]

1:56 Jamie's like "fk that st" probably saved his career lol

[seanjr]

Now days u have to hardflip the leap of faith just to be “average”

[mowtoegee]

Hey I just realised that last clip is the school 2 clip THPS2

[cbrjonny]

I first saw Jamie Thomas hit the leap of faith in a CCS magazine

[jamesfriesen]

When you say, "What do you think of that is epic?", I say "Jamie Thomas leap of faith". Yep, it's still epic!

[fanatamon]

Id forgotten how massive the leap is it’s off tap.

[texasdiscountland]

I was just watching the Jeremy Wray water tower 16 foot gap ollie and had to come over here to watch Jamie Thomas. Was a skater in SoCal in my teens 1995 to 2000

[chardelraconner]

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