 thomas thomas skateistan fri 5032019 1137 originally from alabama jamie made his way to california in 1992 with the dream of becoming a professional skateboarder one opportunity led to another and in 1996 jamie started zero skateboards jamie was voted skateboarder of the year in 2002 by the readers of transworld skateboarding magazine in 2003 he started fallen footwear and in 2006 was presented with the southern california regional award for entrepreneur of the year from business leaders ernst young jamie s brands zero skateboards and fallen footwear have provided skateistan with sponsored equipment since 2008 in 2014 jamie came to afghanistan to skate with skateistan s students board member professional skateboarder and owner of zero skateboards jamie 2  