Jason Dill
JASON DILL STATS...
HOMETOWN
Zanzabar
CURRENTLY RESIDES
Man without country... Man without city... I have no allegence to any God or Nation... Any hotel room anywhere at the moment is always fine by me.
SPONSORS
Vans shoes, Independent trucks, Supreme, also a supporter of The Strong Hold Society
FIRST BOARD: Some banana board somewhere within my first 3 years of life.
ON VANS SINCE: Since 2012.
STANCE: Regular
SHOE SIZE: 9.5 Irish/American Scorpio.
JASON DILL BIO...
They don’t make ‘em like Jason Dill anymore and that’s a fact. There was a long stretch of skateboarding history where it was rebellious, where whatever anyone else was into we were out of, where the words of our pros were purposely antagonistic and confrontational rather than preprogrammed PC sound bites. If you listen to Jason Dill you know he’s never out grown out of that mentality. He speaks his mind, says/does/skates what he wants the way he wants without giving two shits about what anyone thinks about it…that’s the essence of skateboarding.
Jason grew up in the nineties in Huntington Beach, CA in a time when some of the greatest street skaters ever were making their bones. He was a part of the early World Industries/101 camp that changed the way street skating would be regarded forever more. Since then he’s lived a hundred lives on and off the skateboard, most of them while riding for Alien Workshop, one the most respected brands in the business. His 2000 video part in Alien’s Photosynthesis is the stuff of legends; 50 years from now kids will still look to that part for inspiration. Jason’s smooth, effortless skating throughout his career and his ability to reinvent his appearance and trick selection again and again and again earned him the 28th spot on Transworld’s Most Influential Skateboarders Of All Time List in 2012.
Jason has been a friend to Vans for many years now. He’s help create and design shoes as classic as he himself is for our Syndacite division and we were unbelievably proud and honored to welcome him officially to the Vans Team in the Summer of 2012.
JASON DILL INTERVIEW...
WHAT SHOES DO YOU SKATE?
Authentics... I also love Sk8 Highs and AVE's shoes... I usually stick with Authentics on and off the board.
WHAT'S YOUR SET UP?
I ride whatever Ave is riding, he knows the dimensions... I never ride my own Pro model... It's usually a Grant, Ave or Dylan Graphic Alien Workshop board, Independent trucks, and 51mm wheels... I like Mob grip... I don't work or ride for them.... I just like that grip the most... I don't ride for the maker of the "Swiss" bearings either... But I won't ride a board without 'em... Take the shields off.
WHAT'S THE BEST TRIP YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON?
Acid, all summer when I was 17 in NY and SF.
WHAT'S THE BEST STORY YOU'VE EVER HEARD?
The great big American lie and the Bible are both very entertaining "stories" to me. Any story with Fred Gall in it will work too.
FAVORITE VANS RIDER?
Julien Stranger.
WHAT TRICK CAN'T YOU DO THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD?
Calming down... That would be a good trick to learn... I haven't quite landed that one yet.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?
Life.
WORST TREND IN SKATEBOARDING RIGHT NOW?
Me.
WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF SKATING?
I'm not allowed to have them anymore. Apparently they almost killed me.
LAST GOOD BOOK YOU READ?
Everything Kurt Vonnegut, especially Palm Sunday... I'm reading Do or Die by a woman named Leon Bing... 1980's-90's southern California Gang culture... Its really great so far.
6 SONGS THAT HAVE TO BE ON A MIX TAPE:
Well, I have never owned a computer... I hate ipods... I love records and cd's...
1. Falling Rain by Link Wray.
2. Human Nature by Micheal Jackson.
3. Give it up by Curtis Mayfield.
4. Rocket Love by Stevie Wonder.
5. Everything Desmond Dekker ever recorded is incredible.
6. Ramblin' Woman by Cat Power.
HOMETOWN
Zanzabar
CURRENTLY RESIDES
Man without country... Man without city... I have no allegence to any God or Nation... Any hotel room anywhere at the moment is always fine by me.
SPONSORS
Vans shoes, Independent trucks, Supreme, also a supporter of The Strong Hold Society
FIRST BOARD: Some banana board somewhere within my first 3 years of life.
ON VANS SINCE: Since 2012.
STANCE: Regular
SHOE SIZE: 9.5 Irish/American Scorpio.
JASON DILL BIO...
They don’t make ‘em like Jason Dill anymore and that’s a fact. There was a long stretch of skateboarding history where it was rebellious, where whatever anyone else was into we were out of, where the words of our pros were purposely antagonistic and confrontational rather than preprogrammed PC sound bites. If you listen to Jason Dill you know he’s never out grown out of that mentality. He speaks his mind, says/does/skates what he wants the way he wants without giving two shits about what anyone thinks about it…that’s the essence of skateboarding.
Jason grew up in the nineties in Huntington Beach, CA in a time when some of the greatest street skaters ever were making their bones. He was a part of the early World Industries/101 camp that changed the way street skating would be regarded forever more. Since then he’s lived a hundred lives on and off the skateboard, most of them while riding for Alien Workshop, one the most respected brands in the business. His 2000 video part in Alien’s Photosynthesis is the stuff of legends; 50 years from now kids will still look to that part for inspiration. Jason’s smooth, effortless skating throughout his career and his ability to reinvent his appearance and trick selection again and again and again earned him the 28th spot on Transworld’s Most Influential Skateboarders Of All Time List in 2012.
Jason has been a friend to Vans for many years now. He’s help create and design shoes as classic as he himself is for our Syndacite division and we were unbelievably proud and honored to welcome him officially to the Vans Team in the Summer of 2012.
JASON DILL INTERVIEW...
WHAT SHOES DO YOU SKATE?
Authentics... I also love Sk8 Highs and AVE's shoes... I usually stick with Authentics on and off the board.
WHAT'S YOUR SET UP?
I ride whatever Ave is riding, he knows the dimensions... I never ride my own Pro model... It's usually a Grant, Ave or Dylan Graphic Alien Workshop board, Independent trucks, and 51mm wheels... I like Mob grip... I don't work or ride for them.... I just like that grip the most... I don't ride for the maker of the "Swiss" bearings either... But I won't ride a board without 'em... Take the shields off.
WHAT'S THE BEST TRIP YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON?
Acid, all summer when I was 17 in NY and SF.
WHAT'S THE BEST STORY YOU'VE EVER HEARD?
The great big American lie and the Bible are both very entertaining "stories" to me. Any story with Fred Gall in it will work too.
FAVORITE VANS RIDER?
Julien Stranger.
WHAT TRICK CAN'T YOU DO THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD?
Calming down... That would be a good trick to learn... I haven't quite landed that one yet.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?
Life.
WORST TREND IN SKATEBOARDING RIGHT NOW?
Me.
WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF SKATING?
I'm not allowed to have them anymore. Apparently they almost killed me.
LAST GOOD BOOK YOU READ?
Everything Kurt Vonnegut, especially Palm Sunday... I'm reading Do or Die by a woman named Leon Bing... 1980's-90's southern California Gang culture... Its really great so far.
6 SONGS THAT HAVE TO BE ON A MIX TAPE:
Well, I have never owned a computer... I hate ipods... I love records and cd's...
1. Falling Rain by Link Wray.
2. Human Nature by Micheal Jackson.
3. Give it up by Curtis Mayfield.
4. Rocket Love by Stevie Wonder.
5. Everything Desmond Dekker ever recorded is incredible.
6. Ramblin' Woman by Cat Power.
RELATED NEWS POSTS
- Jason Dill 2004 Throwback on Skateboarder Magazine
- AVE & DILL IN NEW THRASHER INTERVIEW ISSUE
- AVE & DILL ON SKATE LINE
- AVE, DIll & Andrew Allen on TSM's Sorry for Partying
- Lost Jason Dill Interview From 2000
- Dill & Ave on Skateboarder's Mehring's Bearings
- Dill, Grosso & Barros on TSM Year's Best List
- Jason Dill Alien Workshop Easter Clip
- Jason Dill's First Video Part From 1991
- Vans Team's European Vacation on Thrasher's Burnout
- Vans Team's European Tour Article from Thrasher
- Rowley, Dill, Grosso & Hosoi on Eric Dressen's Epicly Later'd
- Dill & Crockett Clips in Feelin' Friendly
- Syndicate Photo Show in London 2/1
- Cardiel, Dill, Grosso, Rowley & Caples on New Arto Photo Site
- Vans Skate Team Year in Review
- TNT, Dill, Sauder & Van make Skateboarder's Best of 2012
- Jason Dill 2001 Interview on Skateboarder's Total Recall
- Jason Dill 2002 Sequence on Skateboarder
- JLay, Dill & Berle on ASmith's Skateboarder Blog
- Mike O'Meally Photographer Series With Vans Team
- Jason Dill on Skateboarder's Mehring's Bearings
- JASON DILL WEEK DAY 5: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
- JASON DILL WEEK DAY 4: ADVENTURES WITH DILL DOUBLE FEATURE
- JASON DILL WEEK DAY 3: ACOSTA'S ANGLES
- VANS OFFICIALLY WELCOMES JASON DILL
- JASON DILL WEEK DAY 2: ALIEN WORKSHOP AD ARCHIVE
- Jason Dill Week Day 1: Welcome Back to the Team
- AVE & Dill Syndicate Interview
- Trujillo & Dill on Skateboarder's Mehring's Bearings
- Jason Dill is #28 on TWS Most Influential List
- Jason Dill Gets Cover Of Sugar
- Jason Dill's Photosynthesis Part on Thrasher's Classics
- Vans Southwest Tour Article From Transworld
- Jason Dill Interviewed By Todd Jordan
- Vans Tour Article in Skateboarder
The latest installment of Skateboarder Magazine's Mehring's Bearings is a throwback to a midwestern S.O.B. Tour from 2004 with Jason Dill, Fred Gall and friends.
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The newest interview issue of Thrasher has got a lot of people talking thanks to some really honest and candid talk from a lot of pros like Billy Marks and Jake Johnson. Of course you know anything that comes out of Anthony Van Engelen or Jason Dill's mouths is going to be pure gold. Enjoy.
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The latest episode of Ride Channel's Skate Line opens up with Gary Rogers talking about Ave & Dill's recent departure from Alien Workshop:
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The latest installment of The Skateboard Mag's man about town Atiba Jefferson's Sorry For Partying web-sensation has clips from Anthony Van Engelen, Jason Dill and Andrew Allen:
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Recently Chris NIeratko uploaded all of his old Big Brother interviews to his site including this little lost Jason Dill interview from the year 2000.
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The latest installment of Skateboarder Magazine's Mehring's Bearings has some entertaining photos of Jason Dill with a brief cameo by Anthony Van Engelen at a spot in LA.
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The Skateboard Mag's Year's Best year-in-review issue is out and our own Pedro Barros, Jeff Grosso, Jason Dill and Anthony Acosta are all in the mix as the best in their class.
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The rain on the plain falls mainly in Spain but sometimes it falls on LA on Easter and when that happens Jason Dill and his Alien Workshop cohorts take their maneuvers indoors:
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Here's a pretty sick internet gem unearthed today. Jason Dill's very first video part for A-1 Meat's Wheels shot in one day back in 1991 all in a pair of full cabs:
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Part 1 of Thrasher's Burnout with the Vans team on a filming mission across the pond in Europe gives some subtle hints at the video's progress. Be sure to check out Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 and the grand finally Part 9 for some AVE, Gilbert, Chima Ferguson, Jason Dill, Daniel Lutheran, Kyle Walker and John Fitzgerald shredding.
Click here to see the full Thrasher Europe Tour article.
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We know you've been patiently following along with Thrasher's Burnout and his chronicles of our Euro Tour for the past month, eagerly anticipating the hammer photos that went down. Wait no more! Here's the full article, courtesy of Thrasher. (Next time just subscribe and you'll have the issue before anyone else.)
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The newest installment of Vice's Epicly Later'd focuses on legend and child prodigy, Eric Dressen. Who better to set the mood and weigh in than our own resident legends, Geoff Rowley, Jason Dill, Jeff Grosso, and Christian Hosoi:
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
Photo by Arto Saari
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BJ Wishard's East Coast homie video, Feelin' Friendly, has a quick clip of Gilbert Crockett and two of Jason Dill that make the already good friends section even better:
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London is calling! Grab your jetpack and cross the pond Friday for a very special Vans Syndicate Photo show with one hell of a stellar line up including Jason Dill, Jeff Potocar, Tino Razo, Atiba Jefferson, Neckface, Todd Jordan, Alex Olson, Jerry Hsu and more.
Show runs February 1 - 22 at
Ivory & Black Soho
94 Berwick Street
London, UK
Opening Night
February 1
6:30 - 9 PM
RSVP required: rsvp@ivoryandblack.com.
Supported by Oakley and Incase. Produced and curated ...
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Arto Saari is a natural at everything he does, from skating to parenting to building pools and most recently shooting photographs. We've heard tale of Arto having more photo equipment than most pro photographers we know. He is unbelievably dedicated to the art form and it really shows in Arto's new photo website. Head over there and check out his work. Here's just a few of the Vans team rider's he's shot and a video ...
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As we enter a new year and take a step closer towards the Vans video now in progress we must bid a fond farewell to 2012 and all the good times we had. From Gilby going pro to Elijah getting Year's Best Am to the release of the Stage 4 to celebrating 20 years of the Half Cab and teaming up with Metallica for the anniversary to all the covers and coverage and contests; the guys have been kicking ...
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Skateboarder Magazine announced their Best Blogs of 2012 and our own Tony Trujillo, Van Wastell (R.I.P.), Keegan Sauder and Jason Dill made the cut. CLick through to check out all the year's best.
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Jason Dill is as classic as you get in skateboarding: smooth style, unique trick selection and a flare for the eccentric. Today's Total Recall on Skateboarder Magazine site revisits Jason's 2001 interview.
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Back in 2002 Oliver Barton shot an expose for Skateboarder Magazine with some of the top skaters at the time and asked them what they'd be doing if they weren't skateboarders. The results are pretty awesome. Be sure to check out Skateboarder's Total Recall to see the rest of the photos. Here's Jason Dill's answer: BMX burnout.
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Head over to Skateboarder Magazine's site to check out the latest installment of Aaron Smith's blog with photos of Jason Dill, Johnny Layton and Elijah Berle.
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Push.CA has been killing it with their Photographer Series and the fourth and latest installment with Aussie, Mike O'Meally, is no slouch. Mike allows us into his man cave where he shares the thoughts and stories behind some or his most classic shots including some of Anthony Van Engelen, Jason Dill, Omar Hassan and Chima Ferguson. Enjoy:
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Check out the latest installment of Skateboarder Magazine's Mehring's Bearings for some classic Jason Dill photos from the early 2000s.
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Welcome back to the last installment of Jason Dill’s Vans Rider Week. If you live under a rock without Internet and you missed the rest of the week we suggest you go back and check out Day 2’s 23 Jason Alien Workshop ads, Day 3’s look at ace photographer, Anthony Acosta's, photos of Dill and the stories behind them and yesterday’s Double Feature of videos..
Most importantly for today you should go back and read ...
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Welcome back to Day 4 of Jason Dill's Rider Week here on Vans. Each day thus far has been pretty epic from Day 1's collection of 18 years of Jason's interviews, then Day 2 was all 23 of his Alien Workshop ads, yesterday's Day 3 was look at ace photographer, Anthony Acosta's, photos of Dill and the stories behind them.
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Welcome back to Jason Dill Week. If you missed Day 1's classic interviews or Day 2's Alien Workshop Ad Archive you should definitely check them out.
Day 3 is Anthony Acosta's Angles. The relationship between a skater and his photographer and filmer is a unique one and it can make or break a career. Many times the best tricks have been discounted because of shitty angles, with no fault to the skater. At Vans we’re lucky ...
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“I wear Vans for skating. I can’t skate in anything else.”
- Jason Dill, 1994 (Interview, Big Brother Magazine, Issue #15)
You’ve seen him in the van and out on missions with us for a bit now, but Steve Van Doren and the entire Vans team would like to take this opportunity to officially welcome back the incomparable Jason Dill to the Vans Pro Skate family [we were his first shoe sponsor back when he was like, eleven]. To ...
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Jason Dill Week continues. If you missed Day 1’s collection of old Dill interviews you should definitely go back and check those out first. For Day 2 Alien Workshop was good enough to send us all 23 of Dill's past ads to discuss and despite the serious toll Jason has put on his mind over the past decade or so his recollection is sharp as a whip. When we emailed him the 21 ads Alien sent over he ...
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Over two decades ago, long before ever getting on Alien Workshop or even turning pro, a very young 12-year-old from Huntington Beach named Jason Dill was sponsored by Vans (as seen in his first interview ever in Big Brother #15 from 1994). Since then Jason has lived a thousand lives, ridden for a few different shoe companies, put out numerous classic video parts, been to many creative barbers and produced countless interviews. After so much time apart it is our ...
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Syndicate has an amazing and lengthy interview with long time partners in crime Anthony Van Engelen & Jason Dill that's a must read. This interview is the unedited version of the same interview that appeared in the inaugural issue of the bi-annual Vans Syndicate 'zine, These Days.
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Head over to Skateboarder Magazine's latest installment of Mehring's Bearings for some random NYC photos of Tony Trujillo, Jason Dill & more.
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Not long ago Transworld Skateboarding announced their Top 30 Most Influential Skaters and our own Jason Dill came in at #28. Check out his two part interview discussing the esteemed honor.
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Recently Jason Dill got the cover of French skate mag, Sugar. Welcome to the team, Jason.
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Amazing music, great trick selection, unique editing and art direction...Jason Dill's Photosynthesis part truly is a Classic and warrants the Thrasher tag:
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Earlier in the year Anthony Van Engelen, Johnny Layton, Chima Ferguson, Jason Dill and Daniel Lutheran jumped in the van and headed out to Lutheran Land with photographer Sam Muller for the Transworld article that appeared last issue. Here it is in full-res digital glory:
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Great photographer & skater in his own right, Todd Jordan,
interviews Jason Dill about his new photo book, Dream Easy.
(Available at Supreme.)
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Check out this Vans East Coast road trip article from the newest SKATEBOARDER (the one with J-Lay on the cover.).
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