#TBT: Jason Jessee in Streets On Fire
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on Wednesday, June 03, 2015 11:25 PM
by Paul Zitzer
The origins of blasted airs to fakie and front stales tossed around like nothing can be traced directly back to Jason Jessee. Without him it might have taken us all another couple of decades. When his part in Streets on Fire came out in 1989, sketchy rock fakies were still the set up trick de jure for backward moves, and all of a sudden JJ is pumping method fakies to the moon. This part was so influential that I tried to die my hair gray because of it but it wouldnât take. And the Jessee style is a pure classic. Pay special attention to the leading arm, elbow out. And those frontside ollies! Jason Jessee was always cutting edge and one of kind. He still is.