Born and bred into skateboarding, Jason Dill is a natural. Through his smooth technical, almost-artistic style, and sometimes crazy life, skateboarding is just another way for him to express himself. Jason is always an individual: eclectic, creative, complex, and innovative.
Quote:"The process of doing a trick is one of the most tedious, mind-altering things you could possibly do&ahellip;there are tricks you can try for three days straight and not get&ahellip;What a regular civilian thinks like "Oh, make a trick! Go jump the barrel." It's like, so not that. Sometimes I think I hate this. I want to quit right now. Forever. And never do it again&ahellip; It's like someone who doesn't skate spending an afternoon trying to flick 52 cards into a hat from about 10 feet away. That's the crux of it. And once you do it, there you go. But lining a trick, there's nothing like it. The feeling of lining a trick is why you keep doing it."
– CCS Team Riders interview
I moved into a place across the street from Ed Templeton when I was 8&ahellip;got serious after that.
Do you remember what your first setup was?A banana board.
Who were you skating with back then?Ed Templeton, Erik Estrada, Dyrek Roach.
Who were the early influences on your skating?Gonz and Neil Blender.
Who/what inspires you now?Nature and Conor Oberst.
Before you discovered skateboarding, what did you want to be when you grew up?Mikal Baryshnikov (ballet dancer).
You aren't known for skating in contests. When and how did you realize that skating contests wasn't for you?It's not art. I feel like contests are a race. I'm too old to speed up time.
What might it take to make you actually enter a contest again?etnies to pay me more money.
What do you enjoy most about being a pro?Hotels.
What's something about being pro that you didn't anticipate would happen before you were pro?Hating skateboarding.
Is there anything bad about being a pro? What are the downsides?Hurry up and sit in a van all day.
What do you think of skate videos these days?I don't.
Do you enjoy filming video parts?Sometimes.
You hit spots a lot differently than most skaters, do you look for a different way to hit stuff, or does that just come naturally—you seeing things kinda differently?I don't wanna waste anyone's time looking at boring shit.
How does it feel to be part of the etnies team now? Is there anyone in particular you are stoked to be on the team with?ALI.
Nearly everyone rode a pair of etnies at one time or another while they were young, do you remember your first pair of etnies?Red Raps.
Who do you skate with mostly now?Bill Strobeck.
So far, what have been the highlights of your skateboarding career?Being into a band and then meeting them and them telling me they used to skate.
What are the main perks of living in NYC for you over the West Coast?I don't drive a car. I like trains, bars and street life.
How do the two compare and contrast in the world of Jason Dill?One helped raise me and the other finished the job.
How about a trick you want to learn but just suck at?Skateboarding.
Favorite terrain to skate?Anything&ahellip;I think.
If you could tell the skateboarders across the world one bit of advice, what would it be?You can't be a dick&ahellip;you'll get kicked out of skateboarding.