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I’ll always have a soft spot for Jake. Dude was, in my opinion, one cover/interview away from winning SOTY back in the late aughts.
never
he had a year in there where he was up for it... after shane passed he s been on a rampage... the year right after his globe part dropped i think- i also remember him ripping at kotr... that cabflip over the spine comes to mind. then some padless channel to nosegrind that jake loved... also that crazy kickflip at a south america demo- volcom maybe...
but i think he broke his arm and blew out his knee shortly after... seemed like it took him a while to come back so he lost everything... i think it s pretty hard to get decent footage without the machine- tours filmers fotographers money and product- behind you. i m always surprised how he s able to come up with sick footy these days.
Second this, he was insanely productive in 2007/2008 after Shane Cross passed, dropping his two best parts to date (Globe and Volcom) and handling KOTR with pneumonia. I don't know if he was a step away from SOTY, what with
Fully Flared and
Inhabitants dropping at the same time, but I always thought it was a bummer that he didn't keep that productive streak going and got hurt and, subsequently, lost in the sauce instead. Seems like he never really got over Shane's passing.