Jason Jessee in Santa Cruz Skateboards "Streets On Fire" video

Streets On Fire is the first real video in film that put me on the map. I had to be in East LA at 5am to start filming at a vacant jail and was posted up all day in that cell thinking I could never go to jail. I never wanna learn the codes of conduct, thus skateboarding is proof to saving lives and it was against the law everywhere back then. That day will live in my brain forever; Skip, Natas, Grosso, Salba, and everyone that came through that day was amazing and Scott Detrich was using film so things took way longer and so did life back then. Just getting gas and getting there was a road trip in itself. At the end, on the last night at 10:00pm I felt like what I imagine it was like being at a rave on rave drugs for a week. I was delirious. Thank you Rich Novak and Bob Denike for years of the best times of my life. Life is full of lessons and opportunities and I wouldn’t change any of it. Live skateboard, surf, skateboard and evolve. —J.Jessee PS: I was 16 when this was filmed and the voice over dream scene was in Malibu and it felt weird but cool. I could see the ocean… 1989 to the songs "Surf and Destroy" by Bl'ast! and "Paranoid Chant" by Minutemen SUBSCRIBE NOW! https://bit.ly/2QubjA7 Follow Jason on the gram:   / jasonjessee