 Reyes in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Oahu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Skateboarding |
Jaime Reyes is a goofy-footed American skateboarder from Hawaii. [1] Reyes is a pioneer in women's street skating. [2] As of 2020, Reyes is one of only three women to grace the cover of Thrasher Magazine. [2]
Growing up in Hawaii in the early 1990s, Reyes was an avid surfer. [1] At age 13, Reyes cut class one day to go to the beach to surf; however, there were no waves, so Reyes wandered around and ran into a group of skateboarders. [1] Amazed by the skateboarding, Reyes befriended the skaters. [1] She rode a skateboard for the first time that day. [1]
Reyes' first competition was hosted by the Real skateboard team at A'Ala Park. [1] Reyes, the only girl at the event, won first place for her age group. [1] After the event, Real began flowing Reyes boards. [3] During her early competitive career, Reyes was often one of few women competing alongside Elissa Steamer and Lauren Mollica. [3]
Reyes got the cover of Thrasher in April 1994. [1] In the years that came, Reyes obtained many nationwide sponsorship deals throughout her career including Real Skateboards, Alphanumeric, Rookie, Evian Water, Bones Swiss Bearings, Supreme, In4mation, Globe and Venture. [4]
In 2019, Reyes released a signature deck with the skate company Together Together. [5] The “chosen ohana” model features artwork by Mark Oblow. [5]
Jaime Reyes graced the cover of the April 1994 issue of Thrasher magazine. [2] She is currently one of only three women, alongside Cara-Beth Burnside and Lizzie Armanto, with a “Thrasher” cover and the only one pictured skating street. [3] The cover was her first time being publish in a skate magazine. [3] Jim Thiebaud, Tommy Guerrero, and Ruben Orkin set her up with a photographer. Reyes cut class to shoot with the photographer. Two months later, the photo was published on the cover of Thrasher. [3] A copy of her cover is in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History collection. [1] [6]
| Skate Video Parts | Year |
|---|---|
| Sponsor Me - Thrasher | 1994 |
| Feats - Thrasher | 1994 |
| Donut Duty - Thrasher | 1995 |
| 911 - Thrasher | 1995 |
| 411VM #11 | 1995 |
| Ride On - Deluxe - Deluxe Distribution | 1995 |
| Non-Fiction - Real skateboards [7] | 1996 |
| 411VM #29 | 1998 |
| 411VM #31 | 1998 |
| Heads - Zoo York | 1999 |
| Logic Issue #2 | 1999 |
| 411VM - Vancouver | 1999 |
| E.S.T - Zoo York | 2000 |
| F.O.R.E and Friends - Planet Earth - Forrest Kirby and Joe Krolick | 2001 |
| E.S.T 2.0 - Zoo York | 2001 |
| Unbreakable - Zoo York | 2002 |
| E.S.T 3.0 - Zoo York | 2002 |
| AKA: Girl Skater - Gallaz / Globe | 2003 |
| E.S.T 4.0 - Zoo York | 2004 |
| Getting Nowhere Faster - Villa Villa Cola / Element / 411VM | 2004 |
| Vicious Cycle - Zoo York - R.B. Umali and Doug Brown | 2005 |
| Betty [8] | 2020 |
| Skate Dreams [9] | 2022 |
Reyes works with Max Pfannebecker and Triangle Skateboard Alliance teaching young children how to skateboard. Reyes has been a visiting professional at Camp Woodward in Pennsylvania. [3]