fallen footwear was an american off brand skateboarding footwear and apparel brand founded by professional skateboarder jamie thomas in 2003 , after leaving circa .

fallen footwear

fallen footwear and deathwish skateboards celebrate the release of the slash ii collaboration shoe .
for the fallen fans who may need a little help with their footwear .
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it is with a thankful & humble heart that i announce that spring 2016 will be fallen footwear ' s last season . i would like to thank the past…
a fallen revival could be reminiscent of és footwear’s temporary hiatus from late 2011 to early 2014 . the concept of low - cost , quality footwear marketed to skateboarders is similar to that of state footwear , founded earlier this year .
after a couple of months after laying fallen footwear to rest , jamie thomas may be considering reviving the brand .
currently , the fallen footwear account hosts two photos . the only other post hints more towards starting a new footwear brand . how much of the remaining fallen infrastructure thomas plans to utilize , including teamriders , logos , and footwear designs remains to be seen - but what do you think ?
it came to our attention today that jamie thomas has decided to terminate fallen footwear . this is a sad thing .
since cole left , fallen went down that’s true , yet he haven’t say shit about fallen , that’s lame .
we will keep you updated on the coming fallen footwear collections . here you have some nice product detail images to make you really hungry…
it is with a thankful & humble heart that i announce that spring 2016 will be fallen footwear’s last season . i would like to thank the past and present fallen team , employees , distributors , and retailers .
fallen footwear puts your personal style and skateboarding skills into the stratosphere . the trademark fallen combination of socal style and skateboard tradition is included with each pair we sell here at skate america . if you’re performing a caballerial , kickflip , frontside air or other skateboarding trick , fallen footwear is the clear - cut choice for the perfect fit , pro - grade performance and poise under pressure .
the legendary lineup at fallen footwear includes many shoes you’ve noticed at world - class competitions and others commonly seen at your neighborhood stomping grounds . from the always ready patriot to the low - profile roach , from the mid - cut d . o . a . to fallen’s one of a kind forte 2 – beginners , veterans and championship contenders all love fallen footwear for the same reasons you do . comfort . fit . quality . super cool colorways . and much more . best of all , you can find the best shoes from fallen footwear right here at skate america ! we offer an unbeatable price matching program , and should your fallen footwear order exceed $ 100 , the shipping costs are on us .
the times they are a changin’ . news broke out on instagram yesterday that fallen footwear was officially over after a solid 13 years . peep the message from jamie thomas :
to speak with a skate america representative about our fallen footwear products , or to find out about what shoes we’ll be offering soon , call our skateboarding team at 805 . 823 . 8140 . you can also chat with an apparel representative on the skate america contact page . we’ll be happy to answer all your questions about fallen footwear shoes , or any other product you’re looking for !
check out all of the new shoes from fallen in their spring ' 16 catalog .
christian estrada is the latest edition to the fallen team in spain . enjoy the ride .
fallen footwear’s founder jamie thomas took to instagram today , announcing that the spring 2016 season ( out now ) will be the last . we wanted to thank jamie and the fallen footwear team for their generosity to vegan skate blog and making some amazing skateboard shoes . though jamie hasn’t been vegan for a long time now , he made a commitment to always make a vegan model available ; in synthetics rather then just canvas too !
fallen men ' s slash 2 skateboard shoe , black / mint , 8 . 5 m us
thomas initially founded fallen footwear in 2004 and persevered twelve years before calling it quits this past april . the brand’s legacy includes two full - length videos , ride the sky ( 2008 ) and the road less traveled ( 2013 ) .
from colorways to purpose , rawls ' wide range is easy to see in this collection of footwear he ' s designed with c1rca .
guaranteed 99 % of the people who commented “i love fallen” haven’t had one of their shoes in a decade .
before fallen you were riding circa during it’s heyday . you must have had one of the biggest shoes in skateboarding . how much were you making back then from circa footwear and what led you to walk away from that money and start fallen ? [ laughs ] i don’t like to talk about money , but it was more than i ever could’ve imagined ; that’s how i started black box .
the vibe was a fancy slim cupsole ! the signature tommy sandoval colorway was vegan - suede . another great fallen model .
regardless of whether you pushed your rig in fallen footwear or not , the fact that a legendary skateboarder has had to close his shoe business down , is not only sad to hear , but paints a dark picture of exactly what is wrong within the skate industry in 2016 .
after months of uncertainty , it ' s sadly official – fallen footwear is no more . jamie thomas took to instagram this morning to confirm that the once great brand was to be discontinued following the current season , leaving behind over a decade of quality videos , team riders and products .
trasher magazine recently interviewed tommy sandoval . since he is riding for fallen and zero skateboards we thought it would be of interest for you…
our dear friend and founder of fallen and zero skateboards has given an interview to trasher magazine last year that is worth reading . here…
on april 11 , 2016 , jamie thomas announced on facebook , instagram and its homepage that fallen was disbanding operations . [ 4 ]
hailing from alabama comes the founding father of zero skateboards & fallen footwear , jamie thomas , a . k . a . ‘the chief . as an original pioneer of groundbreaking street gnar on the board , jamie continues to push himself to progress while balancing both family & business ; while still enjoying skateboarding daily .
in a recent instagram post to the semi - rebooted fallen footwear account , the captioned question above was posed and garnered over 6k + likes along with a number of comments that are continuing to be generated . with an overwhelming majority voting in favor of the move , we wanted to hear your thoughts on the potential relaunch .
rather than waiver from this mission , we are choosing to bow out . i encourage everyone to support authentic skate footwear brands as we wish them all the absolute best .
over the years , what’s the craziest fallen fan you’ve ever encountered or the craziest thing you’ve seen someone do for fallen ? i’ve seen a lot of tattoos , which is always flattering but feels bizarre . my hope in creating fallen was that it would feel more like a board brand and people could have loyalty for the mission , which is not all that common for footwear brands . i think it worked in the early years really well because of where my career was at coupled with cole’s and the rest of the team . but over time , the team dynamic changed and spirit of the brand seemed to not matter as much .
fallen ' s ride the sky video is one of the best of all time , so we ' re leaving that right here for everyone to enjoy .
what ' s next for fallen ? 2013 will be over before we know it , and we ' d like to tour and do demos throughout 2014 .
it’s frustrating to see another skater owned brand fold . paraphrasing jamie , rather then compromise the values of fallen , they are simply going to close up shop .
this shoe works for casual and for when you need to add just a little bit of class to your outfit . it works with black pants or jeans and does match best with shirts that are simple without extreme colors or patterns . this was the
gateway
shoe to get my spouse to upgrade his footwear to more adult styles and looks . i definitely recommend for others needing to convince someone in their life that footwear should grow up as we do ! as with all fallen shoes , the quality matches the price and the look is simple and modern .
as of january 2015 , the fallen pro riders were jamie thomas , tommy sandoval , brian
slash
hansen , dane burman , jon dickson and tony cervantes .
how much does fallen folding personally have an impact on you ? do you plan on skating much longer into your 40s as a professional skateboarder ? do you still have video parts in you ? i’ve been fighting an uphill battle with fallen for years . all the time with the pressure that if i don’t work around the clock and do everything possible fallen may not make it , so as hard as it was to make the calls on monday , it’s a relief that i can finally moving forward with my life .
javier suarez is the newest addition to the fallen spanish squad . his confidence on the skateboard is what will make him stay in the game for a while . a true ripper .
while most footwear is meant simply for general public consumption , sometimes a designer is charged with working with a pro athlete to develop his signature shoe . the liberty was the product of collaboration between rawls and pro skateboarder jamie thomas .
there’s no telling what’s next for the skate shoe industry , or what’s left for the riders and employees that fallen used to support . as things get sorted out , we obviously hope to see everyone land on their feet , but in the meantime we reached out to the chief for a post - mortem on fallen and for his predictions on what the future holds .
fallen and deathwish combined forces for a new colorway of the slash ii shoe . so in celebration they decided to have a skate session with pizza and beer at the baker boys park .
fallen was known for their shoes , flannel , hoodies , t - shirts , snapbacks , book bags , jeans / shorts , and skateboarding videos . the more popular shoes are ,
the clipper
,
the patriot
,
the rival
,
trooper
and the
forte
. at its peak , fallen had 17 models in over 50 colors .
how do you want fallen to be remembered in skateboarding ? what are you most proud of ? i want fallen to be remembered as a brand for the underdogs , the die hard skate rats . i don’t feel like now is the time to be proud . i’m extremely thankful for all of the experiences and good times i had with the team and the employees through the years .
the rambler was the first shoe we skate reviewed from fallen . the upper was a durable synthetic suede . super light , and very fun to skate . i’d love to find another pair .
rawls ' heart may be in skateboarding , but he ' s designed a wide variety of footwear that rides the spectrum from soccer shoes and snowboard boots to casual and women ' s shoes . his collection of sketches for macbeth shows off his range in style .
if an investor came along and wanted to revamp fallen or buy the name , would you let it live on through someone else’s control like a world industries ? in my eyes , that would be the worse case scenario .
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well unlike dvs , fillament , state , the current es , circa , vox , osiris and globe they actually had a marketable image . all those companies are bland as hell , and like it or not fallen had a demographic .
as the skateboarding landscape continues to radically change , we can ' t stress enough the importance of supporting core skateboarding brands – and especially core footwear brands . emerica , lakai , etnies and others are battling on , but they won ' t be around for much longer without the support of skateboarders everywhere .
think about emerica , state , lakai , fillament , es , etnies , dvs , c1rca , vox , huf , osiris , supra , globe , and diamond and tell me how fallen could possibly be different enough from any of those brands .
you founded fallen as raw 100 % skateboarding , that kind of hesh / handrail style skater that was down to get super broke off and put it all on the line . do you think that type of clothing style and skater is a dying breed ? do you think that was a contributing factor to fallen declining in sales ? yeah , to some degree . i think skateboarding is becoming more about creativity and style because everyone can do everything . there’s needs to be something to make brands or skateboarders stand out amongst all the stuff that is coming at us . i think that fact had the least to do with the decline of fallen , because other brands are facing the same challenges we’ve faced , it all just happens at different times .
where does that leave you now for a shoe sponsor ? would you ride for adidas , nike , cons or vans ? i have nothing lined up , i’m just gonna keep wearing fallen’s and try to not think about it for a bit . i have quite a few projects i’m working on that i’m excited about , so i’m just gonna focus on those . also , i haven’t really been paid for the time i’ve invested in fallen for about 3 - 4 years , so there’s not a lost salary i need to make up for .
ten years have passed since the first fallen shoe hit the stores . what has changed in the shoe business since then ? well , our shoes have gotten a lot less puffy , but our mission is still the same : we focus on making shoes strictly for skateboarding .
in 2008 , fallen released a skate video titled
ride the sky
. the video features billy marks , brian hansen , chris cole , gilbert crockett , james hardy , jamie thomas , josh harmony , matt bennett , tommy sandoval , and tony cervantes . [ 6 ]
did you get some ownership when adio footwear started too ? nah , adio was owned by k2 , which bought planet earth . k2 made skis and rollerblades and even though chris miller was running the show , it was always felt a little weird cause at the end of the day your future was in the hands of a ski / rollerblade company .
if they made a whole line of shoes at the same level as the capitol or the more recent doa model then maybe they would stand a chance . not sure the whole nike / adidas in skateboarding debate really needs to be involved . fallen just made too many bad shoes .
i left circa because we were supposed to launch a new sister footwear brand based on the momentum of my line , but they had some massive issues with their snowboard brands , which put them in a serious cash crunch . they quickly canned the new brand and they weren’t able to pay me for about 3 or 4 months . as that balance started to stack up , they didn’t know if or when they be able to pull out of it and pay me , so the longer it lasted , the sketchier it got . going to dc to start fallen didn’t seem risky at all , you can feel it when the time’s right .
if you ' ve been in a skate shop or a skatepark in the past decade , you ' ve seen rawls ' work . he ' s designed successful shoes for duffs , fallen and dc shoes , to name a few . his history as a skateboarder has played a key role in his success as a designer .
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the lifecycle in skate for the majority should be short , mean something extraordinary , and go away leaving you wanting more . that said , fallen’s run made a huge impact during its greatest era , and just like es , should be remembered for what and who it influenced to come after rather than trying to kick start something again & again .
finally , there is a comment to be made in relation to the advances of feminist thought . there is a fine line between critiquing oppression and reinforcing it . turner’s somewhat polemic response to beard’s article reinforces precisely the male domination she seems to be arguing against – surely we are moving away from a time when women are bullied into what they should or shouldn’t wear , or , more precisely , what they should feel or say about their footwear choices .
anyway – the point here is that fallen had been around for 13 fucking years . i personally never owned a pair , but there were people that did . i can’t name anyone specifically ( to avoid defamation litigation ) but there were definitely tons of skatepark heroes that loved those shoes . honestly i seriously couldn’t tell you why . but they did . and that’s important .
companies like fallen represented a time when we weren’t so in tune or maybe didn’t really care about fashion – and fashion certainly did not give a fuck about skateboarding . so to see a company like this go away , even though many of us may have been too cool for them , is actually pretty sad . ya know – like losing a part of the culture .
in the mid - ' 90s , destiny called , and rawls was approached by a burgeoning footwear company , kastel , that was looking to launch its line with a young pro .
they called me and asked me if i wanted a signature shoe and to represent their brand ,
he says .
it sounded like an offer that was too good to pass up , so i took it , and that opportunity gave me the chance to design my signature shoe .
where does this leave your team riders now ? hopefully they can end up in good homes , even though it seems there’s too many talented pro skaters and not enough footwear spots for skaters at the moment . yeah , it’s not a rad situation for any of us , myself included . when facing heavy shit like this , team riders and employees have always weighed the heaviest on me , but eventually you have to face the reality that you can’t continue to look out for everyone , it sucks .
how do you feel about tommy sandoval’s post on instagram about the whole situation ? i love tommy and i love his passion for what he holds true . i don’t want to play the victim or blame anyone for what happens in my life . i learned a long time ago that life is tough and it’s not always fair ; i know there are a lot of factors for the decline of fallen .
rather than listening to what beard has to say about her shoes , turner appears to have fallen into the trap of assuming that to talk about shoes at all is to dumb down or to reduce ourselves to objects subject to the male gaze . in this respect turner’s tirade has done more to reinforce the stereotype of women that talk about shoes as mindless dupes and hapless victims of patriarchal oppression than mary’s original article did .
why did billy marks leave fallen , and will he be in the video ? it seemed that billy and the brand grew apart , and over time there was less and less of a connection and it started to affect our ability to sell his products and justify his salary . so we didn ' t re - sign him earlier this year , and he quit . he went on two of the trips , but he will not be in the video .
is it true that you still have an ownership stake in circa ? yeah , as crazy as that is ; when i left to start fallen my stock was fully vested and they weren’t in the position to buy me out , so it’s just been there chillin . i always hoped they’d sell , but it’s been a rollercoaster for them since muska and i left . hopefully , they pull it off though and a few bucks will fall from the sky some day .
jamie thomas , the brand’s head honcho , has given his entire life to skateboarding . he created brands that left a strong legacy in the history books , building and supporting teams that have pushed skateboarding forwards , taking a leap of faith into everything he has done with solid commitment . it’s a real shame to see any skater owned shoe brand close after 13 years of hard graft , but that’s sadly today’s news , fallen’s spring 2016 shoe run will be the last .
carnaby street : perhaps london’s most famous shoe - shopping location . filmed during a lunch hour this seven and a half minute video observes the shoes of those passing through the popular location . the sheer diversity of styles , the sounds the shoes make and the ways in which people walk in them allude to the very special and significant relationship between footwear and identity . who are these people ? what do they do ? where are they from ? where are they going and where have they been ? – all questions that pass through one’s mind when spending time really looking at the shoes people wear whilst going about their everyday lives .
you signed off “skate or die” at the end of your fallen press release . if you couldn’t skate , or didn’t own any brands anymore , would you consider killing yourself ? probably ! [ laughs ] nah , i would further devote myself to my family and even if i wasn’t skating i’d be replaying the times when i was skating in my head . i am a lifer and skateboarding is what i know and love . that was a message to those who are feasting on skateboarding , but don’t skate .
if you grew up skating in the late 90s and early 00s , you remember when jamie thomas was * the * guy . you could play him in thps , zero felt like one of the biggest board brands in the world , and anyone that knew anything about skateboarding would always mention the leap of faith . as the years went by he took a step back from the limelight , but behind the scenes he was relentless , starting black box distribution and growing mystery , threat , insight , and , of course , fallen .
we’ve flowed this kid from minneapolis shoes for almost 3 years waiting for him to blossom , but when i called him on monday to break the news to him about fallen , his response was sinclair called me and asked me to ride for nike not to long ago , so i’ve been wearing them . i’m hyped he’s gonna be taken care of , but does nike need everyone that is good at skateboarding ? this makes it impossible for authentic skate brands to nurture the next generation of talent , so our fates are eventually sealed by our bros that now work for nike .
can you tell us a little bit about the last 1 - 2 years with fallen ? what were the major successes and hurdles in moving to dwindle and ultimately why you had to make this decision to kill it ? we’ve spent the last 24 months revamping the brand ; we solidified a relationship with a new factory in order to improve quality and we redesigned the whole line minus a few staples . we focused on those 2 things first because they were the biggest complaints people shared with dwindle . i also personally took the time to call as many accounts as possible to explain our plans to resuscitate the brand .
as skaters , we’ve all heard that these skater - born shoe companies have been hurting for a while , but it’s not until they really go out of business or finally call it quits that it hits you . regardless of if you were a fan or not , it’s always a bummer to see something that was once so loved die out , to watch employees and skaters get tossed out and back into the uncertainty of unemployment and the rough skate industry machine .
i feel like the successes were that the new designs were good and received well ; but the hurdles were that the market is in a really interesting place and it seemed like no matter what we did , it was too little too late .
sales eventually shrank to the point where they were too small to meet the minimum order quantity requirements with the factory for fall 2016 production . when you’re at that point , you only have two options if you wanna continue . pay massive up - charges for the small quantities or make the minimum quantities the factory requires and flood the tj - maxx’s & costco’s of the world with the excess shoes .
we weighed everything out and it didn’t make sense to go further into negative numbers by paying the up - charges and the tj - maxx route is obviously just lame on all fronts .
so , we collectively decided we had reached the end and it was time to cut our losses .
we also found ourselves in a quickly changing climate with the corporate brands putting a lot of pressure on retailers to buy more , which meant they had to cut back on the smaller brands . some of our best accounts were also having a hard time keeping their doors open , so paying slowed down dramatically across the board , which started to impact our cash flow and marketing budget . we also lost cole , which obviously had an impact on the sales and the perception of the brand . basically the perfect storm of everything that could happen .
my mission now is to keep zero raw and combine dudes from the new generation with zero’s style in order to continue to reinvent the brand while staying true to it’s roots . it’s also easier to fight for your stake with a board brand , cause those massive corporations can’t or don’t want to get in skateboard trenches ; there’s not enough margins .
that said , i have to acknowledge that the athletic brands continue to go out of their way to make it impossible for anyone without their resources to stay alive , which is really lame . they are cutting off the oxygen at the bottom by poaching flow riders and ams from core brands by offering them more even though they already have 50 ams and a 100 flow riders on the team . nike has a team manager at every level and now they’ve even hired mike sinclair who used to manage the dekline team as a talent scout because he’s plugged into the am contest network and has his ear to the street .
i thought circa was sold at some point already and people cashed out ? has it always been the same owners since you started with them ? nah , things got really rocky a few years ago and they pretty much closed shop , but i think the owner of the factory stepped in and took over in exchange of the debt and resurrected it .
the weird thing is , i think all of those brands you mentioned are undeniably solid besides the fact that at the top everything is about money ; they make great stuff , have amazing teams , support industry events and they take care of their people . that said , i’m not sure i fit the mold for any of those brands though besides vans ; they’ve always been a skate brand . vans has a massive team though with several dudes that share a similar history to mine . i have principals and beliefs about the brands i’d like to support , but that’s not my purpose for living . the trick is to balancing those beliefs while continuing to do what you love and take care of your family .
nike has been in skateboarding for over a decade . do you believe that they will stay here for a while or eventually leave ? i don’t think they’ll leave anytime soon . even if things contract a lot , i feel that they’ll still find ways to make sense of being here ; their roots are getting deeper by the day and skateboarding influences pop culture , so my theory is that they’d stick around to use skateboarding as a marketing tool to make their mass market business seem edgy and cool , which it undoubtedly does .
looking back do you think you got too greedy or went over your head starting so many companies ? [ laughs ] i don’t think it was greed , but i’ll admit i was definitely overly ambitious . i never really cared about how much money anything made , i was just obsessed with progression . i guess i had to figure out my limits the hard way .
if you had a new skate shoe brand would you ever consider having forrest edwards being the “lead” pro ? [ laughs ] forrest is an amazing skateboarder and a funny ass dude , but he’s not a leader .
i went skating yesterday for the first time since the news broke and everything felt better , i felt lighter . physically , i feel good ; i have my ailments and have to stretch a lot in order to warm up , but i’m at my best when i’m working on a video part or a project , so i’m gonna keep that going till i can’t . i wanna be looking like willie nelson and still grinding rails [ laughs ] .
any highlight era or memories from the years ? man , the early days were amazing because it all felt so fresh and new and there was nowhere to go but up . working on projects are always the best times for me ; traveling with the team filming for ride the sky , those were great times . everything seemed so simple back then , no instagram or social media to worry about . just bros out skating pushing each other . filming for ‘road less traveled’ was amazing too , we got to go to a ton of amazing places , see stuff we never thought we’d see and make lifelong memories .
taken by : joey shigeo , chad foreman , matt price & daniel harold sturt .
people’s minds are the same in porn as they are in skating .
in 2014 , when everything is a brand and the pro skaters themselves have more instagram followers than the biggest magazines and companies within skateboarding combined , the old rules don ' t apply anymore .
the place i lived at was just gross , at one point i got all this fungus on my hands and feet .
whether you like the actual brand or not , we represent the idea that anyone ( a nobody ) can change things if they are willing to take action and make the necessary sacrifices .
patrick o ' dell lives a skate nerd ' s dream : hosting a show on vice where he interviews and tours with some of the most notorious skateboarders in the world .
for being arguably the most technical skateboarder alive , daewon song is as humble and down to earth as it can get .
a tip of the cap to a great run . not the first , certainly won’t be the last to bow out . i can think of a laundry list of board , shoe and apparel brands that probably should .
i feel like we’re reaching a tipping point in skateboarding with the impact of sports brand shoes and instagram . i kinda hope it all just dies and becomes wack again . id go back to the days when you got called a faggot while rolling down the street in a heartbeat . also , skateboarding as a whole needs to stop forgetting to call posers posers . what the fuck is up with that ? if you don’t push , rocking any thrasher gear should be punishable by death .
# truth it is the bible , but their clothes are over priced and fit like shit .
agreed , thrasher needs to stop using gildan… after one wash they turn into belly button shirts . the sweatshirts have super wide sleeves and are short and wide on the torso too… there is only so long i can air dry my shit . not sure how they can’t be bothered to fix this , go to costco and buy some kirklands to print your logo , not that difficult
pretty neat clothing brand jamie came out with maybe 08 / 09 . super rad edits . nick boserio daniel lutheran some aus dudes names i cannot remember . i enjoyed the skate edits they produced . didn’t buy any clothing . vimeo has some of their edits . check it nice .
it’s an australian lifestyle / surf brand . was truly great until a few years ago , then a few people left on the art directional end . it’s not quite what it was .
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these are my favorite shoes . just might buy a pair of white and black shoes . ^ 0 ^
this is a short review , as i couldn ' t really wear them . for me , i found these shoes very tight around my foot where my toes join my foot ( my toe knuckles ? ) . too tight to push on with wearing them . my feet aren ' t crazy wide , btw . the length was great though . over all , the quality seems high , great arch support , well made , sturdy .
my son loves it . he wears them all day and he is very very picky ! he uses it to skate .
since the company hasn ' t released good shoes since that
chris cole left time
i had . . .
since the company hasn ' t released good shoes since that
chris cole left time
i had no hope for them but the only shoe that has stayed constant in the stylish and comfortable board feel , is the fortes . if you skate you ' ll obviously loose tread but if you ' re trying to be hip these are the shoes .
a very nice skate shoe . sad to see them go . jamie thomas is a genius !
bought these as a christmas gift for my husband . he absolutely loves them ! pefect fit and got here in time .
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chris cole and billy marks were a particular highlight – enjoy them in full quality here .
agreed . the shoes were clunky , fit was never quite spot on , they lacked durability and design was not a strong point . there’s a reason the company went under .
actually no , they had their shot . we need to support the other brands thats still out there
they had their chance to make a quality shoe . they sucked back then and i am sure they will suck now .
their run with jamie thomas / chris cole at the helm , is probably the pinnacle of the company’s existence ? once that duo fell apart the company couldn’t bounce back or recreate something that carried the same weight . with that said , i would like jamie to focus on zero , cause this industry going to need an underdog soon enough , but also redirect some of his focus to a shoe company willing to integrate his ideas / creativity . i’m sure there’s a few out there that could use “the chief” right now ! !
influence - wise you may be right about the company’s success when thomas & cole were on board , but i thought they put out some of their best products after chris cole left and they gave more diverse dudes pro shoes . look at shoes like the apache , coronado , captiol , & roach – all super different looking silhouettes that stand alone in a ultra - homogenized shoe market .
on a personal note , i’ve been skating the oiled suede spirit model for a bit now , and they’ve been some of the best shoes i’ve ever skated in ( once i put a duracush insole in them ) . it’s a bummer that a shoe brand went under that was actually making good product , plain and simple . whether or not he starts something else up , jamie thomas deserves the best from an industry that he helped shape , no questions asked .
although i do agree w / mayor grimble that the later shoes were probably superior in design , the spirit & roach model’s were top tier .
soooo sad , ripped laces is dead . . . rip , guys i ' ve been coming to this site since the inception of the og supra skytop 3 ' s . . . i guess it ' s on to tactics
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because there are way more barriers to entry to start a shoe company vs boards or other clothing . it takes a lot of time , effort , & money to make an actual good shoe that you …
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though we didn’t review the kingston ( another tommy sandoval shoe ) i picked up a pair at dlx in sf and really enjoyed skating .
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generally , the skate scene has always looked after its own . those who have decided to move into the business have pretty much , worked together through the good times and the bad . dwindle distribution assisted thomas when black box dist came to an end but unfortunately that goodwill still could not stop the fate of what was announced today .
skateboarding’s independent standing in world business has always remained unique because generation after generation have fought for keeping skateboarding within skateboarding ; fighting tooth and nail to keep skateboarding out of the clutches of billion dollar corporations…until now . their heavyweight influence is rapidly eating into the foundations that skateboarding was originally built upon , so it’s now up to you to try and reverse that trend by voting with your feet and supporting brands run by skateboarders – that’s if you care enough about where your scene came from .
remind yourself of the goodwill that skater owned companies stand for from this clip . the rest is in your hands . choose skateboarding or lose it completely .
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the end of any era in skateboarding is often romanticized , as we as a community ( and ourselves at smltalk are fully guilty ) love to reminisce on better times and submerge ourselves in nostalgia . so when companies that have been around for a long time go under ( e . g . savier , es… 88 ? ? ) – we feel like we’ve lost an important piece of our culture . we tend to blame ourselves and ask , “how could we let this happen ? ” .
we fall into deep , dark depressions . we don’t talk to our families .
but when we come to our sense we realize that as the lion king taught us , there’s the mother fucking circle of life . everything comes to an end – sometimes things live a long and prosperous life , and other times they’re trampled by a bunch of fucking wildebeest .
am i saying that scar could be a symbolic representation of companies like nike / adidas / new balance ? i don’t know . honestly i didn’t even expect to be talking about this movie - it just kind of happened . but wait – can we just reflect on how fucking awesome that opening scene is ?
you see folks – we’re in an era where everybody is cool . it’s pretty damn easy to fit in – you just have to figure out which typeset you want to follow , and go along with the few main rules that govern their particular clothing choice / trick choice pattern .
but to be honest the actual purpose of this article was to talk about how jamie thomas signs his letters .
this is a mystery ( pun intended ) that we’re still trying to solve . anyway - condolences to jamie and cheers to him for seriously backing a lot of companies that had a significant impact on skateboarding throughout the years and have given us tons of insane memories .
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coach usa ' s south - east operations cover florida , maryland , georgia and north carolina and include more than 500 vehicles .
for her efforts in 2015 , staley was named as co - recipient of the usa basketball national coach of the year award .
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in all , usa basketball teams with staley on the sideline own an overall record of 80 - 4 ( . 952 winning percentage ) and usa teams are 21 - 0 with staley serving as head coach .
dawn staley , head coach at the university of south carolina , who has had a long and illustrious usa basketball career that began as an athlete in 1989 , and most recently as an assistant coach for the gold medalist 2016 u . s . olympic women’s basketball team , was today named head coach of the usa basketball women’s national team through 2020 .
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“we have now completed or agreed terms for approximately two - thirds of the sales programme at coach usa and i am pleased with the excellent progress we have made to date . we are well on track to complete our restructuring of coach usa within the timescale we set out six months ago . ”
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the 2014 usa world cup team was the youngest usa world cup team ever using nba players and the youngest team since collegians were used in 1990 . still , coach k led the team to gold and a perfect 9 - 0 record .
coach usa , which also operates coach canada and megabus . com , the curbside service pioneer , owns over 30 local companies located throughout the united states and canada , operating tours , charters , sightseeing tours and scheduled bus routes .
in 1998 , kristinik retired , and larry king succeeded him . stagecoach group would purchase coach usa in mid - 1999 for $ 1 . 88 billion us .
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the following year staley was head coach for the gold - medal winning 2015 usa u19 world championship team and was on hand as an assistant as the usa national team went 4 - 0 in its 2015 european tour against teams from spain , italy and czech republic .
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at its inception , coach usa consisted of six companies : suburban trails , community coach , leisure line , and adventure trails in new jersey , gray line of san francisco , and arrow stage line in arizona ( not to be confused with unaffiliated arrow stage lines ) .
a battle pitting southern california bus drivers , mechanics and ticket agents against coach usa , one of the nation’s largest transportation companies , ended in defeat friday for workers seeking to join a union .
brian souter , stagecoach chief executive , said : “the disposal of the west and south central regions of coach usa will be a significant step forward in our restructuring of our north american business .
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getting his usa coaching start in 1979 as an assistant to usa head coach bobby knight with the usa pan american games team that finished 9 - 0 and in possession of the gold medal , in 1983 as head coach he directed the u . s . olympic festival south squad to the gold medal with a 3 - 1 record . krzyzewski served as an assistant coach at the 1984 u . s . olympic team trials and was a special assistant with the 1984 u . s . olympic team that won gold and finished 8 - 0 . selected the head coach of the 1987 usa world university games team , krzyzewski ' s crew finished 7 - 1 to claim the silver medal . head coach in 1990 of the usa goodwill games and fiba world championship teams which were comprised of collegiate players , coach k led the american collegians to a silver medal in the goodwill games and to a 6 - 2 bronze medal placing in the worlds . krzyzewski was named an assistant coach for hall of fame head coach chuck daly ' s historic 1992 u . s . olympic team that finished 6 - 0 in the olympic qualifying tournament and less than a month later rolled to an 8 - 0 record and captured olympic gold in barcelona , spain .
since 1979 he has been a member of 21 usa coaching staffs , and teams with coach k on the coaching staff have compiled a 139 - 7 overall mark for an amazing 95 . 2 winning percentage . in the 15 international competitions krzyzewski has been involved in as a usa head or assistant coach , those teams have captured 11 gold medals , two silver medals and two bronze medals .
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stagecoach group plc is pleased to announce that it has agreed terms for the sale of the south central and west regions of coach usa to a newly formed affiliate of kohlberg & co . , llc .
bus and rail company stagecoach has agreed to sell the south - east operations of its coach usa business to a consortium that includes private investors , management and a newly - formed affiliate of lincolnshire management .
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u . s . men ' s national team coach jurgen klinsmann has been under increased pressure .
including her eight seasons as head coach at temple university , staley owns a career coaching record of 387 - 160 ( . 707winning percentage ) in nearly 17 years as a collegiate head coach .
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completion of the transaction , which is subject to regulatory approval , final confirmation of financing and normal closing conditions , will mean stagecoach group has achieved approximately two - thirds of its planned coach usa sales programme .
making his first appearance on a usa bench in 1979 , hall of fame basketball coach mike krzyzewski ( sha - shef - skee ) manned the sidelines for the united states off and on for 38 years .
krzyzewski has also been extensively involved in usa basketball ' s selection committees . he was a member of usa basketball ' s 1989 - 92 games committee for men , and the 1989 - 92 men ' s olympic team subset and 1989 - 92 men ' s national team subset . he served as chairman of the 1993 - 96 usa basketball select team committee and was part of the 1997 - 2000 usa basketball men ' s senior national team committee .
coach k’s winning ways in the 2014 world cup carried over to duke’s collegiate season as the blue devils rolled to a 35 - 4 overall record and won coach k’s remarkable fifth ncaa national championship .
coach usa includes pacific coast sightseeing tour and charters , southern california grayline and megabus . com . it serves amtrak lines , disney hotels , john wayne and lax airports and inter - city travel across the state .
coach usa ' s operations today consist primarily of scheduled services in greater new york and chicagoland , with a number of charter operations near pittsburgh and scheduled operations in the southern tier of new york and southern wisconsin .
with staley at the helm , the usa basketball women’s national team will compete in the 2018 fiba world cup ( sept . 22 - 30 in spain ) and , if the usa qualifies , the 2020 summer olympic games ( july 24 – aug . 9 in tokyo , japan ) , as well as additional usa training camps and exhibition games .
prior to the 2007 fiba americas championship staley received her first usa head coaching nod at the helm of the 2007 usa pan american games team and did not disappoint . taking a group of collegians to brazil to compete against seasoned , international veterans , staley piloted the usa pan am team to a perfect 5 - 0 slate and the gold medal .
capuano served in the same capacity for team usa at the 2016 world cup of hockey and was the head coach for the 2005 u . s . under - 18 select team at the five nations cup in slovakia .
“i am delighted that dawn staley has agreed to lead our usa basketball women’s national team through 2020 , ” said retired gen . martin e . dempsey , usa basketball chairman . “she is a terrific coach and a great leader on and off the court . she has been part of usa basketball for nearly three decades . i had the opportunity to get to know dawn and watch her work as an assistant to geno auriemma at the 2016 olympic games . i am confident that she will continue to build upon the usa basketball women’s national team ' s legacy of excellence . ”
stagecoach group . coach usa is a subsidiary of stagecoach group plc . stagecoach is one of the world ' s largest bus , coach and rail groups with operations in north america and the united kingdom , and employing about 35 , 000 people . stagecoach group is one of the top 250 companies on the london stock exchange .
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again , first group america , with its crop of greyhound motorcoaches , tops the list , followed by coach usa / coach canada , horizon coach lines , academy bus companies and pacific western group of companies , who round out the top five . with the addition of calif . ’s sun diego charter co . , all aboard america holdings , jumped from no . 11 in 2013 to no . 6 in 2014 , adding 258 vehicles along the way .
peter pan bus lines announced today it has signed a purchase and sales agreement with coach usa , the first step in peter pan ' s acquisition of coach ' s five new england affiliates - - arrow lines , bonanza lines , the maine line , pawtuxet valley lines and coach usa boston . the sale will include all of the five companies ' 255 buses and bring peter pan ' s fleet size to over 400 coaches . the sale is pending approval from the federal surface transportation board and is expected to be completed sometime in february 2003 . peter pan will also acquire bonanza ' s bus terminals in providence and farmington , conn . , and it ' s major garage facility in providence . peter pan will also pick up the current coach usa leases on garage facilities in massachusetts , maine , rhode island and connecticut .
the 2017 usa women ' s national team closed out its final day of training with a high - energy , competitive contest .
the four - member usa 3x3 national team is ready for the challenge the june 17 - 21 fiba 3x3 world cup poses .
with this step , the transition of the north american setra bus business from mci to rev coach is complete .
coach usa ' s stewart airport express offers fast , convenient transfers between stewart international airport and new york city ! timed to your norwegian air flight , the stewart airport express is the only direct transit link between new york city and stewart international airport .
sitting before bleachers full of air force servicemen and women flanked by a pair of fighter jets , the first thing usa men’s national team coach mike krzyzewski did was fess up . “we came here to apologize for stealing from you , ” he joked .
coach usa’s west region operates in california , colorado , nevada , arizona , wyoming and north dakota , running 1 , 153 vehicles and employing 2 , 200 people . the south central region encompasses coach operations in texas , tennessee , arkansas and louisiana , running some 400 vehicles and employing more than 800 people . a total of 18 businesses are included in the sale .
coach usa is a subsidiary of the stagecoach group . stagecoach is one of the world ' s largest bus , coach and rail groups with operations in the united kingdom and north america . please feel free to visit the stagecoach group website : stagecoach group plc . registered office : 10 dunkeld road , perth ph1 5tw , scotland . registered in scotland . registered number : 100764
the real thomas valles ( left ) in 1987 and his onscreen counterpart , carlos pratts ( right ) , in the mcfarland , usa movie .
2 . in addition to the nine carrier applicants , coach usa controls 47 other motor passenger carriers that hold interstate operating authority . a list of these 47 carriers is included as exhibit 2 to the verified application for control of motor passenger carriers and request for interim approval .
former national team coach bruce arena , 65 , is expected to be named as klinsmann ' s replacement as early as tuesday , three people with knowledge of the decision told usa today sports . the people requested anonymity because arena ' s appointment has not been made official .
the 2016 olympic finish marked the usa’s sixth - straight olympic gold medal , and staley was on the roster for five of those titles - - three times as an athlete ( 1996 , 2000 , 2004 ) and twice as an assistant coach ( 2008 , 2016 ) .
retrenching , stagecoach sold its companies in new england to peter pan bus lines . companies in the southwest , west , and rocky mountain regions , along with company headquarters , were sold to kohlberg kravis roberts to form coach america , and companies in the southeastern united states were sold to linconshire management , rebranded as american coach lines or under the previous names of subsidiaries , all at heavy losses . the contract transit division was flipped to competitor first transit . as a result of the sale of most of coach usa ' s operations , the company ' s headquarters were relocated from texas to the community coach garage in paramus , new jersey . [ 2 ]
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usa basketball women’s national team director carol callan serves as chair of the usa women’s national team steering committee . the committee also includes three - time olympic and two - time world championship gold medalist katie smith as the athlete representative ; representing the wnba is the league’s chief operating officer jay parry ; university of connecticut head coach geno auriemma , who coached usa teams to gold medals at the past two olympics and fiba world championships and will serve as a special advisor ; and two - time olympic and 1998 fiba world championship gold medalist ruthie bolton is the at - large representative .
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united states men ' s national team coach jurgen klinsmann has been relieved of his duties , u . s . soccer announced monday .
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from left to right : thomas valles , victor puentes , damacio diaz , johnny samaniego , jose cardenas , danny diaz , coach jim white .
since 1939 , lenzner coach lines has been serving customers in pittsburgh and its surrounding communities with quality and consistency . lenzner coach lines employs 190 + individuals and has a fleet of more than 75 vehicles ranging from luxury 47 and 55 passenger motorcoaches , 25 passenger vans , and unique sightseeing trolleys .
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krzyzewski is the only men ' s coach to have won gold at the olympics and the fiba world cup , while also possessing an ncaa championship .
fernando torres , 61 , is a driver for coach usa , the parent company of megabus . com . torres said workers hoped to organize a union to improve the company ' s safety standards and benefits . the employees voted 118 to 73 against joining the international association of sheet metal , air , rail and transportation workers .
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learn more about the mcfarland , usa true story by watching the jim white interview below . also , take a closer look at the diaz family , who had seven children run for mcfarland .
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in being named to the rams ' top job , former washington redskins offensive coordinator sean mcvay , 30 , becomes the youngest coach to ever lead a team . former oakland raiders coach lane kiffin , who was appointed to the position at 31 in 2007 , was the previous holder of the title . mcvay turns 31 on jan . 24 .
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staley won a total of 10 gold medals as an athlete , including three olympic and two fiba world championship gold medals , one bronze medal and seven international invitational titles from 1989 - 2004 . she then transitioned into the coaching ranks , received her first usa basketball coaching assignment as an assistant to the 2006 usa world championship team and was later asked to remain on board through the 2008 olympics . with staley on the sideline , the usa national team from 2006 - 08 posted a 32 - 2 record , captured the 2008 olympic and 2007 fiba americas championship gold medals and the 2006 fiba world championship bronze medal .
taking down previously undefeated france with a dominant 95 - 52 win , the usa men captured a fifth - straight fiba u17 world cup gold medal on july 8 at union athletic club in santa fe , argentina .
trailing 28 - 21 after the game ' s first 10 minutes , the usa outscored canada 99 - 43 over the final three quarters and posted a 120 - 71 victory in the fiba u17 world cup semifinals .
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the rams ' deal with mcvay is for five years , a person with knowledge of the contract told usa today sports ' tom pelissero . the person spoke on condition of anonymity because terms had not been made public .
it was also a remarkable year in 2009 - 10 for krzyzewski . he directed duke to a fourth ncaa national championship , then in the summer led the usa to its first fiba world championship gold medal since 1994 .
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selected the national collegiate coach of the year 12 times in eight different seasons , coach k averaged 26 . 9 wins per season during his first 36 - years at duke and posted 14 30 - win seasons , including 30 or more victories in 11 of the past 19 years ( through 2015 - 16 ) . krzyzewski ' s 14 30 - win seasons are the most in college basketball history .
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already qualified for two of the 16 world cup slots are host spain and the usa as defending olympic champions . the 14 remaining spots will be decided through fiba zone ( africa , americas , asia / oceania and europe ) qualifying tournaments in 2017 .
in her most successful season as a head coach to date , staley led her team in 2014 - 15 to a 34 - 3 record , a share of the sec regular season title , the sec tournament crown and was a co - sec coach of the year . she piloted south carolina to its first ncaa final four in program history . further , the gamecocks also reached the no . 1 spot in the national polls for the first time in history .
“being named head coach of the usa national team is a tremendous honor , ” said staley , who was enshrined into the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame in 2013 and the women’s basketball hall of fame in 2012 . “as a player , i was humbled each time i wore the uniform and this feels no different . i will do my very best to uphold the standards and winning tradition of the national team , and must thank the selection committee for having faith in my abilities as a coach to trust me with such an important role . i would also like to thank my teams at temple and south carolina for putting me in this coveted position . they allowed me to learn and grow on the job and i am truly grateful . ”
gulati flew to california to meet with klinsmann in person and break the news to him directly . the coach had just returned from a trip to his native germany , where he attended a state dinner with president obama and german chancellor angela merkel .
when krzyzewski was just 26 , bob knight , his former coach at army , hired him as a graduate assistant at indiana university . that 1975 iu squad posted an 18 - 0 big ten conference mark and an overall 31 - 1 record .
yes . the mcfarland , usa true story confirms that at first , the mother of the diaz brothers - - david , damacio and danny - - forbid them from competing . she eventually concluded that it was good for them as long as they still worked . - bakersfieldcalifornian . com
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urltoken conducted this jim white interview . the legendary former mcfarland cross country coach talks about what it was like to have a movie made about his experience coaching the team . he says that it ' s not all true but he ' s okay with that .
mcvay will have some veteran held on his staff , as wade phillips is joining the team as the defensive coordinator on a lucrative three - year deal , a person familiar with the move told usa today sports ' tom pelissero . the person spoke on condition of anoymity because the move had not been announced .
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yes , and at times the white family paid for new shoes and clothing for the team out of their own pockets . on one occasion , mrs . diaz made 200 dozen tamales to send the team to asia . coach white took the orders and delivered them . - kget 17
prior to arriving at south carolina , staley was the head coach at temple for eight years ( 2000 - 01 through 2007 - 08 ) , where she took over a program that had not seen a winning record since 1989 - 90 and had never won the atlantic 10 conference tournament .
the usa owns a record nine gold medals , one silver medal and two bronze medals in fiba world championship play , while compiling an all - time 103 - 21 record at the event . in 2014 , the most recent world championship , the u . s . took the gold medal , while spain captured silver and australia won bronze .
the u . s . concluded krzyzewski ' s usa basketball coaching tenure by finishing 8 - 0 in rio de janeiro to claim a third consecutive olympic gold medal . he did it with a u . s . team that featured just two returning olympians and 10 others who were making their first olympic appearance . winning its eight olympic games by 22 . 5 points a game , krzyzewski concluded his usa national team coaching career riding a 76 - game win streak that included 53 straight wins in fiba and fiba americas competitions and 23 consecutive victories in exhibition games . the streak dates back to the bronze medal game ( sept . 2 , 2006 ) of the 2006 fiba world championship in japan .
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from 1969 - 74 , krzyzewski served his country . he directed service teams for three years and then followed that up with two years as head coach of the u . s . military academy prep school in belvoir , va . in 1974 , he resigned from the army having attained the rank of captain .
yes . like in the movie , thomas valles went to an overpass above highway 99 one night after his parents got into a horrible fight .
i was standing there . i didn ' t want to go home ,
says thomas .
i can ' t say i was going to jump , but i was thinking about my life and why some people would jump . all of a sudden i saw these headlights and it was mr . white in his ' 59 chevy .
coach white called thomas over . he got into the truck and began to talk with coach white about his difficulties at home .
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yes . however , it happened a little differently than in the movie . the real coach jim white took both the boys and girls cross country teams to the california central coast beach at cayucos during the 1985 season ( not the 1987 season ) . it was indeed the first time that many of the kids ever saw the ocean . - john harte
coach jim white ( kevin costner ) is the new pe teacher in mcfarland , an economically challenged town in california ' s farm - rich central valley . white sees the athletic potential at the predominantly latino high school and decides to put together a cross country team . he offers the kids a chance to know what it feels like to be champions .
capuano was previously the head coach of the new york islanders from 2010 - 2017 . through his seven - plus seasons with the islanders , capuano accumulated 227 wins and led the team to the postseason on three occasions . in 2014 - 15 , he led the club to its most wins ( 47 ) and points ( 101 ) since 1983 - 84 .
no . director niki caro chose to omit luis partida , who in the movie is replaced with david diaz .
niki caro wanted to show more family in the movie so they chose me ,
says the real david diaz , who actually graduated during the school year before the first state title win . david is represented in the mcfarland , usa movie along with two of his brothers , damacio and danny .
krzyzewski ' s back - to - back ncaa titles in 1991 and 1992 made him just the second coach since ucla ' s wooden ( florida’s billy donovan is the other ) to repeat as national champions . additionally , he moved ahead of wooden to rank first on the chart of coaches who have led their respective schools to a number one national ranking in 16 different seasons .
this is an exciting day for the los angeles rams as we welcome sean mcvay as our new head coach ,
rams owner stan kroenke said in a release .
the accomplishments and success that he has rendered in less than a decade in our league are remarkable . i am confident in his vision to make this team a consistent winner and to ultimately bring a super bowl title home to los angeles .
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the mcfarland , usa true story supports that mcfarland high school won nine cif california state championships in cross country ( including five in a row ) and held a streak of attending the state championship meet 24 years in a row . that streak ended while the movie was in production , after the small school was elevated to division i status , a byproduct of their success . they were cross country state champs in 1987 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1999 , 2000 and 2001 .
the real jim white and wife cheryl white actually have three daughters , tami , julie and jami . julie and jami are depicted in the mcfarland , usa movie . they are portrayed to be 15 and 10 , a few years younger than they actually were at the time of the first state title in 1987 ( the girls were in college at the time ) . all three girls graduated with degrees in education from lubbock christian university in lubbock , texas ; tami in 1985 , julie in 1988 , and jami in 1991 . - lcu . edu
yes . dozens of coach jim white ' s runners ended up going to college or into the armed forces . all seven diaz children went to college and all seven returned to mcfarland where they live today . many of white ' s former runners credit him with inspiring them to achieve personal and career goals they would have otherwise deemed impossible ( urltoken ) . some , like david diaz , became teachers themselves . thomas valles went on to become a prison guard ( la times ) .
members of mcfarland ' s diaz family reflect on their time as cross country runners under coach jim white at mcfarland high school . included in the segment , titled
mcfarland ' s family of champions ,
are danny diaz , daughter delia diaz , gabriel diaz , damacio diaz , david diaz , diego diaz , and father and mother paul and juanita diaz . they talk about being inspired to strive for something beyond picking in the fields . all seven diaz children ran for jim white and all seven went on to college .
no , the real coach jim white actually started coaching cross country at mcfarland high school in 1980 . however , he had been a teacher in the mcfarland school district since 1964 , following his graduation from pepperdine university . back then , mcfarland was largely white demographically . he retired in 2003 after 23 years of coaching boys cross country . the movie pushes up his arrival and coaching position at mcfarland to 1987 , the first year his cross country team attended and won the state championship ( 1987 was also the very first year that california had a state championship ) .
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following conclussion of the 2015 - 16 season , krzyzewski owned a dazzling 1 , 043 - 321 career record and a remarkable 76 . 5 winning percentage over his first 41 years of collegiate coaching . in his first 36 seasons at the durham campus , he logged a spectacular record of 970 - 262 for a striking 78 . 7 winning percentage . he ranks first all - time among ncaa division i coaches in career wins , and on jan . 25 , 2015 , became the first division i men ' s basketball coach to reach 1000 wins when duke defeated st . john’s 77 - 68 at madison square garden .
yes . to make up for the time they couldn ' t work in the fields due to cross country practice , jim white would sometimes give his time to them by helping them pick in the fields .
sometimes i helped them work in the fields ,
says the real coach jim white ,
but more importantly , i had practice at a different time . if one or two of those boys couldn ' t make practice at four o ' clock ' cause they ' re just gettin ' in from work , then i might practice at 6 or 7 o ' clock with those boys . so i ' d have two practices .
- kget 17