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    Name:Jim Muir
    Hometown:Venice, CA
    United States
    Gender:Male

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    Skateboarding

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  • News

    Skateboarding Rallies To Help An Injured Legend

    Contributed by Tom Morin

    Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:47am

    Photo: Dan Levy via Juice magazine.

    Jim Muir was one of the original Dogtown warlords of the 70s founding Dogtown skateboards when he was just 18. He along with Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Stacey Peraltra, etc. changed skateboarding. They, combined with some new advances in skateboard technology like urethane wheels, took skateboarding to new places. Instead of skating like ballerinas in freestyle, and zigzagging around cones like slalom skiers, they brought skateboarding to vertical..

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  • About

    Jim Muir (1958 in Venice, California) is a professional skateboarder and skateboarding entrepreneur. He began skateboarding in 1963. He was a member of the Z-Boys skate team based in Santa Monica, California. Muir was the first member of the Z-Boys to use urethane wheels, and convinced Zephyr Surf Shop owner Jeff Ho to order them for the team. After the Z-Boys team collapsed, he skated for Sims Skateboards and, with Bob Biniak, helped to invent the first laminated skateboards. He founded Dogtown Skates in 1976, at the age of 18. The first skateboards were hand made, and at one point had skate figure Tony Hawk riding as an amateur.

    His younger brother, Mike Muir, is the singer for Suicidal Tendencies.

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    sk8mom1970

    Posted by sk8mom1970 September 11, 2010 12:11am PDTReply | Report Abuse

    Hey Jim check my pic its me and Eric at musink 2010. Back in 1988 i was going with Chaz a friend of Erics and that when i got to meet you. good memories man!

    babyd100

    Posted by babyd100 November 17, 2009 08:56am PSTReply | Report Abuse

    Jim you are a really good like dhha and i adore you guys you hold something special in my heart always hope you are ok jen

    monkthepunk

    Posted by monkthepunk July 31, 2008 10:40am PDTReply | Report Abuse

    Jim Muir is a legend ... with out dogtown skates we still would be ******* sucking ridding black knights

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