Professional Skateboarding
Ellis moved to the United States (US) at the age of sixteen to become a professional skateboarder and subsequently achieved professional status for nearly two decades before retiring in 2006.
One of the six Big Air competitors to compete in both 2004 and 2005, Jason was suffering from a concussion in 2005 and didn't make the final, finishing 10th overall. Still involved in the skate community, Ellis has recently performed Skate Demos alongside Tony Hawk, is a perennial X-Games competitor in the Mega Ramp competition, and was the host of the annual ‘Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam’.
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—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)