Jim Thiebaud is an American skateboarder.
Thiebaud grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and during the 1980s was part of the San Francisco skate scene. Jim rode as an amateur for Powell-Peralta, then turned pro for Santa Monica Airlines before he and former Powell-Peralta teammate Tommy Guerrero co-founded Real Skateboards in 1991. He also later founded Adeline Records in the late 1990s.
Thiebaud is a leader at Deluxe Distribution, the company that produces and distributes Real Skateboards, AntiHero Skateboards, Krooked Skateboards, Thunder Trucks, Venture Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, and other brands. Thiebaud is known as a very dedicated skateboarder who is very supportive of his team riders, skateboard shops, and anything that rings true to a simple, straightforward, "purist's" skateboarding ideal. Through "Actions REALized," Thiebaud was inspirational in the late 2000s movement of the skateboarding industry to look for and create worthwhile charities and causes within skateboarding that give back, support those in need, and perpetuate the idea of skateboarders taking care of their own.
Thiebaud currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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