OT: RIP Tom Sims

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

Snowboard legend and pioneer Tom Sims passed away last night. Good little read on him here.

http://www.snowboardermag.com/exclusives/snowboarding-pioneer-tom-sims-passes-away/

Wind Slither · Since 04 Mar 2005 2622 Posts The 503 METAL

Salut! What a stud! My first board was a Sims Ace hardshell carver.

dangler · Since 26 Feb 2006 1781 Posts WINDY SPOTS XTreme Poster

IS THAT ROBERT REDFORD'S BETTER LOOKING YOUNGER BROTHER HOLDING THAT BOARD???!!!

r.i.p MR SIMS

Sasquatch · Since 09 Mar 2005 2102 Posts PNW Bigfoot

Pepi · Thu Sep 13, 12 11:25 pm

Met him at the 1985 Baker Banked Slalom. He would show up with cash in hand and take on any challengers.
Board designer, board tester and the brands best teamrider (at the time).

Rider owned and rider driven, that's how you run a business.

D-Krep It Kiter · Since 18 Jul 2011 417 Posts Obsessed

What I remember about Tom Sims was his skateboards... back when I was a kid I used to drool over ads like this one. RIP Tom!

4Stringer/KipWinger · Since 27 Apr 2005 541 Posts Hood River Addicted

Introduced to the concept of making a board perform better when my cousin put a set of Sims Pure Juice wheels on my crappy Makaha skateboard in 1976.

The minnow · Since 26 Jan 2009 395 Posts argentina Obsessed

Off de la vina street in santa barbara sims had a office and in 1986 I visited him and his father. THey totaly dialed me in on a board, tom wrote a little card to the owner of aspen highlands in colorado. when I got thier the owner rode the lift with me. that year I never payed a cent, and eat with the ski patrol, always as a honored guest. that must of been like the early days of kitting, tom was the ultimate in relations. I saw him ride the monticito bowl as a child, and was a jaw dropper, till I was 25 I finnally pulled a couple of his famous lines. rest in peace tom and the best to your family. the secret agent. david peterson