Jesse Timm's journey to classic longboarding began in an unlikely place. As a young boy, he bagan Boogie boarding along the shores of Lake Michigan in Holland, Mich., home of the annual Tulip Festival. Even though his family was clueless about surfing, Jesse felt his destiny was to ride waves.
"Surfing seems to know how to find you and select you out of the crowd," he said. From Michigan, he moved to Daytona Beach, Fla., where he had more access to better waves. He became a surf-obsessed teenager. "That pretty much intoxicated me," he recalled. "I didn't know anything other than going to the beach."

He came to the West Coast in search of better waves as a construction worker, but tweaked his back. The injury forced him to consider less backbreaking career options. He returned to school and graduated with honors from the nursing program at Grossmont College. Since 1995, he has worked as a licensed vocational nurse or LVN. Nursing pays the bills, but doesn't fill his soul with helium the way surfing does.

Deep into his 20s, something clicked. He elevated his style of Longboarding. He began to receive unsolicited compliments for the way he surfed. In the lineup, guys who noticed his cat-like cross-stepping and elegantly arched nose riding began calling him "Twinkle Toes" or "Hollywood." One nickname finally stuck: "Trim." The term used to describe a board traveling at top speed as it slices across the face of the wave. Timm said he approaches the craft of longboard riding "with feeling, vision and balance."
He said the best advice he ever received was from friend; David Nuuhiwa, U.S. surfing champion in 1968 and 1971, who is known for his noseriding prowess.
Nuuhiwa said; "The best longboarders make their movements look choreographed, as if every step and pose were scripted before the surfer arose on the wave."
Jesse enjoys surfing in local contests as an individual as well as on teams in coalition club contests. Getting first place in 2004 and then the following year second place at the Hansen/ Rob Machado Surf Classic are highlights and an honor to Jesse as he's stoked to win events put on by a California legend who's contest bears his name.

Timm currently has been working on his own surfboard label – http://www.jessetimm.com. His designs are based on the principles of rails, tails and symmetry advanced by the grand masters of the '50s and '60s. "I feel they were on the right path," he said, adding that he blends new features with classic design, such as a rocker in the tail rather than the nose to facilitate nose riding. "I like the aesthetic of it. Being on the nose feels so right."

The breaks Jesse's surfed in California are numerous from Steamer Lane, Rincon, Malibu, Trestles, San O, Swamis to every nook and cranny reaching to the Tijuana, Mexico border. Timm currently lives and surfs in San Diego. Almost everyday of the year except for the occasional crap condition days you can find Jesse there sliding, kicking, walking and weaving down any one of workable lines in San Diego County. His surf travels have provided him wave knowledge of Australia, Costa Rica, Florida, Mexico and Lake Michigan. With his worldly surf knowledge he has created a repertoire which he smoothly incorporates into every ride. His imagination for developing stylish moves keeps Jesse's stoke fueled. The surf film star role is one Jesse's been playing for awhile now. He's been in two films to date, "Going With The Flow: Classic California Soul Surfing" released in October 2005 and "Going With The Flow: Surfing Costa Rica's Jungle Breaks" to be released as a theatre tour summer 2007. His ability to ooze cool in the films while showing his hot surfing style makes you want to grab your log and see how you can translate his movements into your own.

Jesse's a person who loves to give the stoke of surfing to anyone interested by talking surf and giving words of encouragement to those less fortunate in the surfing style department. His true love for surfing and its community has kept Jesse out of the surfing lime light and focused onto the important things in life; being a good person, helping out your fellow man and creating magic carpets for those seeking watery solitude. All the great feedback he receives from those fortunate enough to enjoy one of Jesse's surfboards combined with the good vibes he received from helping others makes him a rich soul and a very happy person.

"Surfing to me has been a blessing and a curse. It's been the fork in my road. If I didn't have surfing I definitely would be . . . who knows? Since I did find surfing, it's made me who I am now."

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