The skateboard title was one of Jonze' earliest jobs.

"Spike had written us some letters, and he had panache," close friend Mark Lewman, who worked with Editor-in-chief Andy Jenkins at the magazine, told New york magazine . "We needed another writer, and Andy was like, 'We should offer Spike the job.'"

For the next two years, Jonze and Lewman lived in a townhouse across a parking lot from Freestylin' headquarters and commuted to work by skateboard.

"The first day Spike came to work, he was skating around the parking lot," says Jenkins. "Bob Osborn, the owner, was like, 'Who's that kid skating in the parking lot? Get rid of him.' And then we introduced him to his new employee."