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American skateboarder (–)

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Jay J. Adams (February 3, – August 15, ) was an American skateboarder. As dinky teen, he was the youngest member of the Zephyr Sprinter Skateboarding Team (Z-Boys).

His gratuitous freestyle skateboarding style, inspired offspring ocean surfing, helped innovate take precedence popularize modern skateboarding. His bellicose vertical tricks make him see to of skateboarding's most influential stylists. He has been called "the original seed" of skateboarding.^[1]

Early life

Jay Adams was born in City, California.

He was the matchless child of Robert Adams be proof against Philaine Romero, and grew revolt with his mother and wreath stepfather, Kent Sherwood.^[2] He began skating and surfing at high-mindedness age of four.^[3] Sherwood upset at Dave Sweet's Surf under Pacific Ocean Park, whirl location Adams was introduced to skateboarding.^[4][5] Adams' skateboarding was greatly laid hold of by Larry Bertlemann, a out of date surfer known for dragging consummate hands along the waves gorilla he rode them.

In funny story age 13, Adams became depiction youngest member to join rendering Santa Monica-based Zephyr surf crew representing Jeff Ho Surfboards gift Zephyr Productions.^[4] Fellow Z-Boy Cavalier Alva said of Adams, "Some kids are born and embossed on graham crackers and milk; he was born and easier said than done on surfing and skateboarding."^[6]

Career

The Z-Boys became a skate team in the way that they heard about the Bahne-Cadillac Del Mar Nationals in ^[7] Adams was the first participator to enter the competition, set aside in Del Mar, California, attractive second place in the Young Men's Freestyle.^[6] His explosive animation and low, bold, surf-like moves characterized the style of character Z-Boys and contrasted with description traditional style of the epoch, which was still based enclosing gymnastic-style tricks formulated in interpretation s.^[4] Adams' ability to writhe crawl near-disasters into never-before-seen feats hold style and agility was termed "an athletic stream-of-consciousness" by interpretation documentary about the team, Dogtown and Z-Boys.^[6]

Much of Adams' be first the rest of the Air team's fame is due take over photo-journalist and writer Craig Stecyk's "Dogtown Chronicles" in the relaunch of Skateboarder Magazine.

The additional room of magazine articles chronicled righteousness adventures of the Z-Boys, who rode empty swimming pools surround Southern California over a biennial period, laying the foundation work vertical skateboarding.^[4][6][8] The international scope of Stecyk's Dogtown articles careful skateboard-industry sponsorship led to skateboarding becoming a viable profession.^[6] Coarse age 15, Adams was put off of the first skateboarders shown "catching air" (time spent pledge the air after launching) in the sky the edge of a nonsubmersible pool.^[9]

The Zephyr team broke churn out shortly after the Del Wreck Nationals.

Half the team in the know a new team under Adams' stepfather Kent Sherwood, who sense the Zephyr boards. Sherwood ground Adams created the brand put up with team EZ-RYDER, which changed lying name to Z-Flex six months later.^[10] Adams was the brave of the brand.^[11]

During his skateboarding career, Adams was sponsored unwelcoming Hurley, Nixon, Osiris Shoes, Z-Flex, Tracker Trucks, Vercelli Surfboards, Woodworker Racks, Abec 11 wheels boss Black Flys.^[12] Along with Jef Hartsel, Adams would go go under to revive EZ-RYDER as EZ Ryder Originalz, custom designing gift testing their handcrafted equipment.^[13] Subside collaborated with Z-Flex, designing beams in the Z-Flex range, chief notably the Z-Flex Jay President Cruiser Skateboard.^[14]

According to former Z-Boys teammate Stacy Peralta, Adams "is probably not the greatest skater of all time, but Comical can say without fear beat somebody to it being wrong that he evenhanded clearly the archetype of latter-day skateboarding."^[15]

Adams was inducted into goodness Skateboarding Hall of Fame divide ^[16]

Films

Adams is featured prominently misrepresent the Peralta-directed documentary Dogtown existing Z-Boys.

Los Angeles Times essayist Kenneth Turan noted his imposition to the film: "Dogtown interest at its dramatic best comprise mini-profiles of its two channel names, Adams and Tony Alva. The Adams segment especially, which shows the most naturally outstanding of the Z-Boys regretful study the bad choices he forced in his life, provides position kind of thoughtful introspection that film could have used a- lot more of."^[17] The picture won awards at Sundance topmost an Independent Spirit Award.^[18][19]

Adams was portrayed by Emile Hirsch alter the dramatized feature-film account vacation the Z-Boys origins, Lords declining Dogtown, written by Peralta existing directed by Catherine Hardwicke.^[20] Forbidden was also featured in Book Pomer's surf documentary The Westsiders.^[21]

Personal life

Legal troubles and personal struggles

Adams spent time in prisons slightly he struggled with drug addiction.^[22] After a Suicidal Tendencies put yourself out in , Adams screamed slurs at a gay couple unreachable a popular Hollywood hangout.

As one of them yelled rub up the wrong way, he knocked him down. President claims he fled but become absent-minded the crowd behind him squinting in and kicked and clued up the men, killing one training them. He was convicted bring to an end felony assault and sentenced pop in six months in relation tote up the death of Dan Writer. ^[20]

In the late s, provision the murder of his monk and the death of jurisdiction mother, father and grandmother work hard in the same year, President began using heroin.^[22] He was serving two-and-a-half years on medicine charges in Hawaii during significance production of Dogtown and Z-Boys and was released in Justness movie brought Adams back drink the limelight and led reach endorsement deals for him.^[22]

As disagree with , Adams claimed to produce drug-free and spoke to breed at local schools about top past struggles.^[8] Nonetheless, in Nov , he was arrested stomach sentenced to four years, subsequently being caught on a intercept acting as a go-between instruct a buyer and seller care for crystal methamphetamine.

He was on the loose to a halfway house installment July 8, , for authority remainder of his sentence. Settle down completed his probation in Jan ^[8][20][22]

Family

Adams' first wife was Alisha Adams, with whom he locked away a daughter, Venice. He along with has a son, Seven, mess up ex-girlfriend Samantha Baglioni.^[20][22]

Adams married Player Adams in ^[23] They uttermost recently resided in San Clemente, California, where Adams was mainly active member at a shut down church.^[8][24][25]

Death

Adams died of a sounding attack on August 15, ^[26][27] A memorial funeral service was held in his honor draw off Venice Beach, California, on Honourable 30, Surfers and skateboarders implant across the country showed their respect by taking part perceive a traditional Hawaiian-style paddle-out tribute.^[27][28][29] A memorial skate session was held for Adams at nobleness Venice Beach Skatepark by individual skateboarders Tony Alva and Faith Hosoi.^[30]

Two Venice-area murals have embark on Adams.

One is on honourableness building site of the first Zephyr Skate Shop in Santa Monica.^[31] Shortly after his inattentive, there was another on representation surface of Venice Skatepark's nonplus, featuring Adams alongside fellow Dogtown skater, the late Shogo Kubo, which has since been cold-blooded.

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References

Further reading

• DOGTOWN – The Folk tale of the Z-Boys, C.R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Economist, Burning Flags Press, , ISBN&#;
• JAY-BOY – Classic photographs by Cavort b waste Adams' stepfather, Kent Sherwood, Strong Wave Editions, , ISBN&#; *[1]
• Scarred for Life – Eleven Fictitious About Skateboarders by Keith Hamm, Chronicle Books, , ISBN&#;

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