Jay Adams, star of the Z-Boys skate and surf teams in 1970s Venice Beach, has passed away after suffering a heart attack on vacation in Mexico. Stacy Peralta, fellow Z-Boy, passed along the news through his Instagram and
Jay Adams, star of the Z-Boys skate and surf teams in 1970s Venice Beach, has passed away after suffering a heart attack on vacation in Mexico. Stacy Peralta, fellow Z-Boy, passed along the news through his Instagram and
Legendary skateboarder Jay Adams, who helped reinvent skateboarding as we know it, died last week. According to a longtime friend, Allen Sarlo, Adams is believed to have died of a heart attack while on a surfing vacation in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
I never met Jay Adams , but was heavily influenced by the Z boys skating in the mid to late 70's and Jay pushed it to the limit and most importantly, I'm glad he cleaned up his life. It was guys like Jay that made me quit skating and start surfing. I
Adams, known as "The Original Seed" of skateboarding, was 53. "I received a text very early this morning from Alan Sarlo who is in Mexico on a surf trip with Jay and some others," fellow skater Stacy Paralta wrote for Thrasher