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
“I just received the terribly sad news that Jay Adams passed away last night due to a massive heart attack, send your love,” Stacy captioned the picture. Jay Adams: One Of The Bad Boys Of Skateboarding. Jay, who was a
Jay Adams, part of the legendary Zephyr skate team, died last Thursday of a heart attack at age 53. He had been spending time in Mexico on a surfing holiday. Reports say, despite a long history of drug use, Adams had no history of heart problems.
Jay Adams, the radical rebellious legend who reinvented street skateboarding while growing up in L.A., has died, according to his longtime friends.
Jay Adams was one of the most important names in the surf and skateboarding team Z-Boys, alongside Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, Craig Stecyk, Allen Sarlo, Nathan Pratt, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Chris Cahill and Stacy Peralta. Back in the mid-1970s, the Zephyr