2005Nominee
Best Performance
Lords of Dogtown
Jay Adams
Actor
Santa Monica, California, USA
February 3, 1961
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay J. Adams (February 3, 1961 – August 15, 2014) was an American skateboarder. As a teen, he was the youngest member of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team (Z-Boys). His spontaneous freestyle skateboarding style, inspired by ocean surfing, helped innovate and popularize modern skateboarding. His aggressive vertical tricks make him one of skateboarding's most influential stylists. He has been called "the original seed" of skateboarding. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2002Nominee
Best Performance
Dogtown and Z-Boys
1978Nominee
Best Performance
Skateboard
Career Highlights
2006Highlight
Best Performance
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2005Highlight
Best Performance
The Making of 'Lords of Dogtown'
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Lords of Dogtown
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Skateboard