In discussions of Jay Adams and his death, I believe this point in time was important because, it revealed how important Jay was to skateboarding. The following points illustrate the importance of this turning point in time: Young Jay Adams, The Death of Jay Adams, and His Impression on Skateboarding. This person impacted me by changing skateboarding into something completely new and making me interested in skating as a sport rather than just to ride around.
Born in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 1961, Jay “Jay Boy” Adams would soon become an extremely important figure in skateboarding. He grew up on a surfboard in a time period where skateboarding was just beginning to develop. Adams and his friends quickly joined the Zephyr …show more content…
Jay knew what he had done wrong and was trying to better himself at the end of his life. Adams was still self critical of himself and his past and in Higgin’s article Jay is quoted saying that he is “a down-and-out junkie.” Jay faced a very rough road to recovery due to the hole he had dug himself with years of his life spent in and out of prison. In Josh Dickey’s article, Original 'Z-Boys' Skater Jay Adams Dead at 53, he states, “His friends had said he was excited about turning his life around, using the prolonged surfing trip as a jumping-off point into a more settled, sober third act” (Dickey). This quote shows how much better he was doing compared to his past. He was sober again and was even allowed to go to Mexico on a surf trip. Even though Jay is no longer here today he will always be remembered by his contribution to skateboarding rather than his negative past. "’He was like the original viral spore that created skateboarding,’ fellow skateboarder and documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta told The Associated Press on Friday. ‘He was it’" (HollywoodReporter.com). Even other great skateboarders recognize that Jay will always be understood to be one of the founders of the sport that skateboarding is
Born in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 1961, Jay “Jay Boy” Adams would soon become an extremely important figure in skateboarding. He grew up on a surfboard in a time period where skateboarding was just beginning to develop. Adams and his friends quickly joined the Zephyr …show more content…
Jay knew what he had done wrong and was trying to better himself at the end of his life. Adams was still self critical of himself and his past and in Higgin’s article Jay is quoted saying that he is “a down-and-out junkie.” Jay faced a very rough road to recovery due to the hole he had dug himself with years of his life spent in and out of prison. In Josh Dickey’s article, Original 'Z-Boys' Skater Jay Adams Dead at 53, he states, “His friends had said he was excited about turning his life around, using the prolonged surfing trip as a jumping-off point into a more settled, sober third act” (Dickey). This quote shows how much better he was doing compared to his past. He was sober again and was even allowed to go to Mexico on a surf trip. Even though Jay is no longer here today he will always be remembered by his contribution to skateboarding rather than his negative past. "’He was like the original viral spore that created skateboarding,’ fellow skateboarder and documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta told The Associated Press on Friday. ‘He was it’" (HollywoodReporter.com). Even other great skateboarders recognize that Jay will always be understood to be one of the founders of the sport that skateboarding is