Glen E. Friedman's tribute to Jay Adams
Kenter Canyon Elementary, 1976
Skateboarding, music and subculture photographer Glen E. Friedman shares some of his favorite shots of pioneering skateboarder Jay Adams, who died Friday in Mexico. Here, Adams does a "Bert" on an embankment in 1976 in the schoolyard at Kenter Canyon Elementary in Brentwood, California. Friend and surfing partner, Solo Scott, who was with Adams when he passed away, looks on in the background.
Skateboarding, music and subculture photographer Glen E. Friedman shares some of his favorite shots of pioneering skateboarder Jay Adams, who died Friday in Mexico.
Here, Adams does a "Bert" on an embankment in 1976 in the schoolyard at Kenter Canyon Elementary in Brentwood, California. Friend and surfing partner, Solo Scott, who was with Adams when he passed away, looks on in the background.
West Los Angeles, 1976
Adams skates a backyard pool in West Los Angeles in 1976. Fellow Zephyr team rider Paul Constantineau looks on from the bottom of the pool.
Adams skates a backyard pool in West Los Angeles in 1976. Fellow Zephyr team rider Paul Constantineau looks on from the bottom of the pool.
Dog Bowl, 1977
Adams at the original Dog Bowl in late summer 1977 in Santa Monica, California.
Adams at the original Dog Bowl in late summer 1977 in Santa Monica, California.
Rancho Park, 1978
Jay Adams destroys the coping in an unsanctioned session in 1978 on a backyard pool in Rancho Park, in the Westside of Los Angeles.
Jay Adams destroys the coping in an unsanctioned session in 1978 on a backyard pool in Rancho Park, in the Westside of Los Angeles.
Marina Del Rey, 1979
Jay Adams does a frontside tail slide on a hand-drawn Dogtown skateboard in 1979 at Marina Del Rey Skatepark.
Jay Adams does a frontside tail slide on a hand-drawn Dogtown skateboard in 1979 at Marina Del Rey Skatepark.
Oxnard, California, 1977
Jay Adams makes eye contact with the camera in 1977 at the Endless Wave Skatepark in Oxnard, California.
Jay Adams makes eye contact with the camera in 1977 at the Endless Wave Skatepark in Oxnard, California.
Marina Del Rey, 1979
Jay Adams at Marina Del Rey skatepark, upper keyhole pool, circa 1979.
Jay Adams at Marina Del Rey skatepark, upper keyhole pool, circa 1979.
Venice Beach, 2011
Adams looks on from Venice Skatepark, steps away from where he grew up.
Adams looks on from Venice Skatepark, steps away from where he grew up.
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