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.

A well-known name on the Texas scene is making exciting new music. Jay Boy Adams, who toured with ZZ Top, The Band, Jackson Browne, The Marshall Tucker Band, Joe Cocker and other arena-filling acts in the 1970s and 80s, is back with a new album, The Shoe Box.

Mar 21, 2017 · Today, Rizzoli is releasing a collection of early childhood images of the late skate legend Jay Adams shot by his stepfather Kent Sherwood.

Jay Boy was a record label established as part of President Records in the United Kingdom, primarily to release records in Britain from American sources. [1] It was formed in 1968 and released records until 1976. The first release on the label was "You Can't Do That" by Doris Willingham, later known as Doris Duke. [2]

Nov 19, 2006 · BEFORE the Z-Boys exploded from Dogtown’s dirty alleys and torturous waves to recharge skateboarding with raw style and cocky attitude, their reluctant leader, a skinny blond kid named Jay...

Mar 13, 2017 · He was Jay Adams' step father. He was there at the beginning documenting his step son's activities as any good father would. His subject just happened to grow up to be one of skateboarding's earliest pioneers.

Born James Wallace Adams and better known as Jay Boy Adams, this vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and master musical storyteller performed with the Allman Brothers Band, ZZ Top, and the Texas Tornados and released solo albums titled Jay Boy Adams (1977); Fork in the Road (1978); The Shoe Box (2007); and Let It Go (2014).

JULY 27, 2024 | JAY BOY ADAMS & THE FRIENDS with special guests. Saturday, July 27, 2024; 7:30 PM 10:00 PM; Remedy Hall Google Calendar ICS

Mar 21, 2017 · An endearing book of photographs of legendary skateboarding pioneer and Z-Boy Jay Adams during his childhood years, taken by Adams’s stepfather Kent Sherwood and now back in print for the first time since Adams’s passing.