This year’s Legend Award goes to Jay Adams—easily one of the most influential, if not the most influential skateboarder ever—who passed away this past August at the age of 53 while on a surf trip to Mexico. In the simplest sense, Jay Adams took what had up until the early ’70s been a clean-cut Jan and Dean–hyped beach hobby performed in sweater vests, and turned skateboarding into a full-blown counterculture dressed in Vans and blue jeans. He was the original bad-boy seed who ultimately transformed the skateboard from a toy on par with the Hula-Hoop into a weapon of self-expression on par with the electric guitar.
Jay changed the primary source of inspiration from gymnastics-based pirouettes and headstands to low-to-the-ground, quick cutting turns and the hands-on-the-ground, aggressive surf style of Larry Bertlemann. Along with Tony Alva and the Z-Boys, as chronicled in Stacy Peralta’s acclaimed 2001 documentary, Dogtown and the Z-Boys, Jay Adams would also be among the first to bring skateboarding to vertical terrains in the backyard pools of Venice, West LA, and Santa Monica; one of the first to catch air above the lip; and—long before Bobby Valdez officially invented the invert in the late ’70s—the first person to attempt handplants in pools with his “fly-away.”
In the words of Stacy Peralta, “He was literally skateboarding incarnate, and the genius of it was he wasn’t the best at anything, he just was it. I’ve said before that he was the original virus that got so many people hooked on skateboarding. Now the original spore is gone, but that virus lives on in so many others. Jay’s passing reminds all of us and reaffirms that we’re connected. We’re all rolling down the sidewalk together.”
More than anything, Jay Adams all but invented the “100% Skateboarder” attitude—style, spontaneity, and aggression. He made skateboarding something worth fighting for. He was the original middle finger to mainstream society, and we have basically all been living out his mold in the now 40 years since. Part troublemaker, part saint, and part prophet—Jay continued his love affair with surfing and skateboarding up until his very last day. Gone but never to be forgotten, Jay Adams will forever be synonymous with skateboarding, but more importantly, he will forever be responsible for creating skateboarders. RIP Jay.—Mackenzie Eisenhour
gathered courage to drop some cropped previews of puppy!Hyatt doing the jack-o challenge this is extremely self indulgent and you can definitely see his b*ssy bump on the full version don’t look at me
this was an interactive ask sent on p4tr3on to magical catboy!Zephyr~ he’d never use his powers on Hyatt for selfish reasons but that doesn’t stop his hormonal magical body from outing his thoughts.
“I’m sorry for this and for everything that is to come - but I promise you it’ll all be worth it in the end.”
scene from a recent Oblivious Dream session in which my characters’ pining reached a new peak. no stablishing oc relationship, only platonic promises and kisses
His weapon is a narguile that charges with vape thus can be used by other magic users - but he doesnt need it as he can blow the smoke from his mouth by himself, like a dragon. Once the smoke hits the target it causes varying effects based on its color - from support effects such as calming down/relaxing or healing to confusion or physical damage.
SUMMER STAYCATION: Reading. I do not give myself enough time to read during summer vacation, so when the boyfriend goes out and buys me this, I have to enjoy it and I did! I read the first issue during a Free Comic Book Day day and now, I have a new hobby.
Hi! The previews from the Once There Were Dragons Zine have finally come through! I’m so happy with how mine turned out, and that I finally have something to post. 2020 was wild; thanks to school, covid, and the overall stress of existance right now, I haven’t been nearly as motivated as I’d like. But I;m happy to say that seems to be changing :D
Don’t forget to purchse a copy of the zine while you still can! Proceeds go to charity, and there’s plenty more pictures, fics, and merchandise to go with it!
