# Jay Adams died

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 17, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-adams-died/698728 "2014-09-17T13:02:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-adams-died/698728/1 "2014-09-17T13:02:28Z")

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I’ve been fascinated with all of the guys in the "Dogtown and Z-boys’ skateboarding video ever since watching it. Jay was apparently always a trouble-maker but his riding was amazing to watch. RIP.

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> Legendary skateboarder Jay Adams, who was one of the edgy Z-Boys of the sport featured in the widely heralded 2001 documentary “Dogtown and Z-Boys” and portrayed in the 2005 film “Lords of Dogtown,” died Aug. 15 while on an extended surf vacation in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. He was 53.

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/jay-adams-skateboarding-legend-and-z-boy-dies-at-53/2014/08/18/ae113f3c-26ef-11e4-8593-da634b334390\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/jay-adams-skateboarding-legend-and-z-boy-dies-at-53/2014/08/18/ae113f3c-26ef-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html)