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laying down a smooth smith grind at the DIY in Cleveland. Ohio. 📸 Photo

Jay adams at Anaheim
Photo: Craig Stecyk

Jeff Grosso began skateboarding at 5 and entered his first contest at 12. Despite a Los Angeles Times error claiming he turned pro at that age, Grosso was sponsored by Vans at 14, a partnership that lasted until his death in 2020, including his popular YouTube show, "Love Letters to Skateboarding." At 16, he switched from Variflex to Santa Cruz skateboards, skating alongside figures like Neil Blender and Lance Mountain. A prominent vert skater in the '80s, he appeared in classic videos like Powell Peralta’s *Future Primitive* and the Santa Cruz video *Streets on Fire*, and was featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboarding in October 1994. His career faced setbacks due to substance abuse, but after getting sober in 2005, he returned to professional skateboarding.

Nyjah Huston and Bam Margera (July 2025)

Me somewhere in the vicinity of 1987. Loved launch ramps and vert. I broke at least one deck per month, I think this one was a Lance Mountain but not sure. Had a collection of over 100 broken decks at one point.

Robin Alaway is doing a daffy, freestyle contest at Del Mar Fairgrounds in the mid-70s.



Photo by Hugh Holland.

Christian Slater in Gleaming The Cube in 1989

Frigid Air in 1989! Check Those Prototypes! I was 14 here!

🔥💀 Skate the Skullwave: A Backyard Ramp Engulfed in Fiery-Eyed Skulls and Raging Bones—Where Street Style Meets the Afterlife 🛹🖤

Jay Adams in Santa Barbara 1975.

They don't make them like this anymore... long ass snakerun...