It doesn’t matter what it was, Jay Adams did it first. And harder and faster and louder and with more love.
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 Friday while on an extended surf vacation in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. He was 53.
The cause was believed to have been a heart attack, said his longtime friend, Allen Sarlo.
The surf trip came in the wake of more than two decades of troubles for Adams, who served prison time on drug and assault convictions. "He had really turned his life around," said Sarlo, who had joined Adams on the vacation.
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