I feel like I've heard their story a million times but it's still so cool everytime I hear it. Love these guys. R.I.P. Jay Adams. Him and Emile Hirsch's portrayal of him got me into skating.
The part where Alva says "Jay's still with us, thank GOD" made me tear up on the inside. I was so close to meeting him too! The only 3 days I ever spent in Cali, went to the Z-flex shop and asked if Jay was there. They told me he was, just three days before, and he went back to Hawaii. I really wish I could have met him. Bless your soul brother. The art you lived and created is eternal!!!
One of my older friends met them at "The Arizona Pipes". He told me Jay said "come over here and I'll show you how to skate the..." I always thought that was cool
After he passed I sent his wife or a girlfriend in Hawaii a skate magazine with a interview of Jay. She asked me where I got it. I told her I bought the mag in 76-78. She talked me into to sending it to her. I got her information from Instagram. I never should have sent that because she never even thanked me. That is all I wanted was a simple thanks. I believe possibly she may have had some issues of her own.🤙🤙🤙
at 56 years old I can say that the Dogtown crew were an integral part of my skating. I was overseas in 1976 looking at all the magazine pictures featured in the clips here .. I was molded by those into the skater I had become in my late 40's. I had the chance to watch and skate next to people like Shogo Kubo and Eddie Eulgero at a back then new skatepark in Cherry Hill New Jersey in the early 80's. Its hard to explain how much I was influenced by these innovators of the sport. It was not a sport before but I knew it would be. I stuck with skating for love of it and it paid in dividends. I still skate after 8 lbs. of metal in my front leg. But most of all my own story was made possible by the people featured in any documentary or article about the Z-boys. For that I will thank them all. Thanks so much guys for what I was given from pictures and articles in a magazine that made my life what it was and is. Go Big Or Go Home 😄
Sad to hear of Jays passing. Traveled a rough road and survived this far. Alot of others didn't. RIP Brah. Condolences to your family. Peace be with you all.
One thing i can say about Jay is that he lived his life the way he wanted and didn't change for nobody not even money. I got to meet him years ago in Venice beach when i was doing community service. He was always like that no off button. Sad to say he died doing what he wanted to but no one can take that away from him
those are rare people, now a days people do shit for fame or money. he just wanted to skate in peace with his friends. reminds me of my friends when we use to skate. he died doing what he love to do, thats the best way you can go out.
So sad we lost Jay and Shogo just months apart. 😢 I was lucky I got to use my moms old Z-Flex board as a kid. So fun to roll on as a break from my Blind board. I'm a momma now and my daughter is starting to skate so it's nice to keep it going. I don't see many gen-alpha kids out there tearing it up like they used to back in the day, but for every kid I see skating on boards, blades, quads, even scooters, it makes me happy. Keep it alive.
I found the Dog Town video in a video store not long after release just by chance. All I saw was a 70's look with a dude on a skateboard, and narrated by Sean Penn, I rented it and brought it home. When watching it I totally tripped because these were the guy's I had in posters on my walls in the late 70's, that I would take out of skate boarder mag, and I hadn't seen them in over 20 yrs. I'm 46 now, and was just a young skate boarding punk when that stuff was going on. My first roller skates had clay wheels, and what they talk about is no joke. When you hit a pebble you flew!
naaaah right ;) ive got myself a 60s board, clay wheels. its not that bad. paths and roads in the uk arent that smooth either.... just go fast! i think people just didnt quite know how skate in the 60s...
I grew up in Hollywood. In my neighborhood was Hollyweird Stoners , just catching the Z boys. They were kids watching the idols. Awesome time. A lot of OP, puka shells and Vans.
I have been skateboarding for over 25 years. The longer you skate the more you gravitate toward the OG real skateboarding companies, those are the companies you want to support. Z-flex is way before my time, but after watching this video I realize Z-Flex, is the OG of all OG brands. I would proud having one of these boards under feet, knowing what the brand represents, and what they have done for skateboarding. RIP Jay Adam’s!!! 🤙🏻
East coast 70' skate rat right here. Z boys felt like they were part of my life.....never met em....they were 3600 miles away.....still felt like brothers. They started a revolution out west....we continued it east. When I visited California many years later I did a self tour of Dogtown. Went to Carlsbad where the huge cement pipes were. I remember the urban legend that some skater did a full loop on one. Christ they got so high on those creeps that it seemed possible. Those dudes were rock stars .....aint no doubt!!!
I first saw the Lords of Dogtown outside a DVD shop back in middle school, it was on a poster. My mom eventually got me the DVD and my brother and i loved it. I was Tony and he was Jay. It's crazy cuz I'm 25 now and Jay is no longer here. These guys honestly helped me . This is my first time watching this and it shows how short life is as well how much fun it must've been back then
Skateboarding is sooo underrated. These guys are pros, grandmasters. The was they explained skateboarding is so mesmerizing and makes you wanna become a skateboarder
thank you tony. tony alva and jay adams are the people i wanted to skate like. i live in the mid west. we don't surf much here. but the way i wanted to skate was like jay and tony.
Wow. That brought back memories. I had one of those old fiberglass boards when I was a kid. Looking back, it's amazing how the technology improved from the mid seventies to the early eighties. Now I'm way too old to be on a board, but cruise around my town on a carbon board that was beyond anything I could conceive when I was on that Z-Flex that I thought was the greatest thing ever.
I started skateboarding in the 70's, in north Texas, until the insurance companies closed them down. My senior year of High school I ran into sum Hardcore punkrock skaters. Skated until the middle 90's. Best times of my life!! These guys were Gods to us. Z boys made skateboarding!!! Nuf said!!
@@jamiemoffatt50 try four years. And Jay got to enjoy more of his life. People always judge from their own projections and lack of information - he was an overcomer in life, and he made a difference for me and countless others.
Agreed...it's sad. Hopefully future generations can learn from it though. Because there's a lot of young people who still look up to Jay Adams and see some similarities of him within themselves. And I think maybe some will have enough insight to not follow down a few of the more self destructive tendencies he had. I know it scared the hell out of me from ever taking hard drugs like heroin or meth.
They can still do this after 45 years and these guys are fun to watch if you really like vintage skateboarding and I'm no expert but they make pool surfing aka going up the sides and coming down real easy
One thing I'm thankful for was having these guys to look up to know that thing I loved about skateboarding was the freedom to try stuff even it was stuff a few other people were doing,the guy who showed me air was blazing fast and that something I always tried to do was keep the speed and pace high for doing airs that makes things easier all you have to focus on is smoothness and your landings and keep the speed sonic so u can just flow right into the next move which really helps your creativity when you don't scrub speed you have a easier time thinking about doing radical things,rather than trying to recover lost momentum,having a giant 60 foot long 14 high and 20foot wide half pipe to play in 10 to 12 hours a day don't hurt either,thanks guys for showing me there is no limits,piece out,ah the seventys....I was there almost too young but I remember a little a front side to backside ally oop...when your ten years old how do you top that....Jesus Christ air hah ha....thanks....
I remember flipping through the mags, watching the videos, trying all the tricks, not many people had pools in mn but we did find a couple. Such good memories
17:08 _"...coz when you're younger, growin' up skateboardin', those are the best times of your life."_ So true, even from me, here on the (relatively) cold and windy west of Scotland. :)
I was 11,,,1982,,had a Nash(lightning bolt,wood deck)...got upgraded to a Kamikaze,,fat deck,,Couldn't afford a Hawk, Robskopf,Alva,etcthise were expensive when I was younger,,,then ended up with a Fred Smith 3,,I worked that deck,I looked up these guys growing up,,you fall,get back up... You crash the deck,,duck tape that bitch,keep going ... There was no snowflakes back then .. Girls had decks,,,everyone road,, Fun memories 😊😊😊😊 Rule was,,,My time...Skaters Rule,Surfers Drown ..surfers and skaters didn't mingle,u til 17th Street surf shop changed all that,,a little😄😄😄
@michael Since when did this have anything to do with Civil War ??? plus mickey rat is and asshole for what he is saying and how do you know he's even black huh ??
if I had a house with a pool in those days I would of emptied it out and tell the Boys....''Hey Guys the pool is empty and you're all invited..!!!!!.....sure..!!!...bring the Girls we can always use Cheerleaders..!!!!..lol
The skateboarders you see in this Vid are the best period ! Maybe Stacy was filming but he should be in this as well ! These guys made skateboarding what it is ! Some great MOFO'S !
Here is why Jay is the GOAT. He had the total essence of what skating was supposed to be about. Freedom. RIP to the greatest.....
I feel like I've heard their story a million times but it's still so cool everytime I hear it. Love these guys. R.I.P. Jay Adams. Him and Emile Hirsch's portrayal of him got me into skating.
+Taimir Gore Me 2 man, Emile Hirsch is such an amazing actor!
+El Technic0 FACTS
yeah him in lords of dogtown really got my hyped to skate back in the day
Fuck ya man sooo fuckin clean
RIP Jay boy
The part where Alva says "Jay's still with us, thank GOD" made me tear up on the inside. I was so close to meeting him too! The only 3 days I ever spent in Cali, went to the Z-flex shop and asked if Jay was there. They told me he was, just three days before, and he went back to Hawaii. I really wish I could have met him. Bless your soul brother. The art you lived and created is eternal!!!
One of my older friends met them at "The Arizona Pipes". He told me Jay said "come over here and I'll show you how to skate the..." I always thought that was cool
I’m crying now
After he passed I sent his wife or a girlfriend in Hawaii a skate magazine with a interview of Jay. She asked me where I got it. I told her I bought the mag in 76-78. She talked me into to sending it to her. I got her information from Instagram. I never should have sent that because she never even thanked me. That is all I wanted was a simple thanks. I believe possibly she may have had some issues of her own.🤙🤙🤙
at 56 years old I can say that the Dogtown crew were an integral part of my skating. I was overseas in 1976 looking at all the magazine pictures featured in the clips here .. I was molded by those into the skater I had become in my late 40's. I had the chance to watch and skate next to people like Shogo Kubo and Eddie Eulgero at a back then new skatepark in Cherry Hill New Jersey in the early 80's. Its hard to explain how much I was influenced by these innovators of the sport. It was not a sport before but I knew it would be. I stuck with skating for love of it and it paid in dividends. I still skate after 8 lbs. of metal in my front leg. But most of all my own story was made possible by the people featured in any documentary or article about the Z-boys. For that I will thank them all. Thanks so much guys for what I was given from pictures and articles in a magazine that made my life what it was and is. Go Big Or Go Home 😄
its a sport and a art form. 🙏🏽🔥
Rip Jay-boy the way he eat the Burger is Exactly like The way they made the character in the movie eat it lol you are truly missed
Technically he made the character in the movie since it’s him
@9:10- "the good thing is that Jay's still here. Thank god" - Tony Alva.. TA lost a brother today
RIP Jay...
exactly my thoughts, rest in peace brother.
shit, that sucks,, what happened with jay?? anybody?
Ken Hall
last month he died from heart failure, pretty sure it was a heart attack (correct me if i'm wrong).
NIRVANAmat you're correct.
Anthony
would be good if i wasnt though.. that way he would still be alive
Sad to hear of Jays passing. Traveled a rough road and survived this far. Alot of others didn't.
RIP Brah.
Condolences to your family. Peace be with you all.
skating has such rich history, I love it.
Amen to that!
Before plastic wheels they ripped metal, in the late 50s.
Wish I still had my Jay Adams Z-Flex board with Bennett Trucks and Alligator wheels. Loaned to a friend and never saw it again.
One thing i can say about Jay is that he lived his life the way he wanted and didn't change for nobody not even money. I got to meet him years ago in Venice beach when i was doing community service. He was always like that no off button. Sad to say he died doing what he wanted to but no one can take that away from him
those are rare people, now a days people do shit for fame or money. he just wanted to skate in peace with his friends. reminds me of my friends when we use to skate. he died doing what he love to do, thats the best way you can go out.
jay adams was an innovator and i dont even think he realized it.
Him, alva, and Peralta
Plus Peralta came back around to capture this story in such an amazing way🤙 its rad all the way down.
guess he just didn't care.
Im bummed duane peters skates better than me
@@taylorbakken6524 im just surprised duane peters can still stand up, guys gone so far downhill that a sewer is to high for him
There would be no X-Games without the Z-Boys.
Wifig so true
Fuck yah
Back in the 70's I consumed every issue of Skateboarder magazine. All you Dogtown guys were just amazing! You inspired us all.
So sad we lost Jay and Shogo just months apart. 😢 I was lucky I got to use my moms old Z-Flex board as a kid. So fun to roll on as a break from my Blind board. I'm a momma now and my daughter is starting to skate so it's nice to keep it going. I don't see many gen-alpha kids out there tearing it up like they used to back in the day, but for every kid I see skating on boards, blades, quads, even scooters, it makes me happy. Keep it alive.
I found the Dog Town video in a video store not long after release just by chance. All I saw was a 70's look with a dude on a skateboard, and narrated by
Sean Penn, I rented it and brought it home. When watching it I totally tripped because these were the guy's I had in posters on my walls in the late 70's, that
I would take out of skate boarder mag, and I hadn't seen them in over 20 yrs. I'm 46 now, and was just a young skate boarding punk when that stuff was going on.
My first roller skates had clay wheels, and what they talk about is no joke. When you hit a pebble you flew!
cowboysfan782008 bones brigade show?
naaaah right ;) ive got myself a 60s board, clay wheels. its not that bad. paths and roads in the uk arent that smooth either....
just go fast!
i think people just didnt quite know how skate in the 60s...
The people who disliked it were the pool owners
Nah, jellyfishes.
😆
Ha ha
hahaha!
You're right lol
I was a kid in the 70's, I was a big fan of the Dog Town, Z-boys team, which got me into skateboarding myself. Thanks for all the cool memories.
I grew up in Hollywood. In my neighborhood was Hollyweird Stoners , just catching the Z boys. They were kids watching the idols. Awesome time. A lot of OP, puka shells and Vans.
I have been skateboarding for over 25 years. The longer you skate the more you gravitate toward the OG real skateboarding companies, those are the companies you want to support. Z-flex is way before my time, but after watching this video I realize Z-Flex, is the OG of all OG brands. I would proud having one of these boards under feet, knowing what the brand represents, and what they have done for skateboarding. RIP Jay Adam’s!!! 🤙🏻
Jay Adams was the great innovator.
East coast 70' skate rat right here. Z boys felt like they were part of my life.....never met em....they were 3600 miles away.....still felt like brothers. They started a revolution out west....we continued it east. When I visited California many years later I did a self tour of Dogtown. Went to Carlsbad where the huge cement pipes were. I remember the urban legend that some skater did a full loop on one. Christ they got so high on those creeps that it seemed possible. Those dudes were rock stars .....aint no doubt!!!
R.I.P Jay Adams thanks for the inspiration!
Good to see ya guys still in touch, y’all were rocking when I was a young boy, had several decks I’m 51 and still skate. Love my skateboards.
Thanks for the upload. One of my favorite videos
I first saw the Lords of Dogtown outside a DVD shop back in middle school, it was on a poster. My mom eventually got me the DVD and my brother and i loved it. I was Tony and he was Jay. It's crazy cuz I'm 25 now and Jay is no longer here. These guys honestly helped me . This is my first time watching this and it shows how short life is as well how much fun it must've been back then
Skateboarding is sooo underrated. These guys are pros, grandmasters. The was they explained skateboarding is so mesmerizing and makes you wanna become a skateboarder
Well said! #Legends
R!I!P!
Jay Adams, a creature of the edge, never a dull moment...
He's a bum, was also stupid.
Without a doubt, you are correct. He was also a cat tormentor in his youth. But he sure could skate.
+Ferrox Glideh he sure did. Rides like lightning, crashed like thunder.
This vid should be under Zflex channel! Thanks for posting!
#JayAdams True skater/wave maker😇 I grew up I SouthBay LA, in the 70s Jay set the tone 😇🙏🏿🙏🏿😘😘🤟🏾
thank you tony. tony alva and jay adams are the people i wanted to skate like. i live in the mid west. we don't surf much here. but the way i wanted to skate was like jay and tony.
Wow, its been a few years.
I cud sit and listen to z boys story's all day
jay adams will always be a LEGEND
Wicked awesome 😎🤙. Mid-60s we were using shaped plywood on roller skate trucks on sloped driveways.
Skateboarding def keeps you young , these guys are up and age and still look good 👍🏾
Wow. That brought back memories. I had one of those old fiberglass boards when I was a kid. Looking back, it's amazing how the technology improved from the mid seventies to the early eighties. Now I'm way too old to be on a board, but cruise around my town on a carbon board that was beyond anything I could conceive when I was on that Z-Flex that I thought was the greatest thing ever.
Tony Alva looks like Gary Oldman.
Gary Oldman as Drexl in True Romance, for sure.
@@justincider4375 beat me to it
With Aids
Or like Zack de la Rocha!! Frm Rage against the machine
Yeah from True Romance. Alabama's pimp Drexel.
I started skateboarding in the 70's, in north Texas, until the insurance companies closed them down. My senior year of High school I ran into sum Hardcore punkrock skaters. Skated until the middle 90's. Best times of my life!! These guys were Gods to us. Z boys made skateboarding!!! Nuf said!!
"Cool thing is Jay's still here." If only TA.. :/
RIP Homie
I still can't believe that you are gone
Sucks to know that jay couldn't enjoy more of his life when he finally got sober and was finally happy. Rip
Chad Broxson he was sober for two months. That’s it.
@@jamiemoffatt50 try four years. And Jay got to enjoy more of his life. People always judge from their own projections and lack of information - he was an overcomer in life, and he made a difference for me and countless others.
@Beth Meyerswe make a lot of bad decisions when we're young. Im guessing you make none?
Agreed...it's sad. Hopefully future generations can learn from it though. Because there's a lot of young people who still look up to Jay Adams and see some similarities of him within themselves. And I think maybe some will have enough insight to not follow down a few of the more self destructive tendencies he had. I know it scared the hell out of me from ever taking hard drugs like heroin or meth.
@@rivercometman1845the biggest struggle the white man has is drugs. It’s embarrassing for us minorities seeing more adversity.
Tony's got " true grit" glad you're still here, I know you loved Jay
Thanks for sharing this with us. Really RAD!
Thanks for making this. Love this era!
Aww..Jay! ...Jay, you were incredibly gifted, love you
They can still do this after 45 years and these guys are fun to watch if you really like vintage skateboarding and I'm no expert but they make pool surfing aka going up the sides and coming down real easy
Jay we miss you man your still in our minds much love
One thing I'm thankful for was having these guys to look up to know that thing I loved about skateboarding was the freedom to try stuff even it was stuff a few other people were doing,the guy who showed me air was blazing fast and that something I always tried to do was keep the speed and pace high for doing airs that makes things easier all you have to focus on is smoothness and your landings and keep the speed sonic so u can just flow right into the next move which really helps your creativity when you don't scrub speed you have a easier time thinking about doing radical things,rather than trying to recover lost momentum,having a giant 60 foot long 14 high and 20foot wide half pipe to play in 10 to 12 hours a day don't hurt either,thanks guys for showing me there is no limits,piece out,ah the seventys....I was there almost too young but I remember a little a front side to backside ally oop...when your ten years old how do you top that....Jesus Christ air hah ha....thanks....
sick video...thx for posting!
So glad you got this documented. This is real history
A W E S O M E ! ! ! Back in the day, I had a Z-Woody board!
We had ZBoys in the 70s; our parents worked sooo much to get it😘 This was our life🙏🏿 maybe why I’m what #JayAdams made me🤔
Hearing Alva say jay’s still here.. thank god! You know that’s so true even today. Jay is forever / dog town is forever
Cool seeing the Jacksonville guys talking about Kona, my old skate park 🤘
I remember flipping through the mags, watching the videos, trying all the tricks, not many people had pools in mn but we did find a couple. Such good memories
Rip jay jayboy adams the spark!
I’ve loved skateboarding ever since i saw lords of dog town when i was like 10 too bad ive never been any good at it lol these guys are legends
I’ve seen lords of dog town a million times it’s my favorite movie🤣 If you’re a skater you have to watch that movie
R.I.P Jay a true legend
Stoked. Ty
Why didn't the Z BoyZ mention
Stacy Peralta not even once. Fuckin strange. He was part of the original
Team ZEPHYR
JUST SAYIN MAN?...
LEGENDS NEVER DIE!! Duane is tearing that bowl up!
Happy Birthday, T.A. ! Keep on skating, surfing and inspiring, bro !
awesome as always,,rip jay adams you the man
Thanks for this
Awesome video, love this classic style.
17:08 _"...coz when you're younger, growin' up skateboardin', those are the best times of your life."_
So true, even from me, here on the (relatively) cold and windy west of Scotland. :)
1986 till I die ...that's was my p.w. on Tony hawk pro skater & I was 9 that's when I started skating
I was 11,,,1982,,had a Nash(lightning bolt,wood deck)...got upgraded to a Kamikaze,,fat deck,,Couldn't afford a Hawk, Robskopf,Alva,etcthise were expensive when I was younger,,,then ended up with a Fred Smith 3,,I worked that deck,I looked up these guys growing up,,you fall,get back up...
You crash the deck,,duck tape that bitch,keep going ...
There was no snowflakes back then ..
Girls had decks,,,everyone road,,
Fun memories 😊😊😊😊
Rule was,,,My time...Skaters Rule,Surfers Drown ..surfers and skaters didn't mingle,u til 17th Street surf shop changed all that,,a little😄😄😄
Thank God for James Adams
Gary Oldman put on a Oscar worthy performance during this video. He looks pretty solid in dreads too. /tips hat
we need a z boys podcast these days
Gotta Respect Your Roots . Mad Love
they look rough bless them.. RIP Jay.
How does this only have 3,000 likes!?!?
JAY ADAMS MY FAVORITE SKATER EVER!
Omgosh I'm in love..I' can't...they are so amazing, EKKK!! ^.^
Me and my lil Brother did the skater life; this has been our life😇
It’s so crazy how good kids are today at skateboarding. Probably blows these guys minds watching the younger generation.
Some of them are good some of them spend more time kicking their board then riding it.
To see the respect Jay got from these guy's says it all he was/is the top dog
I dont skate but a couple of my friends did and my step dad did. I wish I could have lived during the time when skating set fire.
R.I.P Jay Adams. My mom was sick with cancer, laying in her bed with her ipad watching his funeral service on-line. R.I.P. Momz.
Thank you for sharing that story, she must've appreciated Jay Adams a lot. I'm sorry for your loss. She sounded like a truly lovely person.
I had a red Z-Flex board as a kid and I wish I still had it today😢
sad to hear that 2 pioneers of the sport that gave me a reason to get out of bed in the morning & still does have left us.
Of all of the Legends in all the sports Jay Adams is probably the most humble rest in peace big brother
WHAT IS THE OPENING MUSIC ? great riff, great track!
Thank you. Hot Lunch on Tee Pee Records
Those guys are the reason why pools are no longer built with curved walls.
@michael Sounds like a wild claim. Is what your saying legit?
@michael that's not true at all lol.
@michael Since when did this have anything to do with Civil War ??? plus mickey rat is and asshole for what he is saying and how do you know he's even black huh ??
RIP JAY ADAMS
Great video! What is the first song played? I need to know! Thanks
LIFE As We Know It WOULD Not Have Been If It Wasn’t For These Guys 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
First set of wheels on my first build
Alva rocks
Gullwing trucks (gullweights)
Schmittstixx Lucero2
These guys are godfathers
if I had a house with a pool in those days I would of emptied it out and tell the Boys....''Hey Guys the pool is empty and you're all invited..!!!!!.....sure..!!!...bring the Girls we can always use Cheerleaders..!!!!..lol
"Cool thing is, Jay's still here. Thank God."
This was uploaded 5 months before he passed. R.I.P.
The skateboard park in Reseda has the best chute to bowl in SoCal.
how did they ride those boards its amazing
That was a gnarly blast!!
This is so cool man!!
The skateboarders you see in this Vid are the best period ! Maybe Stacy was filming but he should be in this as well ! These guys made skateboarding what it is ! Some great MOFO'S !
Where is Stacy Peralta here? water under the bridge, so it seems
I asked the same question. Didn't see your post till after I posted mine. But WTF??...
Not even his name in the credits. They only know the real story I guess...
Yeah that is really strange why wouldn't they?
I watch this as a kid. Broke my wrist skating a week later
Jay is the skateboarding god!