#z flex

"JAY WAS AS RADICAL AND SPONTANEOUS AS THEY GET AND ALWAYS MADE SHIT LOOK GOOD."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on youngest of the original Z-boys, Jay Adams (1961-2014), pool-riding the Dog Bowl in Santa Monica, CA, c. 1977. 📸: Glen E. Friedman.

"Jay was as radical and spontaneous as they get and always made shit look good. His intuition in skating was like few others, and he had a vision that was always spot-on, believe it or not. Jay could be one of the rudest and most fucked up people around but he could also be one of the nicest and most thoughtful, it just depended on what day you caught him."

-- GLEN E. FRIEDMAN on the character and/or demeanor of his late, great friend Jay Adams (✝)

Resolution at 2048x1142 & 1200x1200.

SHOGO KUBO -- ALL THE STYLE IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE: IN MEMORIAM.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on the masterful (yet reportedly extremely humble) original Z-boy, Shogo Kubo, poolriding in and around Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, and pretty much the Westside in general, c. late '70s. Glen E. Friedman more than likely snapped all of these as well, dude was @$!#*&% prolific in them early years!

“For me, style is everything. Style either makes you look good or bad. You can do the same trick on a skateboard or surfing, but if you’ve got style, you’re gonna look a whole hell of a lot better than the guy next to you who does not have style.” – SHOGO KUBO (1959-2014) in an interview with JAY ADAMS (1961-2014), c. 2002