Jay Adams

 The Bahne-Cadillac Del Mar Nationals was announced in 1975 The Z-Boys formed skaters. Adams took second in the Junior Men's Freestyle. The Z-Boys style was defined by Adams' enthralling energy and swaggering, surfer-like movements. They were in stark contrast to the more traditional style, which was still influenced by 1960s-style gymnastic tricks. [2] Adams' ability to turn near-disasters into never-before-seen feats of style and agility was termed "an athletic stream-of-consciousness" by the 2001 documentary about the team, Dogtown and Z-Boys.Much of Adams' and the rest of the Zephyr team's fame is due to photo-journalist and writer Craig Stecyk's "Dogtown Chronicles" in the 1975 relaunch of Skateboarder Magazine. The article in Skateboarder Magazine described the Z-Boys' exploits that saw them riding vacant swimming pools in Southern California for two years. It was the first step in the development of vertical skating. Skateboarding was a viable profession thanks to Stecyk's Dogtown articles as well as sponsorship from the skateboard industry. Sixteen-year-old Adam Adams was 15 years old when he was the first person to "catching air" (time in the air after the launch) over a pool's edge.