JAY BOY: THE EARLY YEARS OF JAY ADAMS

Kent Sherwood

[Skate - Années 70 - Jay Adams]

Un livre de photographies du légendaire Z-Boy et pionnier du skate, Jay Adams pendant ses années d'enfance, pris par son beau-père Kent Sherwood et imprimé pour la première fois depuis la mort de Jay Adams.

Universe bring back into print the little-known book of photographs of Jay Adams’s earliest days as a surfer and skateboarder, taken by his stepfather Kent Sherwood. Sherwood is directly responsible for unleashing Adams’s talent on the world: he introduced Adams at a very young age to surfing and skateboarding. Sherwood, a self-taught photographer, began shooting the young Jay Adams at play, surfing, and skating with his friends, including Tony Alva, Wentzle Ruml, and Shogo Kubo, among others. Introduction by C.R. Stecyk III, foreword by Tony Alva, essay by Glen E. Friedman.

Universe (2017) 112 p. 25 x 20 cm - Couverture cartonnée