# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:08:35.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-adams"
name: "Jay Adams"
slug: "jay-adams"
description: "Jay J. Adams was an American skateboarder. As a teen, he was the youngest member of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team (Z-Boys). His spontaneous freestyle skateboarding style, inspired by ocean surfing, helped innovate and popularize modern skateboarding. His aggressive vertical tricks make him one of skateboarding's most influential stylists. He has been called \"the original seed\" of skateboarding."
tagline: "American skateboarder (1961–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_Adams_2011_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1961-02-03"
deathDate: "2014-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.14
  momentum:             2.406846762925012
  historical:           12.36716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1121508/"
    handle:    "nm1121508"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3339241"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "جاي آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاى آدامز (متزلج لوحى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Adams"
    title: "Jay Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%92_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "جے ایڈمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump