R.I.P. Jay Adams! Jay Adams funeral & paddle VisitVeniceCa August 30, 2014 Loading Map.... Venice Pier3100 Oceanfront Walk - VeniceEvents 33.9790982 -118.46737530000001 Date/Time Date(s) - 08/30/20149:00 am - 10:00 am Location Venice Pier Categories Kids' events Special Sports and recreation Volunteer and networking Jay Adams funeral & paddle out update! Sat. Aug. 30th at 9:00 a.m. on the North Side of Venice Pier. Following from the Argonaut Newspaper. Dogtown is mourning the death of Jay Adams, who as a member of the Z-Boys skateboarding crew in the late 1970s helped to pioneer the sport and define skateboarding subculture (see “The Spark at Rest,” page 6). Adams, 53, died of a heart attack on Aug. 15 while surfing in Mexico and is survived by his wife Tracy, 19-year-old son Seven and 12-year-old daughter Venice. Family members plan to scatter his ashes in the ocean off Venice Beach during a memorial paddle out on Aug. 30. A sidewalk memorial for Adams stands outside the Venice Originals Skateboard Shop on Pacific Avenue in Venice and local muralist Jonas Never, who frequently refers to skate culture in his work, is painting a mural of Adams nearby. Click here for more info! Click here to view photos from the 2014 Jay Z Boy Classic at the Venice Skate Park For more info: www.facebook.com/pages/Venice-Skate-Alliance
