Jay Adams is arguably one of the most important and, without argument, one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.  In several weeks, we'll release "Jay Boy:  Classic Photographs by Jay Adams' stepfather, Kent Sherwood", a book of photos and text.

Jay's stepfather, Kent Sherwood, was one of the founders of Z-Flex skateboards in 1976 and was also an amateur photographer with skills.  We’ve put together a book of photographs of the legend as a boy, taken by Kent.  A hardcover book, it’s 9.5" wide by7.5" tall,  and just under one hundred pages. Mostly classic black and white and a few color shots, primarily of Jay, and others including his friends Wentzle Ruml, Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, "Baby" Paul Cullen, Roy Jamison and more! Skating, surfing, and just around the house. Jay has handwritten all of the captions himself while incarcerated this past summer.  This is the public's first look at the material, only on Silverfish Longboarding.

Over the past few years there have been a number of great books that cover the gamut as far as Skateboarding, its origins, the art, the decks, the music, the people and the ink. There are not many books, however, that deal with the sociological issues surrounding skateboarding as a culture. With the numbers of skaters growing and a new breed of self actualized skaters evolving, it would make sense that we would start to see texts delving into the issues surrounding us as a culture.