Press Release:
2012 SKATEBOARDING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
WHO: DANNY BEARER, JAY ADAMS, MARK GONZALES, PEGGY OKI, JOHN HUMPHREY, FRANK NASWORTHY, GLEN E. FRIEDMAN and BLACK FLAG
WHAT: 2012 SKATEBOARDING HALL OF FAME AND ICON AWARDS
WHEN: May 10, 2012
VIP Meet and Greet and Dinner starts at 6:00 pm
General admission opens at 7:30 pm
WHERE: Doubletree Hotel Anaheim
2085 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, California
CONTACT: Di Dootson Rose (949) 455-1112 or email di@skateboardiasc.org
Tickets available online now https://bitly.com/skate-hof
The evening of May 10th, 2012 please join us for the Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Icon Awards at the Doubletree Hotel Anaheim as we honor the skateboarders, industry pioneers and icons that have left an indelible imprint on the history of skateboarding and our culture.
Enjoy the ceremony, dinner, live auction and more with all proceeds going to benefit the Skateboarding Hall of Fame and the Go Skateboarding Foundation’s Just One Board initiative.
VIP Meet and Greet and dinner starts at 6:00 pm, general admission opens at 7:30 pm. Contact Di Dootson Rose (949) 455-1112 or di@skateboardiasc.org for more info. Tickets available online now: https://bitly.com/skate-hof
- Danny Bearer was an original member of the Hobie team and became the first International Skateboard Champion when he won the inaugural competition in Anaheim in 1965.
- As an original Z-Boy, Jay Adams is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. Stacy Peralta has called Jay, “the world’s greatest natural skater.”
- Pioneering street skating in the late 80’s and early 90’s, Mark Gonzales cemented the foundation of what we know today as modern skateboarding.
- Honing her ability in the famous L.A. schoolyards of the 70’s, Peggy Oki earned her spot as the only female Z-Boy on the hugely influential Zephyr Team.
- John Humphrey became the first licensee of a skateboard patent after going into business with Albert C. Boyden to produce the Humco Surfer in 1963.
- With the introduction of the polyurethane wheel to skateboarding through Cadillac Wheels in 1972, Frank Nasworthy paved the way for the second great boom of skateboarding in the 1970’s.
- One of the most important photographers of his generation, Glen E. Friedman was first published in SkateBoarder magazine in 1976 at the age of 14.
- Black Flag gave voice to an anti-authoritarian, non-conformist message that deeply resonated with and inspired skateboarders in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
