Z-BOYS
In the 1970s, a bunch of skateboarders from Los Angeles, California became popular in the sport of skateboarding and created a punk skating subculture that currently exists. The name of the group is the Jeff Ho Zephyr group, also known as the Z-Boys.
The group originated in 1973 in the Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions, a shop opened by Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, and Craig Stecyk. Nathan Pratt was the founder of the group. The rest of his crew joined him in 1974: Stacy Peralta, Chris Cahill, Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Allen Sarlo.
The members of the group were initially surfers at Bay Street in Santa Monica and became popular in the abandoned Pacific Ocean Park, an amusement area known by the locals as “Dogtown.” It was in this place that aerial skateboarding was later invented. The group members were not only surfers but were also devoted skateboarders. Click here for promotional info.
At first, they would ride the streets and pretend to surf, and devise their own moves on concrete slabs. Soon after, they improved their skateboards, making them entirely distinct from an ordinary skateboard. New tricks were invented by the group, and in 1975, the skate team decided to separate from the surf team.
In March of that same year, the Z-Boys joined the Del Mar Nationals, a skateboard competition where the Z-Boys became popular. The Z-Boys’ style displayed an aggressive and vigorous approach in skateboarding which amazed the viewers and all of the skateboarding society.
The fame of the Z-Boys’ surf styles of skating swept around the world. This group is considered one of the most dominant skateboard groups in history.
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