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2023 Skateboarding Hall of Fame Inductee – Wentzle Ruml

Wentzle Ruml

Bio coming soon. Wentzl appeared in the following movies: GO FOR ITSUPER SESSIONSSPINNING WHEELSA DAY AT THE POOLDogtown 20th A Look Back Wentzl in print: BooksDogtown-Legend of the Zboys, GEF, CR STECYK III – 2000LIVES ON BOARD. SKATEBOARDERS JOURNAL – 2009THE SKATEBOARD – BEN MARCUS, LUCIA DANIELLA – 2011JAYBOY – KENT SHERWOOD – 2017 Magazine

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2023 Skateboarding Hall of Fame Inductee – Jimmy Plumer

Jimmy Plumer

(March 21, 1959 – July 28, 2023) RIP Jimmy Plumer. Shredding Kona skatepark in Jacksonville, Florida in November 1979. – Jim Goodrich @jimmy_plumer Rest in Peace. God Speed. Was an incredible skateboarder. At Lakewood contest 1979 riding the end bowl & pumping backside air at the deepest end, no one else was doing it. He was

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Bobby Piercy - 2021 Skateboarding Hall of Fame Inductee

Bobby Piercy

One of the biggest names in slalom racing in the 1970s, Bobby Piercy pioneered the ultra quick parallel stance, which helped him wiggle at light speed through a tighter course of cones than everyone else. Just as adept at barging bowls and long jumping over Playboy Bunnies, Bobby rocked both print and film media with

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Shogo Kubo - Photo by Glen E. Friedman 2017 Skateboarding Hall of Fame Inductee

Shogo Kubo

Shogo Kubo was born September 19, 1959 in Kagoshima City, Japan. After moving to the United States at a young age, he began surfing and skateboarding before he even spoke good English. Shogo met Jay Adams, Jeff Ho and the rest of the original Zephyr crew and became a founding member of the Z-Boys when

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Cindy Whitehead - 2016 Skateboarding Hall of Fame

Cindy Whitehead

Find Cindy on Social Media Cindy Whitehead began skateboarding at age 15, and by 17, she had turned pro and become one of the top-ranked female skateboarders for vertical terrain nationwide in the 1970s. She did so at a time when it was nearly unheard of for girls to take up the “dangerous” new activity,

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Jay Adams

R.I.P. (February 3, 1961 – August 15, 2014) Jay Adams has been called “the original seed” of skateboarding. As an original Z-Boy, he is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. The 1975 Del Mar Nationals were a big turning point in skateboarding history, when the world got its first taste of

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