Bio:Jed Walters
American skateboarder
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Jed Walters was an American arborist and skateboarder.
Early life
Walters started skating in 1987 in South Dakota. Growing up, his favorite skaters were: Natas Kaupas, Mark Gonzales and Matt Hensley.
Skateboarder career
Walters' first sponsor was BBC (Better Board Company). Walters appeared in the 1992 skate video Love Child produced by World Industries. Love Child is regarded as one of the most important skate videos of the early 90s. Walter's part in Love Child is recognized for his kickflip over the 3rd street gap in which he caught the board with his feet significantly higher and cleaner than was practiced at the time.[1] To quote Anthony Pappalardo: "#jedwalters caught clean in 1992".[2] In the video, Walters skates to the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens. The footage in Love Child was filmed by Socrates Leal and Aaron Meza.
Skateboard historian nbd_archive recognizes Walters as the first skateboarder to release footage of a switch Q18299853. He did one at the "hip at Los Feliz and another one down the Hewlett-Packard three."
Walters was known for wearing Adidas shoes while he skateboarded, a stylish and unique choice at the time.
In a 2017 interview with Muckmouth conducted by Alex Dyer, Walters explained his relationship to switch skating and that he was always "fascinated with ambidexterity." Jed skated regular stance.
Quotes about Jed Walters
"Jed was the guy you respected. So smooth, calm and collected.” - Karl Watson
Videos
- I love you Jed - Youtube video tribute by Guilty of Treeson
- Jed Walters - World Industries Love Child
- CBI RAW: Jed Walters at the 3rd Street Gap, 1992
- StrangeLove: Jed Walters in San Francisco, Raw Footage (1992)
- World Industries Footage: Jed Walters Shamil Randell Karl Watson 101 blind
Links
- Listen' to a story bout a man named JED - Transworld SKATEboarding article, September 2005
- RIP Jed Walters - SlapMagazine thread
- the jed walters interview - October 23, 2018 - strangelove skateboards
- JED WALTERS interview - Muckmouth - By Alex Dyer - 2017
- Love Child by World Industries - 1992
- Aaron Meza - instagram post about filming with Jed Walters - 2018
References
- ↑ (in en) Aaron Meza on Instagram: "@shilohghouse and #JedWalters came up to SF in early '92 to film for what would become Love Child. I'd seen Shiloh at a contest before but never heard of Jed. They were both seriously good and we're kinda like the new guard of World Industries. It was the first time I ate on a company card (Sizzler) and the first time I'd seen someone skate in old school Adidas (since Aaron Murray). They did wallie late shuv its kind of as a joke and then later we went to SF State rails. @spencerfujimoto got some too!", https://www.instagram.com/p/BkRhdHblvXI/, retrieved 2023-01-24
- ↑ (in en) Anthony Pappalardo on Instagram: "#jedwalters caught clean in 1992", https://www.instagram.com/p/it0kUTM1_k/, retrieved 2023-01-24