Jeremy Wray

[Exile on MainSt.]

I know Ronnie Creager is the guy who usually gets the "most underrated" title, but I have to give it to Jeremy Wray. The guy is a straight up pioneer, and rarely gets credit for it. Westgate, Pfanner, and Olson have all taken cues from his approach. With more and more guys redefining the obstacles deemed "skateable", his approach is more relevant than ever before. Here's a few parts to get it started.....

(music rights suck)


(3:37-3:54)




and a recent interview with old scans
http://alreadybeendone.com/content/2010/12/23/the-chrome-ball-incident-for-abd-1-jeremy-wray/

[Monty Burns]

First transworld I ever bought had a pro interview with him , since then hes been a fav

[popsiclesandskatin]

I bought 4 pairs of his adios.
Im a fan of fat shoes and his normal guy style makes him more real than most pros while being a fuckin superhero.

[The Bullet]

he was my all time favorite for years...maybe he still is.  Love his style and nobody will ever be able to touch is front 3's.   

Santa Monica triple set front 3 is the shit

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Jeremy Wray is like the Natas of the 90's. He did so much to make it awesome, but kids today don't even know.

[RipGrip]

opening at carlsbad still gives me chills.

[ccc333]

one of the most gnar skaters.  That one sidewalk ollie from color, water tower ollie, fs 360, etc

[Exile on MainSt.]

Johan Stuckey appreciation has more replies.......come on fellas.

[pointandclick]

first video i ever owned, definetly one of my favourite skaters. met him in 2009, so humble and mellow. still rips.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Remember how he was semi-retired, and had 2 tricks in the element video, one of which showed up Diego's video ender from the toy video before it even came out? That's gotta say something about a dude. That's his chill, semi-retired clip.

[witty pseudonym]

Way too underrated.  I have a proclivity for people that constantly redefine the potential of the ollie.  When I was much younger I learned frontside 360s because of him and they're still my go to trick.  So much respect for this guy.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Way too underrated.  I have a proclivity for people that constantly redefine the potential of the ollie.  When I was much younger I learned frontside 360s because of him and they're still my go to trick.  So much respect for this guy.

I have a similar story with the 360's: I tried to learn them because of him, and still can't do them. Fucker made them look too easy when nobody else was really doing them at all

[clamy]

Remember how he was semi-retired, and had 2 tricks in the element video, one of which showed up Diego's video ender from the toy video before it even came out? That's gotta say something about a dude. That's his chill, semi-retired clip.

Wasn't there a photo of that in Thrasher? I remember seeing that aswell, and comparing the gap to all the cars in the background. It would be even more unbelievable in person.

[N/A]

Some light reading.

http://alreadybeendone.com/content/2010/12/23/the-chrome-ball-incident-for-abd-1-jeremy-wray/

http://memoryscreened.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/jeremy-wray-dr-seuss-wife-understood-that-it-wasnt-just-ripping-off-his-characters/