1. James Kendall "Jake" Phelps was an American skateboarder and magazine editor.
11 Facts About Jake Phelps
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James Kendall Jake Phelps was born in San Francisco, California, to parents Kitty and Kendall Jake Phelps, and lived there until the age of 11.
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Jake Phelps's parents called him, which eventually became "Jake".
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In 1977, Jake Phelps began working at Zero Gravity, a skate park in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Jake Phelps dropped out of high school by the end of the 1970s.
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Jake Phelps often traveled with the band and was involved in the early Boston hardcore scene.
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Jake Phelps moved back to San Francisco in the early 1980s.
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Jake Phelps began working for Thrasher while he worked at Concrete Jungle skate shop in the Haight district.
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In 1993, after boxing merchandise for a few years in the shipping department at Thrasher, Jake Phelps was promoted to editor, where he remained for 26 years.
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In July 2017, Jake Phelps suffered a serious head injury while skating near Dolores Park in San Francisco during an unpermitted event.
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Jake Phelps's death was announced on a Thrasher Instagram post and he was cremated with his skateboard.