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Jeff Grosso
Grosso at the Vans Bowl-A-Rama in 2012 (wearing white shirt)
Personal information
Birth nameJeffrey Blaine Grosso
Nickname(s)The Brat, Mothra, Grossman
Born(1968-04-28)April 28, 1968
Arcadia, California, U.S.
DiedMarch 31, 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 51)
Newport Beach, California, U.S.

Jeff Blaine Grosso (April 28, 1968 – March 31, 2020) was an American professional

documentarian, and web series host from Arcadia, California.[1]

Skateboarding

Grosso started skateboarding at the age of 5.

Santa Cruz Skateboards video Streets on Fire.[1] Additionally, Jeff graced the cover of the October 1994 issue of Transworld Skateboarding. Grosso had his career derailed due to substance abuse and found it over by the early-mid 1990s.[6] Grosso got sober in 2005 and resumed skateboarding professionally.[2]

Skateboard historian

Grosso was an unofficial historian of

history of skateboarding as "so f--king muddy and grey. There is no black and white."[5]

Anti-hero skateboards

Grosso joined

Anti Hero Skateboards in early 2011, explaining the process in an August 2013 interview: "I'll ask, I'll shoot at the mountaintop, and maybe I'll land at base camp. Once I got the courage to call them up, or whatever, and then they were like, 'Well, we have to vote.', or whatever, 'cause they run it like a gang ... So once I found out that they all, like, voted yes ... it was a proud moment."[7][5]

Grosso made one appearance in the X Games, finishing fourth in the Skateboard Park Legends event at X Games 16 in 2010.[5]

On skate shops

Grosso referred to

Jedi temples for skateboarding".[8]

Skateboarding Hall of Fame

Grosso was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2023.[9]

Personal life

Throughout the 1990s, Grosso struggled with

heroin addiction.[10] Grosso has a son Oliver, who was born in 2012.[11]

Grosso died at the age of 51, on March 31, 2020, at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, California.[2][12][13] In December 2020, Grosso's autopsy report stated his cause of death as "severe cardiomegaly with dilatation", with toxicology data indicating Grosso had fentanyl in his system at the time of death.[14]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Jeff Grosso - That Pool Dude". Huck Magazine. April 1, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Jeff Grosso, legendary skateboarder from the '80s, dies at 51". Los Angeles Times. April 3, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Steve, Olson (2006). "Jeff Grosso Interview by Steve Olson". Juice Magazine (60) – via juicemagazine.com. Q: What age category did you compete in when you first started entering contests? A: I was in the 12 and under, 1A, the bottom of the barrel.
  4. ^ Caballero, Steve (1984). "Shredding Amateur, Jeff Grosso". SPEED Zine (7) – via Internet Archive. He use to skate for Vans and Variflex before he got sponsored by Santa Cruz.
  5. ^ a b c d Ed Andrews (September 7, 2011). "Jeff Grosso: That Pool Dude". Huck Magazine. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Zucker, Joseph. "Skateboarding Legend Jeff Grosso Dies at Age 51". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  7. ^ crailtap (August 29, 2013). "On the Crail Couch with Jeff Grosso" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  8. ^ "Jeff Grosso's Loveletters to Skateboarding : Season 10". Jeff Grosso's Loveletters to Skateboarding : Season 10. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "SHoF 2023". Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum.
  10. ^ "How Jeff Grosso helped create skateboarding culture and remained a Southern California legend until the end". Los Angeles Times. March 4, 2021.
  11. ^ "Legendary Skateboarder Jeff Grosso Dies at Age 51". Distractify. April 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  12. ^ "Jeff Grosso R.I.P. 1968-2020". Transworld SKATEboarding. April 1, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  13. ^ "Jeff Grosso, legendary skateboarding pioneer, dead at 51". CBSSports.com. April 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  14. ^ "Jeff Grosso autopsy reveals fentanyl played role in legendary skateboarder's death". Los Angeles Times. December 17, 2020.
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