Jeff Phillips (skateboarder)
Jeff Phillips (June 11, 1963 – December 25, 1993) was an American professional
Phillips grew up in
Phillips won his first contest as a sponsored amateur in July 1982 at the Kona/Variflex Summer Nationals.
Phillips popularized the skateboarding trick that he called the Phillips 66. The trick was adapted from the Fakie 360 invert, which Phillips credited to Shawn Peddie.[7]
In the late 1980s, as Phillips' career as a competitive sponsored skater was winding down, he bought an indoor skateboard park and named it the Jeff Phillips Skateboard Park.[8] Phillips ran the park with fellow Zorlac skater Billy Smith.[9] However, by 1993 the park had developed financial difficulties, which led Phillips to consider selling it. The park stayed closed for several months after Phillips' death until Charles Kieser, an in-line skater who had known Jeff, rented and renovated the park, recovered some of the old ramps and reopened in April 1994 as Rapid Revolutions.[1]
Death
On Christmas Day, 1993, Phillips' family members became concerned when he did not appear at his parents' house as previously planned. Later in the afternoon, Phillips' friend and neighbor, Judy Walgren, discovered Phillips slumped over on his bed with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and a .357 Magnum
Phillips was buried at Restland Memorial Park with locks of his friends' hair and the last skateboard he rode.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Wilkinson, Peter (September 8, 1994). "Skate till you die". Rolling Stone. No. 690. p. 56.
- ^ "Interview: Jeff Phillips". Society Menace (2). 1986 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Kona/Variflex Summer Nationals". Thrasher Magazine. September 1982. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
- ISSN 0742-4922.
- ^ Thatcher, Kevin J. (March 1987). "Ana Hype". Thrasher Magazine. 7 (3): 40.
- ^ "Jeff Phillips Ad Archive". Texas Style Skateboarding.
- ISBN 978-1884654350.
- ISBN 1859734936.
- ^ a b Michels, Patrick (August 5, 2010). "Legendary Dallas Skateboarders, Rebuffed By The City In Their Efforts To Build A Public Skatepark, Go Underground And Build Their Own". Dallas Observer. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ "Hell On Wheels". San Francisco Bay Guardian. May 1994. Retrieved 19 October 2021 – via DansWORLD Skateboarding.
External links
- Jeff Phillips Interview on YouTube
- Grosso's Loveletters - Jeff Phillips on YouTube
- 1986 Interview; Society Menace Zine