Joey "Jett" Hornish, born June 19, 1998 is a skateboarder from Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

. He lives outside Baltimore with his mother, Isabella, father, Steve, and brother, Stephen. His mother, Isabel Cumming, came up with the name "Joey Jett", and it stuck as his professional name.

Experience

At the age of six, Joey received a skateboard from his mother, who bought it at Goodwill. His neighborhood friend had introduced the sport to him, and has loved it ever since. Joey skates in local and national competitions, and has been invited to skate at the AST Dew Tour in both 2006 and 2007. In 2006, he became the youngest skateboarder in the world to perform a 540

Aerials (skateboarding)

Aerials are a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition available. Aerials usually combine rotation with different grabs...

 at the Dew tour. Also in 2006, at the PlayStation Hook Up, he was named event MVP

Most Valuable Player

In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

 by Mike Vallely. In 2007, he performed 4 continuous 540's in one run while at the Dew Tour stop in Washington State. Joey skates the same high vert ramp

Vert ramp

A vert ramp is a form of half-pipe used in "extreme sports" such as skateboarding.Another form of half-pipe is the mini ramp.Vert ramps are so named because they transition from a horizontal plane to a vertical wall....

s as the pros and has skated with some well-renowned skaters at the Dew Tour, including another Maryland native, Bucky Lasek

Bucky Lasek

-Biography:Lasek started skateboarding at the age of twelve, shortly after his bike was stolen. After entering amateur contests, he was quickly noticed by Powell Peralta talent scouts in 1987...

, and Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 gold medal winner Shaun White

Shaun White

Shaun Roger White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.-Early life:Shaun White is an Irish American...

. Joey skates at competitions around the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and is part of the State of Confusion skate team from Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

Influence

Joey inspired a lesson plan for student writing at the Washington Post.
http://www.washpost.com/nielessonplans.nsf/0/9D182435E6894CC6852572820062DB29/$File/People.pdf Conformist, a Baltimore skateboarding company, makes a Joey Jett skateboard in several sizes.