Lyn-Z Adams
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Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins is a professional skateboarder from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California
.
, although spent part of her childhood growing up in Sayulita
, Mexico
, just outside Puerto Vallarta
. Her legal name is Lyndsey, and Adams is her middle name. She started using the nickname Lyn-Z in the 4th grade.
Hawkins was very athletic and started surfing
at the age of 6. She also participated in a variety of sports like soccer, baseball
, basketball
, and gymnastics
. Lyn-Z got into skateboarding after her brother, Tyler, bought her a membership at the Encinitas YMCA
when she was six years old.
Hawkins' often uses her artistic talents to customize the griptape on her skateboards. Many bear the letters RIP
, in memory of her late father, who died in December 2003.
On June 4, 2011, Hawkins and boyfriend Travis Pastrana
were engaged at the Nitro Circus Live World Tour in Las Vegas, when Pastrana stopped the show dead in the middle and got on one knee.On October 29,2011 Hawkins and Pastrana were married infront of several family and friends in Southern California, near the home of Hawkins.
, and the first female skater to do so.
Due to a broken arm in 2005, and a torn ACL (resulting in surgery) in 2006, Lyn-Z has missed out on many competitions. In lieu of participating, she was the on-camera host for the girls competition at the West 49
Canadian Open in Hamilton, Ontario
in September 2006.
In 2007, Hawkins returned to competition, and won the gold medal in the Women's Vert competition at X Games 13 in Los Angeles. In 2008, she placed second in the same competition, and in 2009 she returned to win another gold medal in 1st place, also in the Women's Vert competition.
Major sponsors include Volcom
, Nixon Watches, Birdhouse Skateboards, Oakley eyewear, Type-S wheels, S-one helmets, and K-five Boardshop.
In 2008, Hawkins appeared on the cover of Concrete Wave Magazine
's annual Skateboard Directory.
On November 21, 2009, Hawkins became the first female to land a 540 McTwist during the "Quiksilver Tony Hawk Show" in Paris, France.
. She was the second female skater to appear in a Tony Hawk game, following Elissa Steamer
. She was replaced in the following game by Vanessa Torres
, but returned to the series for the 2009 release Tony Hawk: Ride and the 2010 Tony Hawk: Shred
.
http://www.villavillacola.com/Website/GNFabout.htm and the Groms series of DVDs http://www.groms.tv/, which highlight some of the top Grommets
in various Extreme Sports.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
History and family
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins was born in San Diego and raised in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, although spent part of her childhood growing up in Sayulita
Sayulita
Sayulita is a village about 25 miles north of downtown Puerto Vallarta in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, with a population of approximately 4,000.-History:...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, just outside Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican balneario resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas.The 2010 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 255,725 making it the sixth-largest city in the state of Jalisco...
. Her legal name is Lyndsey, and Adams is her middle name. She started using the nickname Lyn-Z in the 4th grade.
Hawkins was very athletic and started surfing
Surfing
Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...
at the age of 6. She also participated in a variety of sports like soccer, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, and gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
. Lyn-Z got into skateboarding after her brother, Tyler, bought her a membership at the Encinitas YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
when she was six years old.
Hawkins' often uses her artistic talents to customize the griptape on her skateboards. Many bear the letters RIP
Rest in peace
"Rest in peace" is a short epitaph or idiomatic expression wishing eternal rest and peace to someone who has died. The expression typically appears on headstones, often abbreviated as "RIP"...
, in memory of her late father, who died in December 2003.
On June 4, 2011, Hawkins and boyfriend Travis Pastrana
Travis Pastrana
Travis Alan Pastrana is an American motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing. He runs a show called Nitro Circus with some of his friends...
were engaged at the Nitro Circus Live World Tour in Las Vegas, when Pastrana stopped the show dead in the middle and got on one knee.On October 29,2011 Hawkins and Pastrana were married infront of several family and friends in Southern California, near the home of Hawkins.
Skateboarding
Hawkins is at the forefront of a very small group of professional female skaters. She is also one of a few skaters to skate the DC Mega RampMega Ramp
A Mega Ramp is the informal name given to any large-format vert ramp structure used in freestyle BMX and skateboarding. The name distinguishes a second generation of ramps which became increasingly popular during the 1990s-2000s transition years...
, and the first female skater to do so.
Due to a broken arm in 2005, and a torn ACL (resulting in surgery) in 2006, Lyn-Z has missed out on many competitions. In lieu of participating, she was the on-camera host for the girls competition at the West 49
West 49
West 49 Inc., is a Canadian specialty retailer of fashion and apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment related to the youth action sports lifestyle. West 49 was established in 1995 by C.E.O. Sam Baio. The retailer operates more than 130 stores across the country...
Canadian Open in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
in September 2006.
In 2007, Hawkins returned to competition, and won the gold medal in the Women's Vert competition at X Games 13 in Los Angeles. In 2008, she placed second in the same competition, and in 2009 she returned to win another gold medal in 1st place, also in the Women's Vert competition.
Major sponsors include Volcom
Volcom
Volcom, Inc. is a designer, marketer and distributor of young men's and young women's clothing, footwear, accessories and related products sold under the Volcom brand name. Volcom is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, United States...
, Nixon Watches, Birdhouse Skateboards, Oakley eyewear, Type-S wheels, S-one helmets, and K-five Boardshop.
In 2008, Hawkins appeared on the cover of Concrete Wave Magazine
Concrete Wave Magazine
Concrete Wave Magazine was founded in 2002 by Michael Brooke. It was a continuation of Brooke's involvement with skateboard publishing. In 1999, Brooke had his book, "The Concrete Wave published by Warwick Publishing...
's annual Skateboard Directory.
On November 21, 2009, Hawkins became the first female to land a 540 McTwist during the "Quiksilver Tony Hawk Show" in Paris, France.
Snowboarding
While focused mainly on skateboarding, Hawkins is also an avid snowboarder. She has recently begun entering snowboarding competitions. In 2007, her year-end National ranking was 23rd in Slopestyle and 9th in Halfpipe.Video games
Lyn-z Adams Hawkins made her video game debut as a playable skater in Tony Hawk's Project 8Tony Hawk's Project 8
Tony Hawk's Project 8, officially abbreviated as THP8, is the eighth installment in the Tony Hawk series of video games. It was released on sixth-generation and seventh-generation consoles...
. She was the second female skater to appear in a Tony Hawk game, following Elissa Steamer
Elissa Steamer
Elissa Steamer is an American professional skateboarder.-History:Steamer began skateboarding in 1989, turning pro in 1998 when she won the women's street section at Slam City Jam 1998. She won the same section in 1999. In 2003 she was voted Female Skater of the Year by Check it Out Girls magazine....
. She was replaced in the following game by Vanessa Torres
Vanessa Torres
Vanessa Torres is a professional skateboarder.Vanessa is one of the top skateboarding women in the world. She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater and Getting Nowhere Faster...
, but returned to the series for the 2009 release Tony Hawk: Ride and the 2010 Tony Hawk: Shred
Tony Hawk: Shred
Tony Hawk: Shred is the eleventh and last game in the Tony Hawk series. It is the successor to Tony Hawk: Ride , a peripheral-based, motion controlled skateboarding game....
.
Sponsors
- ETNIES
- Nixon Watches
- Birdhouse Skateboards
- Type S Wheels
- k-5 Boardshop
Skateboard videos
Hawkins is featured on a number of skate DVDs including Getting Nowhere FasterGetting Nowhere Faster
Getting Nowhere Faster is a 2004 American documentary about female skateboarders. The documentary features skateboarding footage of the world's best female skateboarders, as well as a fiction film called The Skatepark Hauntings of Debbie Escalante...
http://www.villavillacola.com/Website/GNFabout.htm and the Groms series of DVDs http://www.groms.tv/, which highlight some of the top Grommets
Grommet (sportsperson)
"Grommet" is a term used to describe a young participant in extreme sports. The term originally was used in the sport of surfing for anyone under the age of 16. However in recent years, the term has been expanded to include other extreme sports, most notably skateboarding and snowboarding...
in various Extreme Sports.
Major contest results
http://expn.go.com/expn/athletes/bio?id=24887http://www.lyn-zadams.com/http://www.internationalskateboardingfederation.com/- 2010
- X Games 16, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 2nd place (vert) - 2009
- X Games 15, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 1st place (vert) - ISF Skateboarding World Championships, Boston, Massachusetts, 1st place (vert)
- 2008
- X Games 14, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 2nd place (vert) - 2007
- X Games 13, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 1st place (vert) - Soul Bowl, Huntington Beach, CaliforniaHuntington Beach, CaliforniaHuntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 189,992; making it the largest beach city in Orange County in terms of population...
, 2nd place (bowl) - Pro Tec Pool Party, Orange, CaliforniaOrange, CaliforniaSouthern California is well-known for year-round pleasant weather: - On average, the warmest month is August. - The highest recorded temperature was in 1985. - On average, the coolest month is December. - The lowest recorded temperature was in 1950...
, 2nd place (bowl) - 2005
- West 49 Canadian Open, Toronto, Ontario, 20th place (street)
- Pro Tec Pool Party, Orange, CaliforniaOrange, CaliforniaSouthern California is well-known for year-round pleasant weather: - On average, the warmest month is August. - The highest recorded temperature was in 1985. - On average, the coolest month is December. - The lowest recorded temperature was in 1950...
, 5th place (bowl) - X Games 11, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 2nd place (vert) - X Games 11, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 9th place (street) - Globe World Cup, Melbourne, Australia, 4th place (street)
- Globe World Cup, Melbourne, Australia, 8th place (mens vert - best trick)
- Tampa Am, Tampa, FloridaTampa, FloridaTampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, 3rd place (mens vert) - 2004
- X Games 10, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 1st place (vert) - X Games 10, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 4th place (street) - Gallaz Skate Jam, Dortmund, Germany, 6th place (street)
- Vans Triple Crown, Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, 99th place (street) - Vans Triple Crown, Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, 14th place (mens vert) - Vans Triple Crown, Vancouver, British Columbia, 12th place (street)
- Vans Triple Crown, Vancouver, British Columbia, 8th place (vert)
- Globe World Cup, Melbourne, Australia, 8th place (street)
- 2003
- X Games 9, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 3rd place (vert) - X Games 9, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 2nd place (street) - Next Cup, Aguanga, CaliforniaAguanga, CaliforniaAguanga is a census-designated place located within the Inland Empire, Riverside County, California. It is located south-southeast of Hemet. Aguanga lies at an elevation of 1955 feet...
, 2nd place (mens street) - Next Cup, Aguanga, CaliforniaAguanga, CaliforniaAguanga is a census-designated place located within the Inland Empire, Riverside County, California. It is located south-southeast of Hemet. Aguanga lies at an elevation of 1955 feet...
, 3rd place (highest wall) - Slam City JamSlam City JamSlam City Jam, the North American Skateboard Championships, was scheduled to return to Vancouver, BC in May 2008, but it has been postponed to May 2009 for unknown reasons. Debuted in Vancouver in 1994, Slam City Jam is the longest-running skateboarding event in North America and is among the best...
, Vancouver, British Columbia, 3rd place (vert) - Slam City JamSlam City JamSlam City Jam, the North American Skateboard Championships, was scheduled to return to Vancouver, BC in May 2008, but it has been postponed to May 2009 for unknown reasons. Debuted in Vancouver in 1994, Slam City Jam is the longest-running skateboarding event in North America and is among the best...
, Vancouver, British Columbia, 5th place (street) - West 49 Canadian Open, Toronto, Ontario, 14th place (street)
- 2002
- Slam City JamSlam City JamSlam City Jam, the North American Skateboard Championships, was scheduled to return to Vancouver, BC in May 2008, but it has been postponed to May 2009 for unknown reasons. Debuted in Vancouver in 1994, Slam City Jam is the longest-running skateboarding event in North America and is among the best...
, Vancouver, British Columbia, 3rd place (vert) - Slam City JamSlam City JamSlam City Jam, the North American Skateboard Championships, was scheduled to return to Vancouver, BC in May 2008, but it has been postponed to May 2009 for unknown reasons. Debuted in Vancouver in 1994, Slam City Jam is the longest-running skateboarding event in North America and is among the best...
, Vancouver, British Columbia, 5th place (street)