He died on 14 March 2019. Jake Phelps, the longtime editor of the skateboarding magazine Thrasher, died Thursday, his uncle, Clark Phelps, announced on Facebook. Jon Comer's Death: Amputee and Skateboarding Rituals. The magazine is cagey about its process for picking the recipient, but most skateboarders believe Mr. Phelps was ultimately in charge of the decision a persistent rumor that he never disputed. Jake Phelps is the embodiment of skateboarding. I looked it up and it said: The symptoms of CTE include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, anxiety, suicidality, parkinsonism, and, eventually, progressive dementia. Your email address will not be published. The use of drugs in the skate community combined with the deadliness of fentanyl makes it likely that there are other skaters among those thousands of names. No word on cause of death but it was said by his Uncle that is it was sudden and not violent. All images are to their respective owners. Who Is Sakai French Las Vegas? Ever. I was a horrible skateboarder, but being a skateboarder was a huge part of my young life. Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! Jake Phelps died March 14. Once again, rest in peace. A longtime gospel singer died suddenly on Sunday evening in the middle of a sound check for a concert, according to a news release on the Gaither website. Anyone who says they dont want to know the cause of death are full of shit. [1] In 1977, Phelps began working at Zero Gravity, a skate park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bronze Topic Start : Start a topic with over 1,000 replies. Jake Phelps, the longtime editor of skateboarding magazine Thrasher and a beloved legend in the skating world, has died at age 56. Skateboarding News, Skate Videos & Metal Podcast. The man was the myth. His death was first reported on Thursday by . Well, in the case of Jake, the task becomes wrapping your head around just how many lives one person could possibly live. The Instagram post read: Jake Phelps was 100% skateboarder, but that label sells him way too short, because beyond his enormous influence in our world, he was truly an individual beyond this world. On the other side, his uncle, Clark Phelps, said on Facebook that his nephew "passed suddenly and easily today." He passed away on March 14, 2019, at the age of 56, yet he leaves his legacy with us.
