Joey Jett
| Joey Jett | |||
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| Born | Joey Hornish June 19, 1998 Baltimore, Maryland United States | ||
| 🏫 Education | Patuxent High School (2016)[1] | ||
| 💼 Occupation | Professional Skateboarder | ||
| 📆 Years active | 2006–present[2]
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Joey "Jett" Hornish (born June 19, 1998) is a professional skateboarder from Baltimore, Maryland. He currently lives in Baltimore City. He is sponsored by Street Boards Plant.
Career
When Jett was 6 years old his mother Isabel Cumming, went to a yard sale, and bought her son his first skateboard.[3] Jett skated in national competitions and was invited to skate at the AST Dew Tour in 2006 - 2009. At the age of 7 Jett was on the Dew Sports Tour (Extreme Sports Circuit).[1] Jett was the youngest skateboarder (seven years old) to successfully land a 540 ( 1 ½ rotations in midair) in a skate competition.[4] He was sponsored by a Baltimore skateboarding company: Conformist.[3]
When Jett was 7 years old he was named event MVP of a Philadelphia event by Mike Vallely. At the age of ten, Jett stopped skating.[5] In 2005, Jett had a PlayStation video game that carried his name and he toured nationally.[6]
Jett helped raise money for Jake's Skatepark in January 2018. The money raised helped build a park named after 5 year old skater.[7] The park was named for Jake Owen. A distracted driver using a cell phone killed him.[8] [9]
Sponsor
In 2017 at Charm City Skate Park, Mike Vallely presented Joey Jett with his first pro model skateboard by Plant Street Boards.[5]
External links
- The Comeback (2015)
- The Process (2016)
- The Dream: The Art of Skateboarding (2018)[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NISWANDER, JOHN. "Patuxent graduate Jett skating to success". somdnews. SoMdNews.com. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Street Plant". streetplantbrand. Street Plant. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Webb, Margaret (6 February 2007). "'Joey Jett' Is Ready for Liftoff". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Spotlight Skateboarder Joey Jett Hornish". baltimorestyle. Baltimore Style. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brown, Brian. "SKATEBOARDING'S NEW PRO JOEY JETT PREMIERING PRO PART AT KONA DEDICTATED TO JACKSONVILLE SKATER". surf-station. Surf Station. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Towson skateboard artist, 7, receiving national attention". Washington Examiner. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "World premiere of skateboarding movie to benefit Jake's Skatepark". The Baltimore Times. 5 January 2018. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ Schuh, Mike. "Towson Pro Skateboarder Raises Money For Skate Park Named After Slain Boy". baltimore.cbslocal. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ Hermann, Peter (29 December 2011). "Child, 5, who died in crash was fixture in South Baltimore neighborhood". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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