Adrian Demain
Adrian Demain was featured briefly in skateboarding's first video, the Bones Brigade Video show, and in 1986 was ranked as skateboarding's amateur vertical champion by the National Skateboard Association. (The winner of the 1986 National Skateboard Association's amateur championship event, held in Anaheim, California in December of that year, was Reese Simpson. If there was a season ranking that, somehow, placed Adrian at the top, I, a skateboard photojournalist at the time, am completely unaware of it. To my knowledge, since the ams were divided into regions and there was no national amateur series, no such ranking ever existed.)
Adrian skated for Powell Skateboards in the mid 80's. He turned pro for House of Kasai in 1987 and retired in 1991. Since then, he has played and recorded with various bands including, Forbidden Pigs, Lee Rocker, Thee Corsairs and Billy Watson (Musician). His current band, The Cheap Leis, plays Hawaiian music in the San Diego, California area.
Adrian has invented several skateboarding tricks, namely the Judo, and double-kick backside air.
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