Tyshawn Jones (born December 24, 1998) is a

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American professional skateboarder, from New York. He is a two time ''Thrasher'' Skater of the Year winner (2018 and 2022)

Early life

Born in Manhattan, New York Jones grew up splitting his childhood between

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and

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. After playing

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with his brother and uncle at the age of 10, Jones was introduced to the world of skateboarding and purchased his first skateboard from Target. Although Jones' older brother (Brian Jones) eventually quit skateboarding, Tyshawn remained persistent without letting failures discourage him. After moving back to the Bronx from New Jersey Jones focused on skating more due to a lack of friends. Encountering skaters that were better gave Jones a competitive drive which pushed Jones to become better. Jones was a fan of Lizard King in his early days and part of a photo op featuring Lizard King followed by "thousands" of other skaters. Jones watched skate footage growing up:

"I used to go home from school and watch Andrew Reynolds’ Baker 3 part. I would just rewind his frontside flip over the Hollywood 16 rail over and over and over. Brian Herman,
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… I’ve never even seen (Baker 3) all the way through, I’d just watch the parts."

Professional skateboarding career

After being exposed to the idea of sponsorship Jones worked on getting clips of himself skating in New York City, he saw this as an opportunity to cut cost of skateboarding equipment and wasn't so concerned about exposure. Initially Jones was under a flow sponsorship for

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. Jones first met Jason Dill (founder and CEO of Fucking Awesome) in 2011 in New York City. Dill was impressed by Jones' skating ability which evolved into Jones getting sponsored and going pro under

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. Jones' ability and style caught the eye of Supreme, which lead him to appear in several clips for the brand and eventually the store's 2014 video, ''cherry'' by

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. Jones' passion and post-trick-hype punctuated his unique style. Following the ''cherry'' video, Jones co-founded his own hardware/apparel company, Hardies, with teammate

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. Also in 2014, Jones signed with Adidas. He made his debut solo skate video part on Adidas' full-length team video, Away Days. Jones' first signature colorway/material with Adidas came out in 2017. In 2022, Jones left

to start his own company, King Skateboards.

Thrasher Skater of the Year

In 2018, at the age of 19, Jones released one of the "most talk about parts of the year" in Supreme's video "BLESSED". Jones' part opens with a

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flip into the fountain at

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and earned him a 2018 Skater of the Year award from ''

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'' magazine, awarded to him by then editor-in-chief

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. He is on the cover of the January 2019 issue. In 2022, Tyshawn again won Thrasher's skater of the year award.

Music video appearances

In May 2022, Tyshawn appears in the

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music video for the song N95 featuring

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, skateboarding around the streets of New York City.

References

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Early life

Professional skateboarding career

Thrasher Skater of the Year

Sponsors

Music video appearances

References