RIP: Jeff Grosso, Skateboarder

by The Editors on April 1, 2020

Salba and Jeff Grosso trading iPhones at the Vans HQ grand opening on October 12, 2017.

It is another terribly sad day for skateboarding. Jeff Grosso reportedly died at home on March 31, 2020. He was 51

Thrasher Magazine Editor Micheal Burnett said it like this:

Jeff could be as gentle and sincere as he could be hilarious and hard (on the coping and himself). He always skated with style. His grinds were long, his backside airs were head-high and his handplants were stalled out and sadder than a funeral. He will be sorely, sorely missed. Our hearts go out to his family and many friends. RIP, Grosso.

Kevin Wilkins, on his blog The Good Problem, outlined the magnitude of skateboarding’s loss beautifully:

Just heard the terrible news that Jeff Grosso has passed away. . . By now you’ve heard it, too. . . And, you know, I’m not exaggerating when I say that without him, our weird little world will spin out of balance and it’ll take decades before we stop noticing the sickening wobble of his absence.

According to the New York Daily News: “Grosso died at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach and the cause is “pending autopsy,” a spokeswoman with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department told the Daily News.”

We don’t have any more details, but our thoughts are with his son Oliver and everyone who knew and loved him.

For a small piece of what Grosso added to skateboarding and the world in general, please check out his video series Loveletters To Skateboarding.

[Link: Thrasher Magazine & The Good Problem]

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