The Z-Boys was a group of skateboarders in the mid-1970s from Santa Monica

Santa Mônica

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 and Venice, California. The aerial and sliding skate moves that the Z-Boys invented were the basis for aerial skateboarding today.
The crew, who began as a surf team, derived their name from the Zephyr surfboard shop in Santa Monica. Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom

Skip Engblom

Skip Engblom was one of the co-founders of the Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions Surf Shop in Santa Monica, California. He also was the owner of the Zephyr skate team, he currently owns and runs Santa Monica Airlines, a skateboard company.Engblom helped to create the Zephyr Surf Team and...

 and Craig Stecyk opened the Santa Monica shop as 'Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions' in 1971.