Jay Adams's stepfather Kent Sherwood is a photographer and one of the founders of Z-Flex skateboards. In 1996, inspired by creating lighter surfboards, he innovated and patented a new foam mold process, which led to founding his company Foam Matrix, which now contracts with aerospace companies like Boeing to make foam wing designs for military aircraft. C. R. Stecyk III is a multimedia artist and writer. He was also a writer and production designer on the documentary film Dogtown and Z-Boys. Stecyk co-founded the Zephyr atelier, where the boards he painted for individuals such as Skip Engblom, Miki Dora, Jay Adams, Jeff Ho, Tony Alva and Joel Tudor helped to establish the graphic styles of both surfing and skateboarding. Glen E. Friedman is a celebrated skate, hip-hop, and punk photographer. He is the author of the Rizzoli book My Rules.