Jeremy Klein

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Jeremy Klein
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Personal information
NicknamePlayboy [1]
Born (1971-07-12) July 12, 1971 (age 53)
Torrance, California, U.S.
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png United States
Sport Skateboarding

Jeremy Klein (born July 12, 1971) is an American artist and former professional skateboarder.

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Professional skateboarding

Klein rose to prominence as one of the original riders for the skateboard brand World Industries. He then switched to Birdhouse Skateboards, founded and owned by Tony Hawk. After being one of the first professionals on Birdhouse, Klein retired from the company in 2008.

Hook-Ups Skateboards

Hook-Ups is an American skateboard brand created by Klein in 1993 that is known for using Japanese animation style female characters and monsters on their products. [2] The brand was part of the Blitz Distribution family who also distributed brands such as L.E Skateboards, Black Label, and SK8Mafia at that time. [3]

Hook-Ups began as a T-shirt brand but grew to include skateboards, shoes, and accessories; as of 2025, the brand produces skateboards, T-shirts, a baseball-style cap, and stickers. [4]

Other media

Klein has appeared as himself in several episodes of Tom Green Live! [5] [6]

He appeared as himself in the 2007 documentary The Man Who Souled the World , a documentary about the career of World Industries founder Steve Rocco . [7]

Videography

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Green Live". Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hook-Ups Skateboards". Skately LLC. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Blitz Fall 2013". Blitz Distribution. September 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ Jeremy Klein (September 2013). "Fall 2012". Hook-Ups Skateboards. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ Internet movie database. "Internet movie database". IMDb .
  6. ↑ "Jeremy Klein on Tom Green live". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ "IMDB – The Man Who Souled the World (2007)". IMDb .
  8. 1 2 Sk8 video site. "Sk8 video site".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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