Adrian Demain (born December 26, 1966) is a professional musician and former professional skateboarder based in the San Diego, California area. Demain rode for

Powell Peralta Powell Peralta is an American skateboard company founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta in 1978. The company rose to prominence in the 1980s as skateboarding began maturing as a sport. The company featured the Bones Brigade, a team featurin ...

as part of the Bones Brigade in the mid-late 1980s. Demain was featured briefly in

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's first video, The Bones Brigade Video Show, and in 1986 was ranked as skateboarding's amateur vertical champion by the National

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Association. He turned pro for House of Kasai in 1987 and retired in 1991. Demain invented

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including the Judo, Anti-Judo and double-kick backside air. Demain has been performing music professionally since the early 1990s as a guitarist, ukulele player, steel guitarist and singer. For three years he played, recorded and toured the world with

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' bass player

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. Demain has also performed and recorded with Forbidden Pigs, Thee Corsairs, Billy Watson and The International Silver String Submarine Band, Gregory Page (musician),

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys is an American rockabilly and Western swing band from California composed of Robert Williams, alias Big Sandy, Ashley Kingman, Frankie Hernandez and Russell Scott. The band is known for its eclectic style, which enco ...

, the Cheap Leis and Brawley. Demain started playing blues and rockabilly, and currently focuses on Hawaiian and jazz classics and American Songbook standards. In a 1984 interview, when asked what music he currently liked, Demain stated: "I listen to a little punk, Youth Brigade,

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, and just about anything else. Right now my favorite band is

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References

External links

Adrian Demain on GigTown.comAdrian Demain on ReverbNationAdrian Demain – San Diego Reader
American skateboarders Musicians from California Living people 1966 births {{US-skateboarding-bio-stub