Part 3 of StockX’s 6-part series highlighting the lives of Supreme’s Skate Team.
For the most part, as is the case with the the other two members of Supreme’s Skate Team, the majority of skaters who go professional come from LA. Unlike most of the other members of Supreme’s Skate Team though, Tyshawn Jones hails from the opposite coast, natively hailing from The Bronx. Tyshawn started skating when he was 10 years old. In an interview with Bill Strobek for Thrasher, Tyshawn admits that it was his mother that eventually pushed him to start skating, giving him $60 and telling him to go outside instead of playing video games all day. From there, it became something special for Tyshawn. Despite being very young, Tyshawn improved very quickly and it wasn’t long before he started leaving the Bronx to skate other areas in the city. After a short while, Tyshawn’s skating caught the eyes of some of the workers at Supreme who’d eventually reach out and ask him to come down to the store. It was six months before Tyshawn made his way into the Supreme store and from there, he was onboard. Shortly after joining Supreme, in 2012, Tyshawn was featured in a short clip called “Buddy” opposite longtime Supreme legend, Jason Dill.
Much like the rest of the skaters on this list, the full-length Supreme skate film, Cherry, is widely considered to be what put Tyshawn Jones on the map for the wider community observing all things Supreme and skateboarding. His part in Cherry contained a seminal moment for the skater, something similar to Sean Pablo’s “Take My Virginity Away” quote scene. Near the end of his part in the film, Tyshawn can be seen tearing his shirt after nailing a trick he’d been trying to hit for a while. This became the springboard for the things to come later as he’d shortly join adidas’s professional team as well as the FA team with the rest of his Supreme Team counterparts.
After “cherry”, Tyshawn’s become a bona fide star, winning Thrasher’s Skater Of The Year Award (basically skateboarding’s highest honor) in 2018 after his first nomination for the long list came in 2016. He still skates for adidas, appearing in their debut skate film, Away Days, a few years ago and he’s currently rumored to be working on his own shoe. He also runs his own skateboarding and hardware company, Hardie’s Hardware, which just collaborated with adidas on two shoes and some apparel. Outside of skating, Tyshawn recently opened a restaurant in his neighborhood in the Bronx called “Taste So Good (Make You Wanna Smack Your Mama)”. Scroll down to check out Tyshawn’s career highlights.
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Hardies Hardware
Tyshawn started his brand, Hardies Hardware, in 2014 with fellow “cherries” and Supreme skaters Na-Kel Smith and Kevin Bradley. The company sells both apparel and hardware for those truly engrained in the skate culture and recently announced a collaboration with adidas, something they’ve made regular. With both Tyshawn and Na-Kel on the adidas team as well as featured in the adidas Skateboarding film “Away Days”, the partnership makes perfect sense. Scroll down to check out the brand’s collaborative teasers with adidas as well as a short skate video of their own.
Taste So Good (Make You Wanna Smack Your Mama)
As if running his own brand and making Skater Of The Year 2018 wasn’t enough, Tyshawn also jumped into a totally new and somewhat non-traditional field last September; restaurant ownership. He runs the restaurant with his mother both of whom occasionally assume the role of cook. Check out a short video interview done with Tyshawn and his mom as well as another short clip featuring interviews of Tyshawn’s friends on the restaurant.
In an interview with Hypebeast, Tyshawn confidently states, “I’m the type of person where if I want something, I get it. Whatever it takes.” Looking at Tyshawn’s career up to this point, the 20 year old has objectively accomplished a lot. Whether it be SOTY or opening his own restaurant, he’s done seemingly nothing but execute on his vision. While we may not be sure what that is moving forward (he’s hinted at making music), whatever it is will likely be highly successful. It would seem there’s no where to go but up for the determined wunderkind.
