Jahmal Williams

Jahmal Williams is a regular-footed professional skateboarder, skate company owner, and artist from Boston, Massachusetts.

Early life and education Williams was raised by his mother in Boston, Massachusetts with four other siblings. As a young kid in the early-to-mid 1980s, Williams was into breakdancing and graffiti writing. There he studied drawing, sculpture, and painting for four years. T.V. skateboards came to Whitman, Massachusetts on a tour. Williams befriended the team and ended up going on tour with them.

After T.V. folded Williams joined Ed Templeton's new company, Toy Machine. Year The Fat Juicy Video 1991 3D Innovations 1991 Toy Machine Live! 1994 Eastern Exposure 1996 adidas Commercial 1998 INFMS 2000 DNA Continuum 2002 Static 3 2007 Hopps Commercial 1 2009 MIA Skate Shop Welcome to MIA 2010 Ride Channel Skate New York with Hopps 2012 Orchard Stone Soup 2014 Static 4 2014 Hopps The “Saturday” Project 2016 Welcome to Dial Tone MFG 2018 The Converse CONS X Hopps Collection 2018

Hopps Skateboards In 2007, Williams founded Hopps Skateboards.