Jeff Grosso

Jeffrey Blain Grosso (April 28, 1968 – March 31, 2020) was an American professional skateboarder, skate documentarian, and web series host from Arcadia, California.

Skateboarding Grosso started skateboarding at the age of 5. Following his death in 2020, the Los Angeles Times erroneously reported that Grosso turned pro at age 12. He grew up skateboarding with prominent figures such as Neil Blender and Lance Mountain. Grosso got sober in 2005 and resumed skateboarding professionally.

Grosso made one appearance in the X Games, finishing fourth in the Skateboard Park Legends event at X Games 16 in 2010.

Skateboarding Hall of Fame Grosso was inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2023.

Personal life Throughout the 1990s, Grosso struggled with heroin addiction. Grosso has a son Oliver, who was born in 2012.

Grosso died at the age of 51, on March 31, 2020, at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, California. In December 2020, Grosso's autopsy report stated his cause of death as "severe cardiomegaly with dilatation", with toxicology data indicating Grosso had fentanyl in his system at the time of death.