Jason Adams interview over at Fuel http://www.fuel.tv/skateboarding/item/jason-adams-talks-skateboarding-art/

Ok, “The Kid”…Where’s that originate?

In San Jose when I came up, I moved downtown San Jose and I started hanging out with Corey O’Brien, my buddy Reeps. I wasn’t old enough to go to the bar, so they took me under their wing and were like, “You’re ‘The Kid”’” One night Corey said “We’re bringing The Kid,” and it just stuck.