Jeremy Klein

Jeremy Klein is an American artist and former professional skateboarder, born on 12 July 1971, who rose to prominence as one of the original riders for the skateboard brand World Industries and then switched to Birdhouse Skateboards, founded and owned by Tony Hawk. After being one of the first professionals on Birdhouse, he retired from the company in 2008. In 1993 he created Hook-Ups Skateboards, an American brand known for using Japanese animation style female characters and monsters, which began as a T-shirt brand, grew to include skateboards, shoes and accessories and as of 2025 produces skateboards, T-shirts, a baseball-style cap and stickers. He has appeared as himself in several episodes of Tom Green Live! and in the 2007 documentary The Man Who Souled the World, about World Industries founder Steve Rocco.