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DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: DAVE “SHAGGY” PALMER GRINDLINE SKATEPARKS INTERVIEW WITH DAVE "SHAGGY" PALMER INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY JOE HAMMEKE   The Duty Now For The Future section of this mag was literally built for guys like Shaggy, skateboarders Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: JAMES HEDRICK TEAM PAIN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES HEDRICK INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY DAWNDRA BUDD AND TIM MOTT   Colorado has one of the biggest growing skatepark scenes in the world right now, with small towns and major Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: JASON SPEER 4 DOWN INC. INTERVIEW WITH JASON SPEER INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOGRAPHY BY JASON SPEER   Texas is the reason... With the recent explosion in concrete skateparks, it's interesting to see how the remaining wood Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: MARC CORBETT INTERVIEW WITH MARC CORBETT INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB NELSON AND DAN LEVY   In Wanchese, where you can build a huge wooden bowl with pool coping in your backyard, Marc Corbett feels right at home, Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: MONK HUBBARD GRINDLINE SKATEPARKS INTERVIEW WITH MONK HUBBARD INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY   With a long history of skateboarding all over the country and hopping freight trains, Monk made a lot of friends and earned the reputation Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: EDDIE LAWRENCE GRINDLINE SKATEPARKS INTERVIEW WITH EDDIE LAWRENCE INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY DAWNDRA BUDD AND GRINDLINE   Up there with Adam Luxford and Brewce Martin, Little Eddie is one of the fastest skateboarders Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: BIG TIM KLEMONSKY INTERVIEW WITH TIM KLEMONSKY INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY   Wow. Big Tim. Where do you start? One of the punkest things I ever witnessed was at a tradeshow/Black Label party with Big Tim. When the band came on, Tim decided Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: JAIME STAPULA GREENSK8LAB INTERVIEW WITH JAIME STAPULA INTERVIEW WITH TERRI NORDSTROM INTERVIEWS BY JIM MURPHY   JAIME STAPULA The ECRW army has been in training for generations and now it's time to get the real deal of what the crew is all about. Jaime Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: SLOPPY SAM BREAKING GROUND SKATEPARKS INTERVIEW WITH SAM BATTERSON INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY PAUL WARNER AND BILL HELENE   You've read the interviews and you've seen the photos. You've probably viewed the video Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: GETH NOBLE AIRSPEED SKATEPARKS INTERVIEW WITH GETH NOBLE INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY   Geth Noble believes in building skateparks for the people, by the people. A skateboarder of 27 years, Noble started out skating at Skatepark Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: EAST COAST RAMP DESIGN INTERVIEW WITH MERK INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF MERK   Chris Mearkle A.K.A. Capt. Destiny is one of the East Coast's premiere ramp and bowl builders. From his backyard ramp skate roots in Connecticut Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: TOM PUTNAM A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE WORLD'S BEST SKATEPARK BUILDERS INTERVIEW WITH TOM "TWISTER" PUTNAM INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY   Tom Putnam was one of the thousands of kids who turned onto skateboarding during the Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: TIM PAYNE DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: TEAM PAIN SKATEPARKS INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY MATT JOHANIS, DAWNDRA BUDD, TODD HUBER AND TIM PAYNE For the last 20 years, Tim Payne has been responsible for some of the greatest wooden Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: WALLY HOLLYDAY INTERVIEW WITH WALLY HOLLYDAY INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY WALLY HOLLYDAY, MIKA AND ANDY KESSLER In the glory days of the '70s, concrete parks were being built around the world in every shape, size and dimension. Most of them weren't perfect, Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: DAVE DUNCAN DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE INTERVIEW WITH DAVE DUNCAN INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY   They know what you want. They know what you need. Carje and Duncan have been skating since the '70s, and have ridden and built a lot of concrete and wood creations Read More

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: RICK CARJE DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE INTERVIEWS WITH THE BEST SKATEPARK BUILDERS IN THE WORLD DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: RCMC INTERVIEW WITH RICK CARJE INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY   They know what you want. They know what you need. Carje and Duncan have been Read More