Exclusive interviews with some of the best skatepark builders and designers in the world. Interviews include: James Hedrick, Dave Palmer, Chris Mearkle, Mark Scott, Mark Hubbard, Dave Duncan, Rick Carje, Sam Batterson, Tim Payne, Jim Barnum, Dave Libhart, Jason Speer, Marc Corbett, Eddie Lawrence, Tim Klemonsky, Jaime Stapula, Geth Noble, Tom Putnam and Wally Hollyday.
DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: MERK INTERVIEW WITH MERK OF EAST COAST RAMP DESIGNS
INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY
INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY
PHOTOS BY BRYAN LATHROP
Building wooden bowls is a true sculptural art form, so when the jobs come around you have to get the right person to build it. Read More 
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 cities letting skatepark Read More 
DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: JIM BARNUM SPECTRUM SKATEPARKS
INTERVIEW WITH JIM BARNUM
INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY
INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY
When you think Canada, you think of the Great White North, eh? Mooseheads and hosers, eh? But have you thought about the complications of building Read More 
DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: DAVE LIBHART INTERVIEW WITH DAVE "SUEDE" LIBHART
INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY
INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY
PHOTOS BY RHINO
Just saying Libhart is from Pennsylvania says it all to most. Suede is a perfect breed of hardcore do it yourself, for the fun of it, 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 that they 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: MARK SCOTT DREAMLAND SKATEPARKS
INTERVIEW WITH MARK "RED" SCOTT
INTERVIEW BY SCOTT LAMBRIGHT
I began skating with Red in the late '80s. This was prior to any parks in Oregon except Cannon Beach, which was the first public skate park. It was fun if you were Read More 
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