{"id":54691,"date":"2014-05-01T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=54691"},"modified":"2022-06-07T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T01:59:49","slug":"duty-now-for-the-future-retrospective-lil-eddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/duty-now-for-the-future-retrospective-lil-eddie\/","title":{"rendered":"Duty Now For the Future Retrospective – Lil Eddie"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE RETROSPECTIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

LIL EDDIE LAWRENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

INTERVIEW BY\u00a0BREWCE MARTIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

PHOTO COURTESY OF GRINDLINE SKATEPARKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

We started the Duty Now for the Future articles to honor those skateboarders building concrete for other skateboarders. These skaters are dedicated to building skate structures, day in and day out, where quality is job one and money doesn’t matter as much as the finished product. They are the ones carving the future for generations to come and we want to bring their stories to you in order to understand what goes into building those killer parks that you get to ride! We want to thank these skaters for all their sweat, hard work and dedication to skateboarding! They’re not afraid to lay yards of pool coping down, so get out there and grind it up!!! That is our Duty Now For The Future! D-E-V-O. We dedicate our Duty Now For the Future Retrospective to Bob 2 aka Bob Casale. R.I.P.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your favorite backyard\/DIY spot to skate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know. Where have I been? You caught me on the spot on this one. I would say my house, but it\u2019s not skate-able. This year it\u2019s going to be mine. Other than that, Charleston is always good. Before that, Florida, the Property, and everywhere down south.<\/p>\n

Who is the one person that influenced you the most in building skateparks?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Payne was always good at building wood stuff, and that\u2019s what I started out doing. Then I came on with Hubbard and Shaggy. They\u2019re good. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite skatepark now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the one we\u2019re doing in Pittsburgh with the full pipe is going to be pretty good. It\u2019s got a good bowl. I always like Louisville, back in the day. That was hard to beat the first time. You could party there. It was like a backyard, but it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

So you could party there and that helps?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah. It keeps it going. [Laughs]<\/p>\n

What do you think has been the biggest innovation in skatepark building over the years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s always changing. You never know what you\u2019re going to do until it\u2019s done. I think grant money is the best innovation. Everyone else wants to control you and tell you what not to build now. You used to be able to just build what you want, or they told you what to build and you built something else. Now it\u2019s completely the opposite. The grant money, to me, is keeping it going.<\/p>\n

Where do you see park building going in the next ten years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopefully, I\u2019m still building them then.<\/p>\n

Do you see skatepark building as a long-term trend?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hell, I didn\u2019t think it would last a year, and it\u2019s up to 20 now. It\u2019s been going strong since \u201898 and it\u2019s still happening.<\/p>\n

What do you think is going to happen in skatepark building over the next ten years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to get handed down to a new group. [Laughs] And they\u2019ll keep it going, hopefully.<\/p>\n

What innovations have happened in skatepark building that have become obsolete and aren\u2019t being built right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a hard one there. It seems like everything is being built. Everyone is building parks and there\u2019s new and old and re-creations. Everything is being built. They just keep building them.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite pool shape and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d have to go with amoeba. It has the most pockets all around. Keep it moving.<\/p>\n

Favorite pool coping?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like Federal Stone, but there is a lot of stuff being used now. I\u2019m just keeping it the same.<\/p>\n

What is the one thing that hasn\u2019t been built to skate yet that you\u2019d like to build or see built in the future?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Double barrel, shotgun full pipe, side by side.<\/p>\n

Who is on your crew right now?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the last one, we had Austin from Pittsburgh, Fish, and Matt from Atlanta. There are more people that come and go.<\/p>\n

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“I think the one\u00a0<\/span>we\u2019re doing in Pittsburgh with the full pipe is going to be pretty good. It\u2019s got a good bowl. I always like louisville. That was hard to beat the first time. you could party there. It was like a backyard, but it wasn\u2019t.”<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anyone you want to thank?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to thank you for owing me so much money, Brewce. And I want to thank Dan for not leaving this out of the interview because I\u2019m hoping some day Brewce gives me my money. [Laughs]<\/p>\n

[Laughs] And I hope one day Dan will send you some clothes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Laughs] Yeah, Dan. Send me some clothes.<\/p>\n

What is your Duty Now for the Future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raise my little girl.<\/p>\n

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