Issue #77 Juice Magazine with Jeff Ament
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“The concept for the name, Montana Pool Service, was sort of an homage
to IPS, Wally’s deal. It started off with stickers and stuff.
Simultaneously, I was getting involved with getting skateparks built in
Montana... It goes all the way back to helping get a park built in the
Seattle Center 25 years ago when I took some of my philanthropic funds
from Pearl Jam and we gave them $50,000. We used to give all of the
money from our home shows to local organizations. That was the beginning
of MPS... From the very beginning, punk rock and skateboarding, have
been one and the same. When I moved to Seattle, at least half the kids I
knew that played in bands skateboarded. Even going back to the guys I
skated with in Montana, all those guys ended up playing in bands... If
you really allow yourself to feel the music or to feel what’s it’s like
to ride a wave or be in the ocean or on a skateboard and carve a
ten-foot wall or pull a trick or whatever, it’s all that same amount of
aliveness. You feel it.” - JEFF AMENT [Juice Magazine #77 interview by Jim “Murf” Murphy @woundedkneeskateboards ]💥💥💥
Jeff Ament and his grassroots skate company, MPS, is on a mission to create a Treasure Trail of epic skateparks connecting small towns and Native American reservations in Montana. Jeff has turned MPS into a killer skatepark building adventure, working with the Grindline, Dreamland and Evergreen crews to revive the style and energy found in the ‘70s skatepark explosion.
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#jeffament #skate #lifer #pearljam @pearljam #montanapoolservice #building #skateparks #dutynowforthefuture
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Ament skate 📸 Dan Reis
MPS ad 📸 @mrzzz
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@JuiceMagazine #77 available now at skate shops, surf shops, record stores, Barnes & Noble & juicemagazine.com
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