Growing up in a small mid-American town in the 70’s and trying to get your skate on was a bit of a challenge. Skateboarder magazine, possibly a set of Rampage ramp plans and your personal ingenuity were your ticket to survival. So, how many folks out there built a Rampage ramp? How many cut it in half at the bottom and inserted some flat? How many cut it down and put it inside of a garage or other building so you could skate through the Winter months? Like so many of us, this week’s Monday Cover skater, Jeff Ament, shares those skate roots. Check out more pics of Jeff shredding it up after the turn.
Congratulations Jeff!
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Bonus cover
Jeff styling a frontside grind.
Friends on deck as Jeff grinds one out.
Frontside air at Butte.
Chris and Jeff
Fine tuning some air.
Wally and Jeff
Coping check at Butte.
Full frame of bonus cover.
Full frame of cover shot.
Nice helmet, I heard the new Pearl Jam single sounds like the Replacements.
He skates pretty good for a bass player. haha!
We also built our ramp from Rampage Plans, Here is the story:
http://sk8boarding4life.blogspot.com/2009/04/osterneaster-ettlingen-1981.html
I still have the plans at home…..
Jeff is a lifelong skater that just so happens to shred on the bass as well. Awesome. So stoked to see his “Monday Cover” Rich!
Hey Jeff looks pretty good in the Bowl. But I’m more concerned about Wally, where’d he get that Mountain Sized Kokanee? Was this shoot in Canada?? Shit, I live in Canada and can’t get Kokanee anymore, because they won’t ship it from B.C. to Nova Scotia….
Awesome! Talk about getting some air. Tony Hawk watch out.
Sweet! 🙂
Jeff’s bowl. Somewhere outside Missoula Mt.
Respect !
Got some photos of Jeff skating a bowl in Portland
Yeahhhhhhh!!!! I am Canadian! and my cousin lives in Butte, Montana and it’s fucken WICKED to have a legend like Jeff Ament skating in the very place I was visiting a mere 2 months ago. I heart you always 🙂 xo
…very nice~ what a way to take a break~
-it’s that sweet Mother Earth’s fresh air…
Peace,
Kelly
Jeff Shreds!!!!
Anyone have the interview of Jeff skating a pool
and talking about Benaroya?
Would love to see it again…. 🙂
Peace 🙂
Jeff Ament: all-around super guy.
Nice Pics, but no pads is insane. Nobody wants to see Pearl Jam with Kip Winger on bass. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Go Jeff!
I never learned to skate well due to the fact in Montana you had to learn to skate on gravel!!! Thx to a new skate park and support from PJ, a new generation can..
Guitar and bass did stick for me however! 🙂
Thx Jeff, keep shreddin!
Did he pissed himself?
Jeff!! Way to go! Don’t break you bones! =)
Rich man is having fun with his money. I’m jealous, and can’t relate to him.
Yeah Jeff,
Keeping shredding….
Hey, Jeff, bom que está aproveitando a vida!
Continue!
Abraço
” hey, Jeff, thats good you’re having fun and enjoying your life!
Keep going!
Hugs”
i know jeff skates on one of the PJ dvd’s. think it might be live in corinth but i could be wrong. i remember him jumping the fence to get in the place. good dvd for any pj fan tho.
You rock, Jeff!!!
I met Jeff 6 years ago.He is not who most think he is .Born and razed in Montana Jeff spent his teens bailing and stacking ton after ton of grass and feeding live stock.Long before any fame came to him he was A
SKATER. Jeff is still that skater, It’s always a fun time to skate with some one else who has the passion and love for skating I do. He hold nothing back when he skates and is always pushing him self and others.
R.K.