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GRIT TO GRIND:
SHAPING MONTANA COMMUNITIES
ONE SKATEPARK AT A TIME
B Y A N DY K E M M I S A N D C H R I S B A CO N
F O R E W O R D B Y J E F F A M E N T
C H R O N I C L E P R I S M , 2 0 2 5
In the 1990s, if you were a kid in Montana with a skateboard, you drove a long way to use it. Grit to
Grind tells the story of how that changed. Chris Bacon, longtime owner of Board of Missoula and
president of the Montana Skatepark Association, and photographer-writer Andy Kemmis chron-
icle the building of MOBASH skatepark in Missoula and, from there, nearly fifty more across the
state, including parks on reservations and in towns most guidebooks skip. Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament
wrote the foreword and, through his Montana Pool Service, helped fund the work. Kemmis's hun-
dred-plus color photographs carry the book.
IN THE
1990s,
IF YOU WERE
A KID IN
MONTANA
WITH A
SKATEBOARD,
YOU DROVE
A LONG WAY
TO USE IT.
