Vote for Jim Murphy

Lenox Industrial tools is running a contest of sorts similar to the Women of Worth award that Skate like a Girl co-director Nancy Chang was up for. It’s called the Lenox Extra Mile Hero. The winner gets 30k donated to the charity of his choice. Jim Murphy’s charity is the non-profit foundation Nibwaakaawin, whose goal is to bring the healthy and positive life lessons inherent in skateboarding to the entire Native American community. I can’t find a web link for that foundation, but it’s Jim freakin’ Murphy, you know? I actually just read a really good interview of Jef Hartsel that Murphy did. I know who Jef was, but I never really knew anything about him. He seemed like one of those guys in the 80’s whose name you read, but he didn’t really get a lot of coverage outside an occasional Alva ad, possibly. My memory is fuzzy about that, actually. In any case, it was a good interview. Pick up Juice Magazine #65 if you want to read it.

Which brings me to the point of this post. Go to the Lenox Extra Mile Hero web site and vote for Jim Murphy. – Thanks to Burke for the tip.

[Photo: Jim Murphy at Edgwood, 1986 from The House of Steam. Inset: Recent photo of JIm.]