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Pearl Jam bassist Ament highlights skateboarding’s impact in Indigenous communities in Tribeca film
The film follows Ament’s partnership with tribal leaders as five new skateparks rise across the reservation to give Indigenous youth places to learn and connect.
- Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament showcases skateboarding's impact on Indigenous youth in the short documentary "Paving the Way", filmed on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana.
- Raised in Big Sandy, Montana, Ament developed his passion for skateboarding as a teenager, building ramps with his father, George, using designs inspired by Skateboarder magazine.
- Ament's organization, Montana Pool Service, partners with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, with new skateparks rising across the Flathead Reservation to provide isolated youth space to thrive.
- Construction starts in two weeks for one skatepark on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, as the project aims to place at least one on every Native American reservation in Montana by year's end.
- While pursuing his philanthropic work, Ament continues his music career as Pearl Jam returns in September to headline the Ohana festival in Dana Point, California, following drummer Matt Cameron's departure.
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Pearl Jam bassist Ament highlights skateboarding's impact in Indigenous communities in Tribeca film
FILE – Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam performs during BottleRock Napa Valley on May 25, 2024, in Napa, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)This film still provided by Full Glow on Saturday, June 6, 2026, shows a scene from a short documentary called “Paving the Way” filmed on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. (Full Glow via AP)This film still provided by Full Glow on Saturday, June 6, 2026, shows a scene from a short do…
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Pearl Jam bassist Ament highlights skateboarding’s impact in Indigenous communities in Tribeca film
Raised in the rural Montana community of Big Sandy, Jeff Ament got hooked as a teenager on skateboarding at a time when not much more than only a handful of ramps were available in the state.
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