Jeff Ament’s nonprofit drops two brand-new boards inspired by two legends of alt-rock and punk.
This year’s Giving Tuesday hits different: starting at 9:00 AM PST on December 2, 2025, the new MPS Collab Boards created with Pixies and Bad Religion are officially up for grabs. Pixies fans can score their deck on PixiesMerch.com, while Bad Religion’s board is available at TSURT.com. Two vibes, one mission: doing something good that actually matters.
MPS stands for Montana Pool Service, the nonprofit Jeff Ament founded back in 2005. The whole idea was to build legit skateparks in rural Montana towns and Native reservations—places where kids usually don’t get many chances to skate or create. Nineteen years later, MPS has helped build over 40 skateparks, always pushing to bring art, community, and skate culture exactly where they’re needed most. These annual collab decks have become one of the coolest and most effective ways to raise funds, mixing music and skateboarding into something with real impact.
All proceeds from this year’s drop are going straight to the Lame Deer Skatepark project on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, set for 2026. The artwork is killer: Tomo77 designed the Pixies deck, while Gianluca Gambino handled the Bad Religion one—each taking inspiration from the bands’ songs and turning them into bold, loud visuals that fit perfectly with their sound.
These MPS boards have become a tradition, a yearly reminder that creativity and community go hand in hand. Jeff Ament has always talked about how much he loves this project, and you can feel it every year. Huge shoutout to the Pixies for sticking with it since day one, and much love to Bad Religion for jumping in this time. The more, the better—and here’s to many more years of MPS.
The decks drop December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM PST.
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., Mark Lanegan, R.E.M., Radiohead, Cat Power, Dead Kennedys