William Corey Duffel (born April 11, 1984) known as Corey Duffel, is a professional
skateboarder
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from
Walnut Creek
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, California.
Duffel's sponsors include
Converse
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, Venture Trucks, Mob Grip, Orbs Wheels, Metro Skateboard Shop, Armourdillo, ''CCS'' magazine,
Skullcandy
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Products
Skullcandy's products are primarily targeted at the outdoor act ...
headphones, and Bones Swiss Bearings.
Fashion and skating style
Corey is well known for dressing in a distinctive 1970s punk fashion.
He is known for his fast pace, performing tricks on big gaps, rails, stairs, big wallrides and other large obstacles (for example, the freeway gap in Foundation Skateboard's 2007 "Cataclysmic Abyss" video). His skating stance is
Goofy. Duffel rides for his original sponsor, Metro, in his hometown.
Duffel began skateboarding at age ten, and turned pro at age eighteen.
Charity work
Duffel works with mentor
Michael Davis' Music Is Revolution Foundation, raising money to support music education in public schools. Davis and Duffel collaborated on fashion and skate items for Foundation.
Video appearances
* 1998 Think - ''Dedication''
* 2001
''Thrasher'' - ''Go For Broke''
* 2002 ''Thrasher'' - ''Playing in Traffic''
* 2002 ''Foundation'' - ''Madness & Mayhem.........skate till death''
* 2002 ''411VM'' - Issue #54 (Controlled Chaos Section)
* 2002 ''411VM'' - Issue #55 (Wheels Of Fortune Section)
* 2002
Zero Skateboards - ''Dying to Live'' (Friends Section)
* 2003 ''Pharmacy Boardshop'' - ''Chily''
* 2004
Globe
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- ''World Cup Skateboarding Street Riot''
* 2004 ''Foundation'' - ''That’s Life Flick'' (Last Part)
* 2004 ''Foundation'' - ''European Tour''
* 2005 ''Foundation'' - ''Gareth Stehr's Go Go Toe Jam''
* 2005 ''88 Footwear'' – ''Destroy Everything Now'' (Last Part)
* 2006 ''411VM'' – Volume 14, Issue 1
* 2006 Stephen Duffel – ''Beautiful Breakdown''
* 2007 ''Foundation'' - ''Cataclysmic Abyss'' (2nd Last Part)
* 2007 X-Games - ''Street contest tyrant and is round''
* 2007 Osiris Footwear - ''Feed the Need'' (2nd Last Part)
* 2007 ''Chandler tour''
* 2008 ''Congress oF Freaks'' ''Osiris''
* 2008 ''Skate And Create'' ''Transworld/Osiris''
ongress Of Freaks The Sensation Of The Year* 2009 Split Clothing - ''Demons in the Attic'' (Though the video was in fact produced and shipped, Split Clothing's untimely demise prevented this video from ever being seen, and Duffels footage has been unused)
* 2009 BATB2 (Battle at The Berics2)
* 2009 ''
Transworld Skateboarding
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'' - ''Right Foot Forward'' (2nd Last Part)
* 2009 Maloof Money Cup 2009
* 2011 ''Foundation'' - ''WTF!''
* 2012 Osiris Footwear - ''Never Gets Old''
Video game appearances
Duffel is a playable character in the 2010
video game
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''
Tony Hawk: Shred''.
References
External links
IK StoreCorey Duffel ForumList_of_Duffel's_Skateboard_video_appearances.html" ;"title="Skateboard">List of Duffel's Skateboard
video appearances">Skateboard">List of Duffel's Skateboard
video appearances
Big Brother InterviewOfficial Foskco ProfileOfficial Pig Wheels ProfileOfficial Sessions ProfileOfficial HOVEN Skate Team ProfileOfficial Osiris Shoes Profile
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1984 births
Living people
American skateboarders
Sportspeople from Walnut Creek, California
Sportspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area