Background
He was born on April 11, 1984 as William Corey Duffel to Steve and Sharon Duffel.
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He is known for 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.
Duffel"s sponsors include Foundation Skateboards, Osiris Shoes, Venture Trucks, Mob Grip, Pig Wheels, Metro Skateboard Shop, Armourdillo, CCS magazine, Skullcandy headphones, and Swiss Bearings. 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. He has a tattoo of a spider on his back, which appeared on one of his skateboard graphics.
He also has tattoos of his dogs’ names on his arm in a heart with a dagger, and his 7th Seal deck on his rib, which features the Grim Reaper playing chess.
In an interview in Transworld Magazine, Corey describes it as a battle between him and the reaper. In the tattoo however, his king has been knocked over. He has a 45 RPM record tattooed on his chest.
Corey Duffel promotes two pro model Shoes with Osiris Footwear named The Duffel and The Corpse.
1998 Think - Dedication
2001 Thrasher Magazine - Go Foreign Broke
2002 Thrasher Magazine - 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 - Dying to Live (Friends Section)
2003 Pharmacy Boardshop - Chily
2004 Globe - World Cup Skateboarding Street Riot
2004 Foundation - That’s Life Flick (Last Participant)
2004 Foundation - European Tour
2005 Foundation - Gareth Stehr"s Go Go Toe Jam
2005 88 Footwear – Destroy Everything Now (Last Participant)
2006 411VM – Volume 14, Issue 1
2006 Stephen Duffel – Beautiful Breakdown
2007 Foundation - Cataclysmic Abyss (2nd Last Participant)
2007 X-Games - Street contest tyrant and is round
2007 Osiris Footwear - Feed the Need (2nd Last Participant)
2007 Chandler tour
2008 Congress oF Freaks Osiris
2008 Skate And Create Transworld/Osiris
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 - Right Foot Forward (2nd Last Participant)
2009 Maloof Money Cup 2009
2011 Foundation - WTF! 2012 Osiris Footwear - Never Gets Old.
