Player Bio

In addition to winning a multitude of championship titles, Dave Murphy (a.k.a. “Murf”) was selected as the Most Turbo Player of the Year for the 2002 “Skippy Sez” awards.

Skippy, an icon of the freestyle community, wrote about Murf: “Murf is just plain radical. The most common expression on the faces of those seeing him play for the first time is total jaw-dropping awe. No one has ever combined such raw talent and brought it to such a high level of expression… The guy is unreal! For Murf, the all-day Death Jam is still a vintage art form. If you ever want to go to school on how to do it, there is no better person than Dave Murphy. It’s fairly typical for people to try to out-jam him or wear him out. You simply can’t wear him out. Never underestimate him or doubt his courage.” At tournaments, he is often the first person out on the field and the last to leave.

Dave Murphy’s game is incredibly dynamic, creative, and thrilling, with each difficult catch punctuated by a calculated big power move. His ability to catch huge air and the “turbo” tempo of his game have been incredibly influential in freestyle play. Known as one of the most consistent competitors, Murf has uncanny capacity to rise to his best at tournaments. Certainly, very few can match his caliber as a pure athlete.

Career Highlights

Winning 4 FPA World titles in 2 years; helping Evan Hanneman pull a big upset in winning his Junior World Title in Santa Cruz

How I Started

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