January 27, 2009

TULLY VS COLT

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THE YEAR WAS EITHER 98 OR 99. THERE WAS A GROWING DISPUTE AROUND MY LOCAL SKATE COMMUNITY IN SLC UT WHETHER TULLY FLYNN OR COLT BOWDEN WAS THE BETTER SKATER. SKATING WAS OUR LIVES AT THAT AGE. IT WAS NO LESS HEATED A TOPIC THAN THE LATEST PRESIDENTAIL ELECTION TO US, THEN. COLT WAS FROM THE RURAL MAGNA AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS ECCENTRIC OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND HIS HOME-MADE CLOTHES. TULLY WAS STRONG AND WOULD BULLY THOSE LESSER THAN HIM, AT THIS TIME. TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE THE KIDS SELF ORGANIZED A SHOWDOWN ON A HANDRAIL BEHIND A LOCAL CHURCH, AND ALSO A LOCAL SKATE HISTORICAL LANDMARK. IT TOOK PLACE AFTER SCHOOL ONE DAY AND IT ENDED UP AS A TIE, NO RESOLUTION, AND THE DEBATE CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. THANK GOD THIS SPENCER KID FILMED IT. THIS VIDEO SUMMS UP ALOT OF KILLER MEMORIES FROM DOING NOTHING BUT SKATING, ALL THE TIME. THANKS CAMERA MAN

-SHELBY 

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3 Comments »

  1. hey shelby, you guys should post justin’s part from love/hate on the holden youtube.

    Comment by meow — January 29, 2009 @ 3:26 am

  2. long live canyon rim! i miss you shelby

    Comment by matt — January 31, 2009 @ 6:49 am

  3. Wow, yeah, what a day that was! I think they gave us candy bars, and we never did go back for a tie breaker. Gotta love the old after school canyon rim days!

    Comment by colt — June 30, 2009 @ 2:29 pm

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