Artifacts of the Month

Kelly Lynn's Personal collection

Wow!  It sure is cool to look through some old stuff that has history to it.  Consider this:  Skateboard City was the first skateboard park open in the USA.  Kelly Lynn was there, and by some estimation was probably the winningest skater of his era in the State.  We have the rare opportunity to check out his early boards, from his handmade creations all the way through the 80's.  This is history folks, dig it!

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OK, now check this board out.  Remember in last months interview with Folmer how he described his first board as homemade, with Chicago skate trucks?  Well, this is Kelly's homemade board and he still has it!  Total Florida Skateboard History! We need to start a museum!  Check out the pinstripes.  Pinstripes were Kelly's trademark.  Check out his helmets, and boards over the years, pinstripes everywhere. 

Here are some more of his homemade creations from the early days.

A massive skateboard trophy collection.  I wouldn't have guessed there were that many contests in Florida from '76 - '79.  Check out the huge one on the right!

  Some of Kelly's t-shirt collection including the West Wind skateboard team jerseys, and a Hester Series t-shirt.

Skateboard City t-shirt.

Skateboard City t-shirt and competition bib from the State Championships, 1976.  (Yeah, he won that contest too.)

Early Santa Cruz slalom board.

The first Kelly Lynn Pool Ply by Markel Skateboards.  This model had a wedge tail..

Kelly's second model from Markel.  This model had the more modern warp tail and a fuller/wider design.

A Markel advertisement from SkateRider Magazine.  Kelly, "Seadog", and Clyde Rogers.  Check out the "Clyde Slides" on their boards, (and the hair-do's!  Surf-Style baby!).  Notice their team shirts, each with their own name on the left sleeve.  By the way, where are the "deep underground enclaves of Florida?"

Markel Team shirts pictured in the ad above.

Kelly Lynn signature sticker for promoting the Markel Pool Ply Design.  (Kelly, got any blank checks I can borrow?)

  G&S freestyle board and pig board from when Kelly and Clyde had moved on to the G&S team.  Notice the round G&S wheels.  I think they called those rollerballs.  I always thought that was a neat design, but wondered if they had much grip with the lack of surface area.  It also looks like he cut this board down to match his Markel design.

G&S team jerseys and t-shirts.  What class they had then, putting the team riders name on the shirt.  Too cool!