Comments on: Who’s Guy Hartley? http://www.sublimited.net/miscellaneous/whos-guy-hartley.html Skateboarding and Nothing Else Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:47:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew Hartley http://www.sublimited.net/miscellaneous/whos-guy-hartley.html#comment-666 Matthew Hartley Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:22:16 +0000 http://72.47.194.169/?p=142#comment-666 I'd just like to say that you have an amazing heart to write something like that. I wish that I had done more, if there was anything I could've done at all, to further Guys' career. He was like my hero growing up, & I wish I had known him better & been able to spend more time up close with him. I truly idolized him when I was younger. All of my friends were really only my friends because of Guy. He's my older brother. He was an amazing skater, I still have the video he did for FUCT, it's just sick! I always thought he'd be on the top of the heap someday, just like I always thought Frontside would be one of the biggest bands in the world. I always thought I'd turn out as a musician or a writer, those were my passions. It's funny how life happens so quickly. Here I am, rambling on & on. Now I'm married, with a young daughter, my dreams have yet to come to fruition. Just goes to show that while we dream, life still goes on. I think what you wrote was beautiful & touching. I'm sure that all that you did do to help was immensely appreciated by my brother, he always cared tremendously for his friends. I’d just like to say that you have an amazing heart to write something like that. I wish that I had done more, if there was anything I could’ve done at all, to further Guys’ career. He was like my hero growing up, & I wish I had known him better & been able to spend more time up close with him. I truly idolized him when I was younger. All of my friends were really only my friends because of Guy. He’s my older brother. He was an amazing skater, I still have the video he did for FUCT, it’s just sick! I always thought he’d be on the top of the heap someday, just like I always thought Frontside would be one of the biggest bands in the world. I always thought I’d turn out as a musician or a writer, those were my passions. It’s funny how life happens so quickly. Here I am, rambling on & on. Now I’m married, with a young daughter, my dreams have yet to come to fruition. Just goes to show that while we dream, life still goes on. I think what you wrote was beautiful & touching. I’m sure that all that you did do to help was immensely appreciated by my brother, he always cared tremendously for his friends.

]]> By: Gregg Davis http://www.sublimited.net/miscellaneous/whos-guy-hartley.html#comment-665 Gregg Davis Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:16:20 +0000 http://72.47.194.169/?p=142#comment-665 Thanks for the story and thanks for sharing. I have similar stories and memories from high school skating back in 84-88. I'm still skating now, like you said, for fun, and I see the competitive aspect of it. I was one of the best skaters in my local area. But it's more than competition, there's something else there, like encouragement, or just the energy that builds up in a session when every participant is watching and rooting for the others. I've not seen it happen like that in any other sport I've done. Rock climbing comes close. But the unique part about skateboarding is that I'm part of this exclusive club where I can show up at any skatepark in the world, and have an immediate group of close friends, who speak the same language and understand one another in a very subtle and specific way. Thanks for bringing me back there, I don't get to that place with a group of friends enough any more. But I do have plenty of great concrete bowls here in Colorado. gsd Thanks for the story and thanks for sharing. I have similar stories and memories from high school skating back in 84-88. I’m still skating now, like you said, for fun, and I see the competitive aspect of it. I was one of the best skaters in my local area. But it’s more than competition, there’s something else there, like encouragement, or just the energy that builds up in a session when every participant is watching and rooting for the others. I’ve not seen it happen like that in any other sport I’ve done. Rock climbing comes close.

But the unique part about skateboarding is that I’m part of this exclusive club where I can show up at any skatepark in the world, and have an immediate group of close friends, who speak the same language and understand one another in a very subtle and specific way.

Thanks for bringing me back there, I don’t get to that place with a group of friends enough any more. But I do have plenty of great concrete bowls here in Colorado.

gsd

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