The story behind the rad skaters of Denver's 1983 Juneteenth celebration

What did Bailey love about it?“Being out in the open, seeing a lot of people and seeing a lot of things,” he told us. “Just hanging out with the boys.”The day their photo was taken on Welton Street, Bailey said they were just looking for some crowds. Most of the group grew up going to Juneteenth in Five Points, so they knew what they were heading into. Populated areas were key for him; while he liked the exercise, he was also out to be seen.“It was a chick magnet for most of the guys. They got a lot of numbers and dated a lot of girls,” he said.The shorts helped, too.“I picked up my shorts in Venice, California, on the boardwalk, and I had some that were even shorter,” he told us. “They were quite revealing.”The dating tactic worked. Bailey told us he met his ex-wife at City Park while he was rolling around with his boys.“I was skating there. She was hanging with her girlfriends,” he laughed. “I was quite the gigolo back then.”Their grace and style also caught the eye of someone from Rocky Mountain PBS who met the crew in Cheesman Park in 1982 and featured them…
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