Clips from the Moab Times-Independent. The skateboarder pic is from 1978, the rest are from 1969. The Slickrock Trail was originally established for motorcycles (which they called bikes) in 1969. Skateboarders tried it out in the ‘70s and mountain bikers arrived in the ‘80s.
Back in 1969, when Moab, Utah, was still a uranium boomtown, and Arches Nationa…
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