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Hi Garry—My name is Barb. I'm the one referred to as the counter girl in Pete Kunz's interview. I worked at Apple for about 10 months. Mike Musgrave was my brother-in-law. I only happened to Google the skatepark out of curiosity because my husband's nephew has gotten into selling skateboard equipment and clothes in Delaware. Oh, and I mentioned that I used to work at Apple. Wow, does that that bring back memories. I worked there with Pete Kunz (I got him a bunch of bandanas once because he wore them everyday. I remember the cute smile with the braces.), Jeff Kasson (I remember him having red hair and always wanting to be included in things.) and Dave Bush (I was the one who dyed his hair and eyebrows blonde during one of his morphs.)
They were more like my little brothers, although Dave needed his butt kicked more than the others. I remember giving several kids punk haircuts at the park. I wasn't really involved with the skating, but I do remember a lot of the names I've read in the interviews, and I definitely remember Casey Marzetti. This little kid always seemed so focused when he came in the park, like nothing else mattered to him but the chance to skate. I remember giving Jay Brentlinger a ride once halfway home and he hitch-hiked the rest of the way. I didn't realize he was doing that so much, crazy kid.
I was definitely a skateboard-challenged girl, but I still have my purple Ray "Bones" Rodriguez board. Some things you can never get rid of. Actually, as I was cleaning out some old junk last year, I probably threw away my Apple stickers and keychains, not thinking anybody would ever want them. As one of your interviewees said about Mike Musgrave being divorced, that was true, in the early '80s. My family lost contact with him after that, but heard that he had passed away about 10 years ago. The whole "Apple" was his baby. Mike had his own demons with his drinking, but he was passionate about the park. I am sure that he would be honored that it gave a bunch of kids great memories. It's hard to believe that was 30 years ago. (I remember playing a lot of Space Invaders in the arcade.) If you have any questions, you can email me.—Barb Conner, 4-12-09
Hi. I like the Apple site. I've been skateboarding since 1984, so I was too young to get to skate Apple. I've been working around the old park area and stopped by to snoop around. I got a tour of the empty warehouse with the original owner. I saw where the pools used to be and the owner said they filled them in with gravel and put a layer of concrete on top. I went in with the story of starting a skatepark, and he said I could scoop out the pools and use them. It's for sale or lease (614) 241-4700. Just wishfull thinking if anyone out there had some money to throw down, it's available and waiting to be skated again. Thanks for a cool site.—Jarrod Montgomery, 3-18-09
Good Day. I run the Girls Riders Organization, a non-profit to build girls’ skateboarding. I just ran across the Cindy Whitehead interview on the Apple Skatepark site. It is great to read about the history of ladies in the sport that are so often overlooked. I will put a quick link to the interview for more girls to check out. Also, I live in Bloomington, Indiana. I wish I would have been skating at that time. The park looks amazing. Good site and best wishes.—Courtney Payne Taylor, Girls Riders Organization, 3-2-09