What's your local skateshop like?

[DarkstarSkater]

Mine is okay. It's like 20x20 ft. little tiny building. And it doesn't have much stuff. The owner, Scott, is a big hippie and smokes way to much weed. He closes the skateshop to take his whiney-ass girlfriend home everyday. I think they have sex in the tiny room in the back when there are no customers. The shop has a big box, 5 rails, a qp, And a couple of kickers. It's pretty fun. The prices arn't bad, and if you know Scott, he'll give it to you for a couple bucks cheaper. And his stickers are cheap. He sometimes gives you a free poster if you buy something.li

[mykgrant]

scunthorpe shop is crap... old couple who no nowt about sk8ing own it. it must be 15 by 15 and it sells roller skates and ice hockey stuff aswell which sucks

[BakerStencil]

Our Boardshop is called "Skatology" anyway its right here in the middle of town about a 10-15 min walk from me, buklding is an old house, shops like 20' by 35' very open right now because they tor a wall out and are trying to make room for clothes....Anyway prices are expensive like any other skate shop. Its run by this guy John who also works at UPS with me.

[STR8 RIPPIN']

As far as i know the nearest skate shop to me is about a 45 drive away

[Sk8 Or DiE]

www.westsideskateshop.com

[Zoo_Dork]

my closest skate shop is 30 miles.... but the closest park (pre fab UGHHH) is like 10 minutes away! driving!

[scraped]

yah mine is pretty nice its like 10 min away driving and about 20 min walk but its close to about 30x15 and called kingpinz. its nice has cheap stuff and is always updated. PEACE

[jack_morris]

note skateshop in manchester is my local skateshop, its great, skater owned and sells loads

[glimmer14]

mine is in a pretty big mall and is called bad boards. It is pretty nice and has abunch of stuff although it is very expensive.

[Blind Sheppard]

www.nativeskatestore.co.uk

It's great, tiny shop but it made the whole scene happen, the owner is a bit of a tit sometimes but generally dead canny.

[NitrousX]

We have 4 skateshops here in Philly

1.) Nocturnal - decent size, they have alot of different decks and clothing. Good prices, co-owned by Kerry Getz.

2.) Sub-Zero - about the same size as Nocturnal the guys there are cool. They understand newbies (not me I swear haha) And one of the guys there has a 5.0 Mustang, a 600hp VW. I think it was a GTI. He only has Etnies and globes at his shop but he has like every color and style of them there. Lots of shirts...the deck selection is ok...

3.) Elite - a big shop, not many shoes, lots of decks though. They only have like 3 or 4 trucks there...weird. Most of the stuff is pricey compared to the other shops.

4.) Liberty boards - This store just opened up like 2 months ago. Not many decks, mostly clothing and shoes. They have a few shoes but they are mostly the shitty brands. Theres a hot girl that works there.

[falloffboy101]

my shop used to be class (and still is) but it's selection of boards has gone down. it used to have all the well-known makes like girl, world, element, and that sort of stuff. but now it has hardly anything! the shoe supply is is good condition though, it has all the top shoe makes which is cool

[PopwarPunk]

Board Sports is cool. Maybe 30x20, with a back room. Used to be a John L Scott realty place. Lots of shoes, and clothes. Not as many decks, but still quite a few.
Wheels, bearings and trucks are kept in a glass counter. Mostly Venture trucks for some reason. Sells surf boards and snowboards, aswell.

[offthewallsk8er]

i got one called modern skate and surf maybe around 80 feet by 40 or 50 feet...the people are kickass too...steve gave me some bones reds with different coverings for a quarter a peice and gave me hardware. he is awesome...anyone else have a kickass homie at there shop?

[Festibu Amidaq]

the one nearest to me is called urban chaos- they sell decks, roller blades, snow boards etc. they sell loads of clothes and stuff and an okay selection of shoes.
barely any wheels or trucks, and the range of decks seems to have thinned - i saw decks like element in there before but now they just seem to have un know brands and completes.
its mostly clothes and accestories like belts sweatbands etc

[Francesco]

JC's Bikes and Boards.

Pretty cool dude runs the place. Sells trucks, decks, wheels, bearings, videos, stickers, a few shirts, a bunch of bicycle crap, but no shoes. He's an expert griptape applier and will do it for free when you buy a deck. He does sponsor people, but just discounts. If and when I get good I may look into a sponsorship.

[EdgesNoel]

The Closet One To My House Is Phase 2 Im Milwaulkee..I haven't been in there yet..but i will be soon for mi b-day:) In 9 days!!

[spenser]

sequence skateshop. not that big, but its a family. its one of those smaller-town family-feeling skateshops. pretty much everyone is friends.

we go hang out there sometimes, watch videos on the couch, i talk to pat about products and all that stuff, good and bad things in the business, etc.

pat = my friend, the owner. hes 28.

[Laughing]

We don't have a skate shop, unless you would like to take the train out to the city(new york city). Well we do have this one shop, its just a generic sports store but it has a little skate sections...however none of the employees know anything about skating. And the section is tiny.

[spenser]

sequence skateshop. not that big, but its a family. its one of those smaller-town family-feeling skateshops. pretty much everyone is friends.

we go hang out there sometimes, watch videos on the couch, i talk to pat about products and all that stuff, good and bad things in the business, etc.

pat = my friend, the owner. hes 28.
we also have boarderline, but i talk about sequence if someone asks about my local shop. its skate and snowboarding, and its basically the same.. only the shop is a little bigger, they have more stuff (not a wider variety, just more of each category because theyre bigger).. theyre still a family, but the whole feel is like theyre kind of cocky. they take the "boarderline pride" way too far, and theyre all "were anti corporate against the big guys and were a core shop." which is totally untrue.

so i dont shop there, unless i need snowboarding stuff.

[DarkHawk2-2]

Ambush
Ruin
Urban
Stratosphere

by far, ambush is much bigger but its not all skate stuff. Great selection though. I go there most often. Sometimes i sit on the beanbag chairs and just chill, watch videos. If my friends are workin' ill talk to em and stuff. they hook me up with stuff from time to time so im sorta flowed by em in a way.

Ruin is sick. Very nice shoe stock. they have old classic shoes like the koston 3s and whatnot. i dont go there often cuz its pretty far but when i do, my friends who work there are amazing... http://www.lighttight.com theyre all on this site.

Urban is overpriced.

Stratosphere, Grant Taylor's dad runs it. Awesome selection of shoes. A lot of Nikes tho... i wonder why.

[grindqueen]

http://www.miaskateshop.com/

awesome shop. pros like ed selego even work there

[spenser]

we have pros at our shop, but theyre snowboarders. ashley call, jason borgstede, mark landvik..

i saw mark the other day.. he just walks in, eats some food, watches a video.. its like "hey mark!" and you never even think about the fact that hes a pro, and hes even been on the cover of transworld snow.... its kind of weird to think about this for me, but i grew up with pros skated with them. even though they werent pro for skating, though theyre still good.

[grindqueen]

^yeah, true, you would never think that theyre pros. like the other day forrest kirby is just sitting there and reading a magazine. these guys are just normal and like spenser said, its like "hey Ed"

[just_skate_]

We don't have an actual skatepark around here. The clothing store is pretty much only Pacific Sun, which is pretty sad. And the only place to buy decks is at Scheels, which is a sporting goods store.

[paintballin177]

My local skate/surf shop is at the mall, so I look like an idiot carrying my board through a mall

[XxnemisxX]

^^man that sucks well my local skate shop is like 10x10 which is SMALL and the owner givs out free stickers everytime u go in so i go in alot they mostly got surfboards

[tryhard_skater]

i have a skateshop called ballistyx which is pretty cheap but they sell a lot of gay stuff. hey paintballing, thats lame, there are two skateshops in my mall, why the hell would you care about what you look like. we carry our boards around the malls every weekend for food and shit, we arent all gay like oh i cant go in, ive got a skateboard, ill look like an idiot. eat!

[offthewallsk8er]

well andy mac has skated our park AND gone into our shop. no one can beat that. i guess its just because he was born in lansing michigan (where i live)

[I Skate Zero]

My local skate shop is called Kelly's and the guy there is a dick he is always complaining about how kids dont buy from him. His prices are the same as most 50 a deck. There is another one called decks and I would rather go to that one then Kelly's but its two far away.

[Hellbringer1026]

unless i wanna drive for 1 hour the closest skateshop is in my mall....zumiez even though its like a world wide store lol

[xXzeroXx]

Hmmm. Its okay, its a skateshop and surfshop so there isn't as much, but it has enough to have something you'll like.

[Flipstreetskate]

My local shop is great. The people there are so laid-back and they're my age and easy to talk to. They sometimes give us little discounts because we come in a lot. The dude there also gave me this card to call anytime I snapped a deck and need a new one. Key skateshop owns, basically.

[Blind Sheppard]

well andy mac has skated our park AND gone into our shop. no one can beat that. i guess its just because he was born in lansing michigan (where i live)
I can, the girl and DC team skated our park AND have been in the shop.

[paintballin177]

i have a skateshop called ballistyx which is pretty cheap but they sell a lot of gay stuff. hey paintballing, thats lame, there are two skateshops in my mall, why the hell would you care about what you look like. we carry our boards around the malls every weekend for food and shit, we arent all gay like oh i cant go in, ive got a skateboard, ill look like an idiot. eat!

Its different for me, because no one else carys thers in, ever, so al those faggot senior kids who think thier hot shit are like hey nice board in a sarcastic voice. and the security gaurds always give me shit

[XxnemisxX]

^^ yeah thats kinda what i was thinking would happen

[hulk hogan]

i had 3 but one closed down

1. underground pretty big but not much of boards mix of bikes and boards

2. kulijuta? i think thats how it spelled (never went in there just opend)

3. axis. closed down best skate store ever.

[InnerVision]

i had 3 but one closed down

1. underground pretty big but not much of boards mix of bikes and boards

2. kulijuta? i think thats how it spelled (never went in there just opend)

3. axis. closed down best skate store ever.

exactly that...and yes i know that kid in real life...and its Kultjah...and you need an "appointment" to buy there on Saturdays..otherwise its open from 5pm to 10 pm cuz the owner stays at the skatepark and tells people to put helmets on...

[Secksual T Rex]

exactly that...and yes i know that kid in real life...and its Kultjah...and you need an "appointment" to buy there on Saturdays..otherwise its open from 5pm to 10 pm cuz the owner stays at the skatepark and tells people to put helmets on...


Exactly that. yes i know him in real life too. Never been to Kultjah either but they make custom decks and we all think they are just blank overpriced element decks.

[XxnemisxX]

hmm we have a family in rr j/k

[hulk hogan]

Exactly that. yes i know him in real life too. Never been to Kultjah either but they make custom decks and we all think they are just blank overpriced element decks.


but the guy is cool

[Zoo_Dork]

I can, the girl and DC team skated our park AND have been in the shop.
i can beat both of yours!!! I skated with Forrest Kirby and we went to goodtimes (San Antonio Skateshop) and he signed a deck for me!!!

[CoffinGrinder]

My skateshop is called SKATESHOP. Like 8 min. drive. Never been there though.

[Dark***Star]

my skateshop is giant it has every skateboard in the world u punky dukes and pro boards its got a big park inaside of it with 3 bowls a half pipe speed ramps and boxes its so awsome

[CoffinGrinder]

Oh yeah, we do have this skateshop in the mall with a skatepark that has a bowl and a halfpipe and a bunch of other stuff, never skated the park but I plan to as soon as I can skate again.

[Zerosk8er90]

Skateshop in my town is super small. Its really a paintball store. It sells like 2 brands and a couple of trucks and wheels. Although they are quite cheap. Theres a Zumiez in our mall and it has a assload of decks,trucks,wheels, shoes ETC. But kinda exspensive

[baker_etnies]

we had a skatepark and shop in the town i live in, it crashed. (shows how good it was) the stuff in there wasnt cheap. and it wasnt cheap to skate at the park either. anyway. when it went under the owner moved it to the sanctuary in macon. where the only other skate park that i know of is. he re named it clockworks and its not doin so good over there either. so hes thinkin about movin into the mall in macon, figures he might get more buisiness there. but yeah. pac sun is basically the only store skaters here get there stuff, unless they order on line. which is how i get all my stuff other than shoes.

[CoffinGrinder]

The skatepark at the mall here charges $14 a session!

[Dark***Star]

hahah the skatepark around here charges 5!!!

[SkaterBrett]

to check out my local shop visit www.oneupskateboarding.com

[-noxi-]

Sky-High: Fairly nice size, has not a big selection of shoes. Has a lot of clothing, boards, and other accessories for your board.
Phase II: Same thing jus bigger amount of shoes.
Wreckless: Tiny, small selection of shoes, not as much clothing, has awesome prices. The owners cool too.
4 Seasons: The pro shop. It's kinda like a tune up area unless your buying something.

[FoosBall Skater]

stones. its ok i guess, mostly decks.

[baker_etnies]

it was like $10 buck to skate a two hour sesh. at the old skate park here.

[Bootleg]

Theres 2 each about 5-10 mins away. Hidden wave and zumiez. the zumiez is in the mall. its like a super zumiez or something. really big, lots of products. hidden wave is big too. its snow/skate. they have nice decks and the owner is cool.

[HabitaTskateR]

my local is called 7-ply, its pretty nice not big , but ok size and it has a ok variety , i either get my stuff there . or i order from ccs, takes like 1 month but o well

[360degrees]

we have 2...

kates skates - awesome shop... medium size, sells pretty much every make of decent deck, wheels, trucks and bearings, and clothes chopice is emmense, also sells bikes, blades and other stuff..shoes selction good

bluetubes - ok...smallish, all downstairs is clothes/shoes and the choice for skatewear sucks... upstairs is a few decks,mainly english...and snowboards and videos

[coreyeroc]

Mike's Surf Shop is a miunte from my house in Hampton,VA.It's a normal sized shop with clothing, shoes, surfboards, skimboards(yay), and a lot of skating stuff. the cool thing is there is a pretty nice indoor skatepark in the back. You have to pay... but I love it.

[shift_Decks]

Underground skateboards and snowboards-pretty big place wall of boards clothes little thing for bearings wall of shoes section equal or bigger applies to snowboards

True East- 10 by 10 (its like the toilets in macdonalds) wall of boards 5 shooes 2 racks of clothes little glass truck/bearing thing

Coliseum-15-15 clothes shoes decks blah

[Engel13]

Yo's Board Shop - Small selection of clothing, no shoes, small to medium selection of decks, hardware, griptape, risers. Small selection of trucks. Grind rails and ramp plans.

Mr. Yo also sells long boards. Those things are cool. I've seen a scooter there too before.. Gas powered.

[xDraKonZx]

what NitrousX said first page

[rankz]

Rollersnakes - www.rollersnakes.co.uk Sometimes known as RS this shop, in the high street of Leicester is great. Fairy cheap (for skating) wide selection of clothes, trucks and not that many boards though. Plenty of cheap set-ups and they make a lovely blank deck.

[Ramp]