I’m going to Paris this week and I was looking for fun spot recommendations in the 18th district/Chatelet/Les Halles areas. Anybody have any spots? Definitely gonna go to the Place de la Republique.
Is that wallride spot on the melting apartment statue outside Gare Du Nord a certain bust? Saw it got somewhat skatestopped with poles but it looks still possible to get a decent wallride. I heard you’ll get busted quick though.
Also, I’m not gonna be able to bring my deck, so I’ll be buying one from a skateshop there. Any shop recommendations preferably close to the areas I mentioned above? I was going to go to Dayoff skateshop because I love their crew and their vids but they’re probably gonna be closed. Looking for a shop deck because I don’t want to spend too much money on a deck I won’t be able to take home in one piece
Nozbone is in my opinion the best, a two-minute skate from République/Dayoff and as I was just checking for the shop boards they currently have in stock, turns out you're in luck and they currently have 30% discounts on a lot of them:
https://www.nozbone.com/skateboard/planches-de-skate-boards/nozbone.html otherwise Vega is sweet too indeed (and also the only Parisian shop that played along back when we organized shipping skate product to Lebanon).
Area you mentioned has tons of cool little spots you'll probably just run into (it's great for cruising around and stopping at random places), some recognizable but also a lot of no-name ones, I especially enjoy getting lost with my board around le Louvre and just hitting whatever. Streets usually get pretty crowded with pedestrians though, tons of shops, restaurants etc. in the area so depending on when exactly you're going skating that may or may not be easy.
Melting building is a relatively recent official art installation and so of course skating it isn't going to be easy, more than over security though I'd be worrying about how it's literally outside the door into and out of one of Paris' main train station which means constant yet unpredictable pedestrian traffic and crowds, you sort of need a crew to handle that for you which is why it's mostly teams you see hit that thing.