Owner of the shop worked as a rep and kissed a lot of ass to get the shop where it is today and personally pays out of his asshole to bring teams to town. And then calls them his close personal “friends” on instagram
I've heard this from some of my friends in Texas - kisses ass to pros, etc. and then acts too cool for the locals in the Texas skate community.
At the end of the day, it's a core shop so i can't be mad at it, but i hate when people start cool guying others in their skate community as soon as they start rubbing shoulders with pros, industry heads, etc. Worst shit. Those dudes never seem to have any real friends of their own