Tight shops: They make the world go round....

[jersey by nature]

http://njskateshop.com/

[EastCoastLove]

poocrusher already posted my local shop, so i will post another. it's a skateshop/skatepark in vermont. it's owned by two people that actually skate, they built the ramps themselves, they build ramps for public parks all across the northeast, and they hook up a lot of people. the skateshop is just as big as the park and they offer discounts and free sessions. everytime we have gone up they have hooked us up with a place to stay and either showed us around the city, or had someone else show us around the city

http://www.talentskatepark.com/

Yeah talents definitely a sick place, does Hannah still work there, I never see her there anymore

[lenny]

http://www.specialsauce.com/sauce/

rad shop (also huge) in bay shore, ny. if you want/need something its there. best dudes too.

also please check out META in boulder, lenny or reed give me a link

 
Here ya go.
www.metaskate.com

[fugit]

WATER BROS.         R.I.P

[kilgore.]

index skate shop in Hurst, Texas
http://indexskateboarding.com/

collective board shop in southlake, Texas

http://www.collectiveboardshop.com/

[bizarro gub]

they dont have a web site.

http://www.myspace.com/platformskateshop

they treat me good even though my ass never has money now-a-days to buy shit. i stop in once a month maybe. they carry everything i need so i cant complain. that and poker night is/was pretty righteous.

[BabyKillaSeason]

This thread is dedicated to small skateshops acoss the world that give endlessly to skateboarding.

Visit these shops cause they're fucking awesome...or at least check out their websites.
These links were quoted from later in this thread.

+A small shop in Colorado dedicated to skateboarding in a sea of Snowboard shops.
http://www.thedenvershop.com/

thats my local shop. support!

[bobjohn]

New Huf store in L.A. just opened.

Non-skateable benches and no griptape area. The skateshop of the future?

[csumers]

No Comply Skateshop (Austin, TX)
http://nocomplyskate.com/

Collective Skateshop (Ft. Worth, TX)
http://www.collectiveboardshop.com/

I fully back both of these shops. No Comply hosts lots of events around the Austin area and the owners are just down to earth. The owners of Collective are the same people that run the www.fourduos.com website to promote Texas skateboarding.

[H8R part 4]

*shameless plug*

"a skateshop"
185th and wadsworth ave(a few blocks from the GWB)
washington heights NYC

sorry no links, no website, no sign, no shoes, no clothes, just hardgoods. 

[StabMasterArson]

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www.chiipss.com

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I'm down with pat, where are you from?

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i actually live in plymouth haha.

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who actually runs that place?
i'm from grand rapids and i seen their ad in shread heads of doom.

Pat Miller, the dude that runs kinkedskateboardmedia.com that made spots and the other mid-michigan videos. i actually never been there, I live in ypsi and get my shit from Launch in Ann Arbor.

[OldDirtyBastardChild]

http://www.sk8skates.com

http://www.senateskateshop.com

[poocrusher]

i think poocrusher owns meta? or at least is involved with it

Yeah, I just didn't want to list it at first.  I didn't want to start a thread to hype my own shop.

But, the list is starting to look awesome.  There are so many independent shops out there, and every bit of exposure will help. 

[artichoke]

Sunday in Buffalo, NY:
Great people, decent prices, well stocked, and always down to contribute to the local scene.  There was seriously no scene in Buffalo before they opened up 3.5 years ago, and they hit the ground running.  Set up a team, made two videos and helped Jake Donnelly get hooked up and enter OIAM.
Sundaybuffalo.com

[mikefork]

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i think poocrusher owns meta? or at least is involved with it

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Yeah, I just didn't want to list it at first.  I didn't want to start a thread to hype my own shop.

But, the list is starting to look awesome.  There are so many independent shops out there, and every bit of exposure will help. 

i must say, i liked meta a lot the few times i went down there. it was a much better atmosphere than the shop i went to that was in the same place as a p.f chang's and benihanna's(i don't know the name of the shop or what town it was in). it was a skateboarders skateshop down to the last corner. i also liked your reasoning abut why you support the companies you support, and don't support the companies you don't support

[drowe1]

good topic

[LURKALURK]

skaters- calgary,Alberta

dopest shop in all the provinces
a legit skateboard shop unlike source run by buisness men

[dopEST]

Donny Barleys new skateshop!
Fountain Of Youth! www.foy-skateshop.com
Providence, RI....go to it!!

[Nancy Chin The Manicurist]

Non-skateable benches and no griptape area. The skateshop of the future?

.....i weep.

[GhostBusters]

I'm surprised on no MFS posts yet.

[wuust]

www.zumiez.be
a bit expensive but a great bunch of guys with a killer park in the back

[BriefCase]

OneUp Skateshop  www.oneuppgh.com pittsburgh, pa  nicest dudes ever, always down to help out the scene

[mikefork]

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poocrusher already posted my local shop, so i will post another. it's a skateshop/skatepark in vermont. it's owned by two people that actually skate, they built the ramps themselves, they build ramps for public parks all across the northeast, and they hook up a lot of people. the skateshop is just as big as the park and they offer discounts and free sessions. everytime we have gone up they have hooked us up with a place to stay and either showed us around the city, or had someone else show us around the city

http://www.talentskatepark.com/

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Yeah talents definitely a sick place, does Hannah still work there, I never see her there anymore

her and her husband actually own talent. they just had another baby, so i'm pretty sure that most of their time has been going into taking care of her

[Cheesecake]

www.reede.ee

Only decent shop around my area that carries only skateboarding stuff, no surf, no snowboards. They organize all the movie premiers here and they are really helpful and friendly.

[csumers]

HOMEBASE SKATESHOP IN BETHELEHEM PA.

www.homebase610.com

If you're from around here, and you're not buying your stuff there, then your parents should have thrown you in a dumpster when you were a newborn.

I definitely back that shop. Andy Po is good people.

[Urtripping]

Just wanna say thank you to the folks at KCDC for putting up with one of the most insufferable questions shops deal with these days and checking on the wheelbase of a deck I'm interested in. Never been there, never bought anything online, yet within 12 hours they respond to my message (an Instagram dm, for God's sake) with photos of the measurement. It means a lot, and I'll be buying the deck!

Also while I'm here, I wanna give appreciation to the dudes at Premier in GR, Michigan. You guys are the best.

[cky enthusiast]

krudco in rochester
ny and zembo in philadelphia deserve ur patronage, bitch!!!

[Crailslideyoface]

If we’re bumping this thread, stoked ya mentioned Escapist, but it’s on the Missouri side. Also Infinity in St. Louis should be mentioned for being amazing

[roba]

if any of you guys ever visit the beautiful city of gdynia in poland look up śledź shop, it’s the only real skateshop in the area. the website (sledzshop.pl) should be up soon. i work there from monday to friday. gdynia is a relatively cheap place to visit if you live anywhere west of poland and it’s great in the summer so if you’re ever in the area hit me up, i’ll grip your board and we can go skate after 7pm when i get off work

[uesty]

glad this is bumped, gonna show some love to shops where i've had a good experience

orchard in boston
civil in providence RI
solstice in new bedford mass
theory in western mass
maven in burlington vt
snowboard jones in manchester NH
voyageur in portsmouth NH (just opened a few months ago)
Hive in New London CT