While I was on my lunch break the other I decided to head over to this old skate shop I used to go to when I was in High School. Granted, I never really skated, but ALL of my friends did and that was the only place to get skate shoes back in the mid-90's. In my mind, BMX and skateboarding are the same thing, but that is a theory for another day.
So I finish my Popeye's and stroll next door to where the shop WAS.
"WHAT!!!@#?"
It was gone, sure the sign was still on the building and there were plenty of stickers all over the place. Empty though was the inside. I preceded to text some old friends who no longer even live on this side of the country. Everyone was pretty bummed out.
"I'll pour one out for the old SKATE SHACK"-M.Tsang
"I got my first board there"-M.Tsang
"RQ is gone too, only ZUMES now :("-F.Thom
Nowadays you can just head over to Zumes in the mall and pick up all your gear, and hey, they have dope girls working there too. It was pretty unheard of to see any girls in the skate shop.
This is a sad revelation. The skate shop used to be place not only to pay outrageous prices for t-shirts ($22), but watch videos, talk to the AM guys who worked at the shop, pick up free shit, and just be with your own kind. I don't really see this happening at the MALL.
Not to mention all the pros that you could meet while they where on tour, back when pros went on tour.
When did skateboarding stop being something for punkers, deviants, and outcasts. When did skaters become the "COOL" kids?
THE WORLD I ONCE KNEW IS NOW GONE.
