05. skate store area.
Banjaman Recomend's long-established store.
I wonder if it is a skate store like Fabric or Fat Bros, which were featured in the 2nd meeting of the HOUYHNHNM's Skateboard Club, the store section. You can look over the items while talking to the manager . It's a cuddly feeling.
Not everything can be compared and compared, but the skate stores that Banjaman and I visited in Paris had such an atmosphere. One is Nozbone, a 15-year-old skate store located a short push away from Republic, one of the hottest skate spots in Paris right now.
This place is committed to being a skater first, sponsoring as many as 17 skaters. While trying to provide a good feel and selection of the latest gear and skate popularity to their customers, they are also highly supported by their core group of skaters.
The other is VEGA, a skate store that will soon celebrate its ninth year. The store was originally started in Paris by the owner, who started the store in Le Mans and made a fortune at a young age. . The motto of the shop is to remain a real skate store, not a hype store. Touring with a van and making original videos for the store are not for the sake of being a hot topic, but for the sake of the scene and the skaters.
Other popular stores such as "Day-Off and Supremes," with their extensive apparel lines, are scattered throughout the city. I also visited BUD in Rouen, about four hours away from Paris. This is the home store of popular skater Sebastien Sarabhanj, who once visited Japan with the "Vans" team.
Anyway, the manager, who talks a lot, tells us about various street spots in Rouen. The old town is known worldwide as the place where Jeanne d'Arc ended her life, but for the manager, it seems to be the best street spot.
Of course in the U.S., but stores in Paris also always have a lineup of mainly store originals and local brand decks. They promote products from their own town. It could be called "local production for local consumption," and I like that kind of mindset that skating has.
