If you or someone you know is in need of quality skateboarding goods but you are not quite sure where to start looking read on.
The first thing that skateboard to be understood is; skateboarding is not a sport it is a life style.
Unlike mainstream sports skateboarding is an individual's expression of themselves through the art of motion, not a competition to score the most points. I make this distinction because so much of the skateboarding image has been tainted by corporate conglomerates and their efforts in marketing to a demographic they don't understand.
So, with this new understanding lets move on
Quality products come from the people who understand them the most. In the world of skateboarding this would be local privately owned skate shops. These shops may have a small inventory but you can be assured that the products they do have are of the highest quality. Privately owned skate shops opened their doors because of a love for skateboarding and as a consequence the products they offer are ones they would use them selves.
By purchasing your skateboarding goods from these smaller entities not only are you receiving a superior product you are helping out the community. Smaller shops have a tendency to be very community oriented and often times are the largest advocates for the local skate scene.
A certain level of infrastructure is required to support the life style of skateboarding but we have to be careful with whom we allow to define that infrastructure. In my opinion small privately owned shops are the way to go. Once we allow the big wig retailers to be our source for skateboarding goods we loose the skateboard that gives skateboarding its fundamental appeal.
T.J. Mollahan
Skateboarding aficionado
http://www.skateboardinggoods.com
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