Why Zumiez Is Bad For Skateboarding

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Why zumiez is bad for skateboarding. The video games x games olympics and skate shops in the mall. A skating bird appears at the bottom graphic doing a sick handplant with the phrase why so sad underneath for a ton of awesome flair. Real s r1 construction gives a moderate concave and deep enough wheel wells to give you that sweet spot of flipability and stability. As far as my local zumiez the skate selection sucks ass and they don t know how to take care of the decks and usually they end up with ugly scratches from the staff shoving too many decks into the shelves.

Zumiez sells normal boards from regular companies but they are the wal mart of skate shops. Zumiez isnt a store where kids can go to hang out watch skate vids and skate. ˈ z uː m i z is an american multinational specialty clothing store founded by tom campion and gary haakenson in 1978 and publicly traded since 2005. If you have the choice though it s more considerate and respectful to your scene if you shop at your local skate shop.

Also it sounds like you would be more interested in longboarding than skateboarding. Progress for skateboarding is great the bigger skateboarding gets the better. It really doesn t sound like you guys are gonna be trying to learn how to. It is a mall store run by people who know nothing about skating and overprice everything and want you to only go in the store if you buy something.

Zumiez markets clothing for action sports particularly skateboarding snowboarding and motocross. I got to try out my new huf shoes and spent the day with my girlfrien. The company is a specialty retailer of apparel footwear accessories and hardgoods for young men and women. A lot of people avoid zumiez because it is where posers shop but i believe the main reason is the fact that skateboarders should support their local shop because local skate shops care about the local skate scene.

I only resort to them if i need wax or shoe goo or something less than like 20. Skateboard companies and shops prosper when they provide what skaters want. Local shops care more about the skaters because no one in their right mind is gonna but that much time effort and money into that business if they don t care about skateboarding. They move into an area and offer cheaper more shit than the local skate shop an drive em out of business.

The reason why zumiez sucks is because it destroys the business of true skater owned shops. Add some sick flair to any skate collection with the why so sad 8 06 skateboard deck from real. This is a bad skateboarding attitude. Longboards go faster are more fun to carve down hills on.

It s just another business supporting the skateboarding industry. A skateboard is more mobile but it takes a little longer to get riding down. Overall theres no point in hating zumiez.