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| - I've been boarding for a couple years before moving to the GTA and needed to pick up a new board (shipping a 36" drop-through isn't cheap). I checked out a bunch of articles and reviews and ended up at this place.
Boards: To be up front, I'm not interested in tricking out my board, whether by making my own or swapping out half of the parts on a complete. If it works well as a complete, I'll get it; if it's not so hot, probably not. If you want to purchase your board in-person rather than online, they have probably one of the best selections that I've seen. Everything from Pennys (and a lot of them) on up to 40" longboards. Their brands are definitely skewed towards Globe (an Aussie brand), Landyachtz, and a handful of other brands sprinkled in there (e.g., Arbor). So if you are seriously brand faithful, you may have to look elsewhere. I ended up with a Globe Blazer 26" Cruiser (in Lime) after a lot of thinking and rolling around in the shop. I won't comment on the board that much because (a) it's new, and I only rode it for about an hour yesterday and (b) it's a complete build, so it's not really reflective of them as to whether it's a good board or not (does seem like a good board so far though). As noted above, you do get a free beer when you spend over a certain amount, although it was $80 this time (I got 2 beers since my board was $175). Also note that there is no tax factored in at the register, so I guess it's in the sticker price.
Prices: The prices are competitive and typical of what you would find at other shops. To be frank, as an American, I got sticker shock looking at any Canadian store's prices because there's a way better availability of decent-quality, sub-$150 boards down south, so seeing cruisers starting at $150 (typically $80+ in the US) and longboards at $180+ (typically $110+). The prices of what you do find here aren't that significantly different than in the states (accounting for exchange rate), but the selection is definitely skewed toward the upper price range. It's not a knock against the store, but more for anyone who may be coming up from the US like myself. However, the notion that anyone would pay more than $60 for a generic, colored 22" Penny Board without designs is wild. I can't believe how much theirs are, and I'm guessing that it's probably the same throughout Canada, but most people that I know with Pennys have them because they're dirt cheap compared to a $150 cruiser or a $200 longboard. You can find them on Kijiji for the price that I'm expecting with only gentle use.
Location: Pretty easy to find. You go upstairs and it just keeps going farther and farther back (that's where the boards are btw). It's too bad that it's on a busy street, otherwise you could try some rides outside, but you can kind of roll around for a few meters inside the shop to get a feel for the flex and what not.
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