#skateshops

[jgrantbrittain]

Today is @skateshopday , be sure to support your local Skate Shop everyday. The shop in my town that stands out is @mcgillsskateshop where the owner, @mikemcgill not only puts time in at his shop, but also skates the local park (scroll to the skate photo). You might not always appreciate that local shop experience and the part they play until it is gone and you’re forced to go to the mall with the thousands of other robots. So, support your Local Skate Shop whenever you need some grip tape, wheels, deck or shoes and tell the skater employee or owner “Thanks for supporting your scene”. #skateshopday #skateshops #supportskaterowned #supportlocalskateshops #soapbox #skateboarding #mikemcgillsskateshop #mikemcgill #momandpopshop #jgrantbrittainphotos #encinitascalifornia https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wQcPNBimF/?igshid=wt2skgw0ixbs

[skatebalm]

@transindskatedist in Belgium 🇧🇪 now carrying @skate_balm skate wax #skateboarding #skate #skateboard #skatelife #skater #skateshop #skatepark #skateeverydamnday #skateshop #skateshops #skategram #skateanddestroy #skateboards #skatespot #skate_boarding #skatecrunch #killerskatemag #shralpin #iloveskateboarding #skaters #skateboarder #metrogrammed #skatetroop #skateboardingisfun #sk8life #skaterownedandoperated #skatebalm #skatewax (at Brussels, Belgium)

[spitfirewheels]

New ways to 🔥 from Bobby Worrest Now available in skateshops worldwide 🔥

[skatebalm]

“Some clips from @kea__smith next new wave part. @berrics 👈🏼 🎥 @brianmasterson @sweetpicklesb 💫@expeditionone #skateboarding #skate #skateboard #skatelife #skater #skateshop #skatepark #skateeverydamnday #skateshop #skateshops #skategram #skateanddestroy #skateboards #skatespot #skate_boarding #skatecrunch #killerskatemag #shralpin #iloveskateboarding #skaters #skateboarder #metrogrammed #skatetroop #skateboardingisfun #sk8life #skaterownedandoperated #skatebalm #skatewax

[longboarderlabs]

Today isn’t just another day… it’s the day we celebrate the heartbeat of skate culture 💥

The squeaky bearings. The grip-tape dust in your lungs. The kid who spends 45 minutes choosing stickers 😆 The wall of decks that smell like fresh wood and bad decisions.

Skateshop Day 2026 is HERE! 🎉🛹 Featuring killer art by Brett Parson and pure shop-rat energy from top to bottom.

Pull up. Support your local skate shop. High-five a stranger. Buy something you don’t need. Tell a story that gets louder every time you repeat it.

Because skate shops aren’t stores… They’re clubhouse, comic book shop, therapy session, and launch pad all rolled into one 🧨

Let’s go full send today 🚀 Doors open. Boards ready. Smiles mandatory 😁🛹🔥

See you at the counter.

[longboarderlabs]

🌈🛹💥 WARNING: TOO MUCH 80s RADNESS INCOMING 💥🛹🌈

If your eyeballs aren’t melting, your stoke levels aren’t high enough 😎🔥

💣 THE OG VIBES ARE BACK 💣 ✨ CALSTREETS BITCHIN’ ✨ Loud. Proud. Neon AF. This graphic SLAPS harder than a tail drop on a vert ramp 🙌🎨

🎯 Straight from the time when VHS ruled and grip tape cut your fingers — we're keeping it fresh and freakin' FABULOUS.

Tag your crew that still says “bitchin’” unironically 😏💅 🕶️🟣💛💙 #CalStreetsBitchin #NeonIsLife #SkateAndGlow #VHSurvivors #ElectricSkateVibes

🛹 Still not hyped? Take two decks and call us in the morning 😤🔥

[skate-tautoloandsym]

The rad shop scene

[stoopsmagazine]

Remember when you were a kid, maybe you still are a kid (maybe we all are), and you’d go into your local skateshop? Maybe you saved your lunch money to buy a new deck because you snapped yours hucking off that loading dock behind the grocery store. Maybe you convinced your mom to buy you new shoes because you were rubbing the side of your pinky toe bloody through your ollie holes. Perhaps you NEEDED to get that new Osiris video (The Storm, obviously), or pick up the new issue of Big Brother and see who Dave Carnie was trolling (probably Tony Hawk). Or maybe you didn’t have any money and you just wanted to smell that familiar shop smell (probably Nag Champa) and create your weekly wish list, keeping better inventory of the shop’s stock than the owner him/herself.

Most shops don’t really stock many videos or magazine (RIP most magazines) anymore, and many have a more boutique vibe with limited inventory that doesn’t quite have that dust hue yet. But they still have that toy store feel when you walk in. Skateshops are unlike most retail experiences. The employees (and usually owners) skate too. They can give you great or terrible recommendations, but the recommendations come from the experience of someone kind of like you. Somehow, they deal with people just like you too. It’s not easy. I wouldn’t want to deal with me.

Much respect goes out to all the skateshops that are keeping the culture alive for the rest of us. You are the reason why many people still skate and the reason why this little magazine is still in existence. We appreciate you every day, including on this Skateshop Day.