Joesf Heffner (AKA nweyesk8 in our comments) sent in these pics of a mobile skate shop he’s seen traveling around to skateparks in the central part of western Oregon. It’s less than ample stock is being hauled around in the back of large RV style trailer. That’s an awful lot of hardgoods they need to sell just to cover gas. The skateshop-out-of-the-back-of-my-car is not a new phenomenon, but at this level it’s a big slap in the face to the local skate shops. There’s always the chance that Grinders is servicing a bigger geographic area that doesn’t have local shops, but it’s a pretty safe bet that’s not the case. If it is, then good luck with that operating model. Your first order of business ought to be selling the huge trailer for a small used panel van that runs on home brew biodiesel. You might have a fighting chance then.
7 comments
GFX
There will always be someone (like you) who feels it
Joesf
This dude was out of business as fast as he was in business
Livmo
There’s a guy here in NorCal that does the same thing. He drives one of those small cargo trucks around, ala FedEx/UPS style with the built-in shelves. Most of the stuff he carries is used, but he does have some new stuff.
Not really a business for him, more just transportation and a convenience for the kids.
Oh, and he sells drinks too.
Chad
i hope you can get energy drinks in there
energy drinks rule
Danimal
it was a the albany park tonight, i didnt bother going into it cuz there were abunch of kids in their watching videos instead of skating. lame.
Kilwag
Western. Eastern. It’s all the same to my sleep-deprived mind. I am goofing it left and right today. OK, It’s fixed now. Thanks.
nweyesk8
actually, it has been seen traveling around the Willamette Valley, central western oregon. I have seen it both in Albany and in Corvallis, which each have some form of brick-n-mortar sk8 store. I hear it does also hit up places like aumsville an other small sk8shopless communities. It might even work if they sold name brand equipment, but your choices are limited to blank/generic products with a ‘Grinders’ label.