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6 thoughts on “Breaking Away Mail Order

  1. Bill Wells on January 14, 2021 - Reply

    Breaking Away was the best skate shop in Toledo. Brian was the best. Towards the end he sold mostly skate clothes and metal ts. He would order any tshirt we wanted, especially metal concert ts and skate rags. He would sell and support local music as well. He made window decals too. I miss his shop. I think he closed up around 2000, maybe 2001.

  2. Ripperz on May 7, 2021 - Reply

    Breaking Away was a the nest skate shop in Toledo. I started going there in the mid 80s through the early 90s. Bill Wersal was the owner. He was the coolest dude ever. Brian Mank shredded anything he rode. So many great skaters back then. This was a place where skaters could chill at a time when they weren’t so popular. This was far from a bike shop. Change your quote bruh. Laterz.

    1. This actually started mainly as a bike shop AND had a smallish skate shop in the beginning. Went more towards skate the un the end clothing and a custom shirt screening shop. I miss them.

  3. Fat Frank on May 29, 2023 - Reply

    I use to skate with Brian Mank at the Napoleon Half Pipe. Solid dude. What was that dude from Wauseon? Justin Todd? Dude was a launch ramp king. They had that set up at the Church that some dads made? Cool kids. They all lived by a pool.
    Anyways. Breaking always was the place to go. Toledo had Dirt Rider also, but nothing compared to Breaking Away. Remember the sessions downtown at Portside?

  4. Lucas Pauken on September 26, 2024 - Reply

    I’m desperately looking for a graphic from a board I got here in like 1990. It was a kids deck, I was maybe 7? I wanna say it had a drawing on in that someone’s kid did.. maybe it was a gator deck. Still old school shape. Anyone got any image galleries?

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