Join Us Monday for The Bland Opening of The Boardr Store
Published 2/27/2014 by Rob Meronek
That building in Tampa near the Bucs Stadium with no sign that you might drive right past? Yep, that's us at 4611 North Hale Avenue. There's no party, no fireworks, no naked ladies jumping out of cakes, and there's not even anything to skate! It's just the door opening up if you want to stop by and check out what we're up to here and maybe play a Game of SKATE on our glorious flatground in the empty TF. Join us for the low key, mellow ass, bland opening at 11am on Monday, March 3rd. We've got a lot of work left to do. Sometime down the road we'll make the real opening grand instead of bland.
Photos
From the back of the Store, looking into the future shoe wall.
Your view while you're lacing up the feets. You'll find Bob in here most days helping you out.
What do you want on the boob tube?
The amazing local constructors from Built have arrived with our board racks.
Your boards are resting all fancy on the work of Built.
Are we going to be like a baby Skate Lab? Justin brought in a bunch of his 80's boards. We need a jump ramp now.
It's been a little busy on the events side of things here and I'm behind in product photos. Watch for 3D being on the site as soon as I can get back behind the lens.
The Build crew makes sure things are level. Some people need that tool for their ollies and kickflips, huh?
Thanks to Syndrome for making the Grind for Life boards for this weekend's skateboard contest in Lakeland, Florida. That shirt AYC made is super good, too. Those are going to all people who entered the Contest. We don't have many of these top quality threads they made so we have to keep it tight like that.
Maybe I'll see you for a flat ground game of 80's SKATE in the empty TF next to the Store? Street plants will be involved. We'll be hanging out doing nothing from 11am to 6pm on Monday, March 3rd if you care to join us here. Thanks again for following along with what we're trying to do in skateboarding.
I had to add one doctored up photo using my 53 Pen. Porpe captured himself the Penisaurus Rex.
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