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Rants, Raves, Sunburn and Scabs.  The Summer 2010 'Fish Report

Skateboarding’s popularity — fueled by the fact that it has moved more mainstream from its humble beginnings — gave birth to skateboarding shops of various forms: shops that sell exclusively skateboards; shops that sell skateboards and plenty of clothing; shops that sell skateboards and other products like snowboards or … coffee? The combinations are out there. But there’s one distinguishing factor between shops that relates not to what they sell, but who they’re owned by: There are the independent, locally owned skate shops, and then there are chain stores like Zumiez.