Useless skate facts

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Also been asked this recently. Does yours include stuff like Ron Jon’s?

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im open to suggestion

[/ sits comfortably on fence]

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Hm I reckon not including skateboarding piggybacking off an already existing skate shop would cut a lot back.

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Cal Skates in Portland are saying established 1976.

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That was as far back as I could get, but I refuse to believe it.

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I’m guessing Slam City is the UK’s longest running - 1986?

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I don’t know about worldwide but I think the UK’s longest running shop would be The Skate Shop in Poole, (est. 1977). Doesn’t answer the question but does tick the box of being a Useless skate fact.

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What about city surf in Swansea.

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Surrey Skateboards were 1977

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Surrey Skates isn’t still going though…or is it?

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World’s oldest skateshop maybe Skates on Haight if they’re still up and running. Sure they were early ‘70’s.

Edit: A quick search and they were started in 1974. There are reports that they may have closed a couple of months back though.

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Google saying skates on haight is 1974.

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@Scurbrampwoody they still have a website. I’ve never been, just heard that they were old.:grinning:

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The skate shop in southsea always blagged they were the first in the country (but they’ve been long gone for ages) and then I think they said Rollersnakes was next.

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I think Rollersnakes was ‘80’s. I could be wrong though. I genuinely think that the longest running and still going out of the same premises skateshop is the one in Poole. I’m open to any other suggestions though. Anyone beat ‘77?

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Yup Rollersnakes 1985.

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Slick Willies is claiming 1970 but that must have been more bikes and skates at that point surely

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