Why People Hate Zumiez...

[@SkateBox]

Ever wonder what happened to CCS? kzbin.info/www/bejne/forXmp1pfdiXo7c

[@llgarboll3570]

Nah not really

[@Thebasicnoob409]

Where should I get a skate board?

[@gusboles1352]

honestly as a guy who works at zumiez and has been skating for almost 12 years now, it really depends on where you are. when i was a kid zumiez really helped me get into skating and whatnot, but that’s bc where i live, skaters only have zumiez as a skate shop, there’s none around me at all. so i agree for the most part, but if you’re in a place i was and still am, zumiez helps a lot. it also gives skaters a job they don’t wanna blow their brains out at 🤷‍♂️

[@grimace2871]

u think the ones in miami or nyc or nj are fine?

[@soysausesamurai1342]

my boy what store you in dawg ?

[@quinnrobinson3776]

I went to zumeiz for my first board and they seemed like legit skates who knew what they were talking about, but then i realized the the workers recommended stuff that was super expensive to make me spend more, like they said the best shoes were the $70 doller ones but then later i saw shoes that were the same just all black, and only for $30 dollers

[@soysausesamurai1342]

@@quinnrobinson3776 true that may be I am a bit guilty of also showing the more expensive options not because I want you to buy it but to show you there are more expensive/longer lasting products and skating most definitely not cheap but being able to spend an extra $10/$20 on a good sturdy pair of skate shoes can make a world of difference than constantly coming back and buying the same cheap pair over and over

[@duck80085]

Amen it’s the only place around That has skateboards

[@angelgabriel4253]

i like the stuff zumiez has like the cloths and the skateboards i think zumiez is cool but its really good to support local shops

[@GoldenGhost2007]

Yeah I agree

[@joshd270]

Not every town has local shops

[@angelgabriel4253]

Yeah ik I don’t either it sucks

[@traill8040]

Exactly, ain’t nothing wrong with zumiez

[@rodrigoblandon2355]

I don't have a local shop

[@chromuimexe]

In my opinion, Zumiez has good clothes, shoes, and even some good graphics on the decks. But sometimes I think that the "Skate Culture" can be a little stupid. The people working at places like Zumiez just want a job. They don't need to be an expert at skateboarding to work there. And sometimes there is no "local skate shop" so Zumiez, West 49, etc. Is the better option.

[@isaiahrichards9319]

Waaaah

[@HiroTheAnointed]

Who said they needed to be a skateboarding expert?

[@hugolussier8234]

Just look at it that way, who’s the person you are the most likely to support, someone that is passionate about what they are doing or someone that pretend, but yeah I get it if their is no other option

[@eggshells7514]

The real deal is that local skate shops have been developing the skate culture and skate scene in their area.With out local skate shops there would be no skaters. The products that zumiez sell are targeted for skaters. You see the picture now? Zumiez is trying to take the hard work that skate shops have made and profit themselves without giving back

[@boxii2065]

yh sure but in my town a zumiez store opened and a local skateshop that hosted local tournaments , that builded diy parks and other stuff eventually ran out of business

[@thecjwolfpack]

The thing I like about Zumiez is that you can often find them in malls and other residential areas which is good for people (like me) who don't have a proper skateshop in their area that want to start skating.

[@paulthomas4863]

I’m really not sure why I started skating. I just picked up a bored one day and I started going at it, and found out I was into it so I got better gear the only place I could go was Zumiez. because I don’t think there’s any other skate shops in my area. If there was I would go check them out. By the way, I like Longboards.

[@sdvandergriff]

@@paulthomas4863 I feel you, I live in a pretty big Midwest city and there’s literally no other skate shop to go to, we have like 2 zumies and that’s it. For being the only option, it’s been pretty dope. I’m just glad a physical skate shop still exists at all to be real

[@Daniel00232]

I find it funny how the skating culture has been marketed as free spirited and underground but some of them tend to be very judgemental on things like how you grab your own skateboard and how you dress, not the true spirit of skate.

[@dr.julianbashir9193]

Modern skateboarding is corporate, with only very few exceptions. Podcasting started because people where tired of radio. Now its turned into radio. KZbin was not supposed to be TV with commercials, but now it is. Same with skateboarding like you said.

[@geckobirdfavs]

I decided to drive the extra hour to find a more local skate shop in Sacramento, long story short the owner gave us some barely used specialized bamboo boards for free and I've never stopped skating ever since. Love the bamboo boards, and love that guy, can never remember his name, we call them skate god.

[@winterflowers53]

Why are you yelling

[@Jaxer4]

BECAUSE I CARE 😂

[@meliketacos]

Hes not

[@Madmaxwev]

I think he hates zumiez😂

[@Awesomeexistencechannel]

Why do you hear so loud

[@RobBrannon88]

AAAAAA!!!!!!

[@twulie]

zumiez doesn’t label themselves as a skate shop, they started as a clothing shop and added skating and snowboarding stuff later on, they explain in the interviewing process that they’re not a skate shop but they also ask if u have experience skateboarding and/or snowboarding

[@zombieattacker5221]

"They sell the image of what they think skateboarding is " has always been true whenever a corporation sees potential dollars in a sub culture like what happened with metal or punk but it's almost always like five years after it peaked

[@jeffheyer7783]

Haha I noticed this… especially if you live in a Midwest town. I’ve noticed most of the popular trends take years to filter down to the Midwest for some reason…

[@ALittleAnusHole]

yeah but metal is still super popular

[@gamify4228]

Luckily zumies doesn’t exist in the uk and my local skate shop has been open for years now and recently they built a mini ramp at our shit tiny skatepark

[@lovecatlolamc4572]

I think our verson is route one

[@300dylan.]

@@lovecatlolamc4572true

[@turkeygablegable]

My local zumiez has a really nice dude there with the same name as me and he actually skates. Hes a great dude. He built my second skateboard for me

[@SkateBox]

leave a like on the video for all the local skate shops out there tryna stay in the game 😤

[@louisg9218]

i wish i had a local shop😕

[@ivanman9090]

Yes sir 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@theTurboS_]

Shoutout to Socal Surf Shop

[@ot6711]

this mf used the same pic 2 times

[@DannyRakas]

Yeah 😎 yeah 😎 just

[@knutjilken8654]

Don’t know how companies that sell skate stuff that skaters hate can become so big.

[@waterbottlettv]

It’s cuz it’s not owned by skaters who just wanna skate and ride the vibes. It’s owned my money grabbing businessmen who know how to work the market. Skating is so anti-sellout that the community is lowkey shooting themselves in the foot, causing the companies that don’t care if they sell out to sell out even bigger.

[@zacharymonrose2725]

Because most people who are interested in skater culture/fashion don’t actually skate. So with a ratio like that it’s just more profitable to cater towards them then us.

[@sadboiindigo3854]

@@waterbottlettv no it’s because local skateshops keep the community fresh and new and it gives back to local skaters and brands

[@ganymedehedgehog371]

In the same way GameStop became huge and Barnes and noble used to. Core fans of those hobbies didn’t like either store but they made the stores available and accessible. Local skate shops are cool and all but they’re rare.

[@Crvnbrry]

Of course its good to support local skate shops but Zumiez is the closest thing to me, so when I get my new board I'm gonna go to Zumiez. Of course it not being skater owned is a downside and I agree that most employees there don't know what they're talking about, but at the end of the day, Zumiez is still a skate shop I don't care what anyone says. Its a plus that I like a lot of the clothing that they sell too.

[@mashiron7945]

im new to skateboarding, and i definitely agree with the overall message of the video, but i have no choice but to shop at zumiez because there are no skate shops anywhere near where i live, even my nearest zumiez is an hour to an hour and a half away

[@jdhearn3708]

Growing up I got into skating when I was about 13 and my friend introduced me to it I got all my stuff from a small skateshop just outta town I went back there 11 years later it was still the absolute best, loved it the best part of my life has been getting back into skating just after I got my job

[@thatshredkidn4924]

Yo, u can't say that people who shop a Zumiezl don't skate. That's just not true

[@SkateBox]

6:39

[@Monkeymangarden]

I just got a pre setup board from there and I’m new to skating. Now I know why my friend went quiet when I told him I got from Zumiez and the trucks were too loose. The people at the store where good looking sorry for getting sidetracked, The worker who was there didn’t seem like they know anything. The worst part is the worker told me they have been there for a year.

[@skullknightsfanboy8991]

Buy a skate tool to change the feel of the trucks

[@humanothumqn659]

They always come loose. Tightening them right off the press would damage the bushings

[@frankzillask8s50]

Yes someone once said they skated so i trusted them to set up my board and they forgot to sand the edges😔also they don't know much about them i had to help a new skater befor because he was looking for a good size and i had asked questions about what hes trying to get into more for the size:peep i dont even work there!!!

[@sadboiindigo3854]

Bro just go to your local shop because skateboarding has only survived from supporting your local shops

[@skullknightsfanboy8991]

@@sadboiindigo3854 I mean some people don’t have a local luckily my local is closer then zumiez but people only have zumiez

[@soysausesamurai1342]

not gonna lie I'm a manager at a Zumiez we try our best to host events for the skaters and for anyone who just wants to hangout and spend time with people in that age range but it kind of sucks paying the most of that outta pocket and it would be pretty cool to get some form of grants so we can help build community. one of our old co-workers opened a local skate shop downtown and we've been telling the locals to go there for decks. also i know not every employee skates but that doesn't some some of my subordinates from being excited to learn about the anatomy of a skateboard to help the lil homies get started with skating and most of the time they end up picking up a board themselves.

[@solog1114]

Last time i went to zumiez was 10 years ago so idk how it is now. But I didnt like how the employees all flocked to you trying to suggest stuff for you to buy. Just let me shop.

[@soysausesamurai1342]

@@solog1114 that's entirely valid dawg, most of the employees like the same thing you're shopping for and probably know a bit of hidden knowledge about what your looking at and also most employees just wanna have a conversation but they are just as awkward as customers lol.

[@animeedits9036]

Ima be honest for me when I went to zumiez the people working there actually helped and they new what they were doing. I guess not all the zumiez places are like that.

[@coache1nine]

While I can agree that they may not be the best choice, for many, it's the only choice. My son was not a skater before he bought his first board, but he wanted to go to Zumiez, because he was familiar with them. The store we went to was very knowledgeable and did a great job. As a skater myself, I was able to give some insight to the type and how to pick out a board. When I got back into boarding, I bought my board from there. I could have gone online, but I chose not to. Yes, Zumiez is a corporate owned store, but people need to understand the mission of Corporate America before entering it. Their goal is to make money, as with any business. Small business should be supported, but the consumer needs to educate himself before spending their time and money. Every car salesman doesn't know cars, every beautician doesn't know cosmetics. Skateboarding is no different. Do your homework as a consumer and spend your money accordingly

[@alexisheckman8564]

something that might bring peace of mind: Zumiez employees have to be certified to sell and build you a board. As an employee (who longboards) i always like to ask experienced skater their fav brands and why so i am more knowledgeable about trick/street riding. Overall it's a great company who treats their employees kindly, hence why i appreciate them so much.

[@sebastiendaphnis7175]

Bro zumiez doesn’t deserve hate. Good service, good clothes, nice shoes and all kinds of skateboards

[@brandnew1-800]

As a zumiez manager myself here’s the catch… it’s a retail store it sells clothing more then skate stuff and if you got fired it was probably cause you weren’t good at selling , it’s not just about skating there yea it’s amazing if you know you’re shit but zumiez will take someone that doesn’t know nothing about skating but is a really good seller over a person that knows how to skate but trash in every other aspect

[@johnaustin1061]

As a manager of a Zumiez, they do support the community for skating, skaters, and host events. Most of us that work at my store skate and can build boards. I post clips all the time of people including myself and other coworkers skating the store. We even play customers in skate 💀. We carry Welcome, Hockey, Spitfire etc. All these reasons sound like something some kid said and never went into a store lol. The VP for California grew up skating and is a friend of mine. He knows all the Seattle skate scene and Oregon skate scene. We even talk about spots in skate parts. Idk man… people just need something to hate these days.

[@darela6911]

The zumiez employees were really nice and actually skate but its not the same for other people😢 BUT I DO SKATE MYSELF but i got a head injury recently and ive been skating for bout 8 months and the employees helped me pick out my first real skateboard(i had a walmart board before) but i had a really good time in the 3 times ive been there

[@forevanmyhrt]

I have been skating for 2 months now and I got my first skateboard at a Zumeiz. The teenager that helped me pick the parts for my board was giving great tips and recommendations. They gripped my board for me while I went to go get dinner and I went back to see all the employees surprising me with the skateboard fully built that brought tears to my eyes.

[@patrickfitzsimmons1230]

I've genuinely taken an interest and been meaning to get into skating, so I'm glad this video exists so I know where to buy from beforehand

[@ericbethmann8798]

online u should buy from tactics

[@dskully667]

I think you should buy the stuff where ever you want as long as you skate and have fun with friends and with the things that you do but I also think buying from local skate shops is better specially for beginners

[@user-qx4lf2il1t]

I live in alaska, where in my town we dont have a local skateshop, but we have a zumies. And most of the employees actually skate, and give good tips. So zumies kind of has a special place in my heart cus thats where i learned to skate

[@baileyezell8682]

I don’t hate zumiez, thanks to all its stores I can pretty much get gear like wax and parts just down the way. I understand that small business suffer from this skate giant but things like that don’t affect me so why should I care🤷🏼‍♂️

[@SkateBox]

L.

[@jakewngg]

eh half agree if you dont have a skateshop its the next best thing. There not sponsoring but there at least giving skaters skating related jobs. Ik a ton of great skaters and even skate brand owners who worm at zumiez. Shame there arent skateshops in some places but taking away the next best thing isnt gonna help.

[@townsendwylder]

L

[@lightningbolt7254]

Haha

[@duck80085]

The one I went to helped me pick the best for me and helped lean me away from longboards and get a regular one told me how to get soft wheels to make it able to cruise he also taught me how to adjust my wheels and trucks he even taught a kid how to ride who bought his first skateboard. He told me he’d be starting a skate camp. They all had there skateboards there and they where doing kick flips while no one was there and it’s the only place that sells skateboards near me

[@theTurboS_]

Skate box! It’s Republic Surf here! Have you been streamin? i’ve missed a lot

[@drillofthedeath879]

It’s like that video from Braille, a lot of people say it’s not a skate shop because they don’t support local skaters and stuff like that, but in some places that’s the only place some people have for skateboarding stuff, so in my opinion is it that bad (it still kinda is tho)

[@DeadEye456]

Being completely honest here, my first skateboard was a Speed Demons Walmart board and my second was a Baker complete from Zumiez. I still have the Zumiez board.

[@bittmanbobby]

I was 14, it was 1994. Me and my family drove to Seattle from Canada. I found a Zumiez store and bought my first pair of Etnies. I was stoked, it is what it is

[@lilyxcxc]

im a beginner so this is crazy news to me because i got my first skateboard from zumiez, and the guy that helped me out was a skater himself and he reccomended all the good brands and types of wheels n where to start. rlly friendly and helpful, kinda depends where you are tho.

[@Ho-ran]

same experience here. And they didn't try to sell me the most expensive shit. I did research before going in there and they offered me a good package with good brands that got the job done, not just top of the line stuff, or cheap stuff either.

[@jeffheyer7783]

When we were growing up, as kids, in midwest, our skate scene was crept localized to certain areas, and if you didn’t know about it, you were kind of on your own. Going to local skate shops, I have felt “neglected?” Because they didn’t know me, or I didn’t know everything about skating right away

[@itzyoboydex]

I've been back into Skating since July, and the closest place I could get a good skateboard was Zumiez in Sooner Mall. I got the $90 Lone Wolf Board and Holy shit did the wheels and bearings suck. Luckily within a few months I was able to get bones reds and bones 100s wheels and it feels so much better. I plan on skating the board until it breaks and going to an actual skate shop somewhere near where I live.

[@notachang6405]

Just don’t buy completes its like buying a pre built pc it’s overpriced and they only have enough to make some parts of the board rlly good if that makes sense

[@itzyoboydex]

@@notachang6405 noted, thanks for the advice

[@cykablyat114]

@@itzyoboydex never buy a complete

[@itzyoboydex]

@@cykablyat114 I know that now

[@notachang6405]

@@itzyoboydex yep

[@user-ki2cl2cj2g]

Zumiez scammed me on numerous occasions when I was starting off skateboarding as a youth. I went into the store as a young ambitious skater and all I wanted was to get some new wheels on my skateboard and they told me that I wasn't able to replace my wheels then they told me they'd hook me up with a brand new setup and ended up giving me a used beat up complete that one of their employees were planning on throwing away which was a 8.38 and I was skating a 7.75 at the time, then they ended up taking my board away and gave it to some other older dude in the store who wanted it. This killed the ambitious nature inside of me, it killed my love for skating as a kid and I never was able to get that back due to how devastated I was. Since then my love for skating has been on and off, thanks a lot Zumiez!

[@Val_ayh]

god, I miss West 49 so much... I've only been in a Zumiez twice, 2 separate locations, and not a single employee knew what Alien Workshop was...

[@ghost6683]

I’ve been skating for a couple of months and Zumiez is a pretty good shop but your right you have to support your smaller skate shops the only reason I go there is because I don’t have a local shop in my town

[@creativemindsintp297]

I mean I've wanted to get into skating and the only shops that I could go to are online. Sometimes you wanna try things in person and I guess I don't really see a problem with this. Zumiez is a big company sure but that doesn't deter me away from it. Thanks for sharing though.

[@uncrownedking2117]

Sadly there isn't a locals near me, the closest thing I have is Zumiez. But the people there are nice and they do know how to skate. They helped me out alot when I was getting back into it.

[@suno186]

i feel like people are just being nit picky at certain point when it comes to the whole skater owned thing. like sure, it would help to have someone who knows how to skate but they aren't selling you tricks, they're selling you boards, and if you need help deciding on a something or need an explanation in order to make your purchase you can literally just do your own research.

[@ray.3134]

There is no skate shop ANYWHERE near me. Zumiez is 1 hour away and thats as good as it gets.

[@thAt1gundamfan]

bro i love to chill and watch your video just makes my dag better

[@kevin71794]

I used to share this sentiment a lot But now living in a state where skater owned shops are very few and far between, sometimes Zumiez is all you have and if you know what you’re looking for, you might just find it lol

[@JokerLover123]

When u manage to repeat the same thing over and over for 10 minutes to appease the algorithm. Respect the grind.

[@CubingMadness]

I got a pretty rare zumiez, there's somebody that works there, and we are practically best friends. He owns a fewskateboards and has good advice for me, and also a few other people there too. I kinda don't really like that all zumiez are bad for advice, and even if it's most 9f them, you could find a good one, so please keep looking for good ones, and don't hate on all of them.

[@theTurboS_]

Buying a surfboard from somebody who longboards or can even stand up is the worst

[@alexkinnear9698]

i only shop at zumies because there are no local skateshops in my area

[@alowlytarnished5579]

Only reason I go there is to get my boards because my local shop closed down years ago...I feel ashamed everytime I go in. I even bought some new shoes to skate in the other day 😭

[@georgewoerner9913]

zumiez used to be pretty legit back in the day tho. like 2004-2008. there wasn’t a lot of skate shops near me, and they used to have a decent amount of events

[@coldsandwich_skates]

never even heard of zumiez till i started watching skateboard content to learn stuff thank god i have a local skateshop

[@rw1606]

I don't even skate but I hate it because I've been to a few stores multiple times and every time some super aggressive employee wont leave me alone I walk into a store and every time they start throwing a bunch of questions of what I want at me, you cant even brows the store its like you escorted through. One aggressive employee latches on to you the moment you walk in and you cant get rid of them its like they way they are trained. they ask me "what are you looking at" and I say I'm thinking then one minute latter they come back. once I tried on a pair of jeans and I handed them back the dude I said I don't like the fit, then he said aggressively "aren't you wearing Emypre's right now what's the problem its the same thing how can it fit different" I didn't even have Empyre's on they were completely different jeans, I have never been to a store where they get mad when you try something on and don't like it, and with employees that follow you and bombarded you with questions I have had 2 or 3 nice people help me they were still pestering me though I don't think I'm ever going back.

[@GiggleXD_1]

As somebody who skates I personally don’t mind zumiez because where I’m from there is no local skate shops cause skating is not popular around here and I do enjoy their clothes ❤❤❤

[@brianruhland9537]

😆 I asked for a Thrasher once. They pointed me to clothes

[@thefifthaceassociation]

I only had the two options where i live, Zumiez and a place called Industrial. Industrial was where all the actual skaters shopped, Zumiez was where the skaters Gf's shopped.

[@yosianderson4828]

my favorite skate shop is literally called "ollie's skate shop" and it's actually pretty good for being one of the only skate shops in town

[@Caleb_Alcerro]

You know what sucks there are no local skate jobs in a two hour radius of me by car so I am forced to shop at Zumiez

[@vertx_ice2489]

Not to mention, how expensive it is. Legit, I was at the mall for Christmas shopping, and I popped in the store to look for a tech deck for a friend, but a single board was like 24 dollars. I went to target and got a pack of 10 for 30 bucks.

[@JOHNNYGAViOTA]

idk i bought my first real board at a zumiez and the girl the rang me up was a skater and she helped pick out a board and then she set it up for me, pretty good experience overall, don understand the hate

[@AND2FFCambassad]

I was confused until I realized my Zumiez is different than the ones you talk about. Just cause other people say you shouldn’t go to somewhere doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. My Zumiez is very nice and there is an employee who does skate there who I am friends with and we talk about our progress when I go to buy clothes.

[@tarsalbutbetter8865]

I walked into zumiez and I saw literal khaki cargo shorts and some pink shorts with yellow stripes😂

[@tatayakka285]

zumiez is the only remotely skate shop near me tho 💀💀

[@raphaelallison]

same bro

[@gt_2135]

Same dude

[@seniknine]

FastForward has a skate team and they were all pretty good. FF was a big named shop with small shop vibes and Zumiez ruined it all. They're just a glorified Cans store; selling more apparel(shirts, pants, etc) than they do a plethora of skate shoes and a huge supply of decks, trucks and other skateboarding needs. Walking into Zumiez now feels like Pacsun. If you put a wall of decks in Pacsun, and you were unblindfolded in the middle of either one; you wouldn't really be able to tell the difference.

[@DrMontrays]

I don't even skate but they have the most random high quality shirts and hoodies. I don't really buy the hoodies but I know that I like the designs on them. I do buy shirts though because of the variety and fitting. I am also not a poser, as I said before I don't skate. I don't like to buy any pants from Zumiez because I feel like as soon as I wear something like that, I'll immediately either look like a poser or a skater. I like "vintage" clothes like tees and sweatshirts, but its super hard thrifting in 20 different places just to find one stained vintage tee shirt in a size too big.

[@AetherDreamSeeker]

I was so lucky that I found a great local skate shop for my first board. I recommend Insanity board shop in San Antonio, TX for anyone who happens to be in the area. Zumiez did get me seriously thinking about skating though before I got my board so I can give them that much.

[@frankielfb]

ive never seen a zumiez shop before but this video has changed my perspective for life, also independent skate shops are way more unique and have really cool people running them.

[@ferralfennin9672]

As an Australian individual we don't have Zumiez retailors available likely anywhere in the country, we do however have a brand known as Fast Times which is a company owned by Zumiez, From what I can tell every single employee I have encountered within a fast times is a die hard skater and is are all seriously cool people Honestly love the place. Though I frequent a variety of skate shops other than Fast Times its honestly quite the pleasant experience when I do.

[@JUMPboy30]

I have a Zumiez in my mall and they knew exactly what they were doing when they put my skateboard together. and all companies need to bring in some type of money or else they wouldn’t exist

[@picapupxy8949]

Calling skateboarding non mainstream is crazy lmao there are so many skateboarders out there

[@Trynagetdown0]

Worked at a zumiez for a couple years as a teen cause my older brother was the manager. I didn’t know anything about skateboarding, but I mostly just folded clothes and cleaned. That job unfortunately has made me generalize every skateboarder as just a complete insufferable ball sniffer. If you show up to a zumiez and expect grade A skateboard service, you’ve probably taken too many falls. Half the staff that worked there never knew shit either, it was just super chill. Zumiez is identical to any other typical retail store… they just so happen to have skateboards. Not hard to see that lol

[@Zombie-TV]

There's nothing wrong with buying from Zumiez as long as it's the only skate shop in town.

[@JamesRolin]

Growing up in SoCal we always went to the local shops. I didn’t even k ow that a chain skate shop existed. Now in Montana it’s a sad scene. Zumiez is the closest thing there is here so it’s all online shopping for skating if you want anything other than some Vans.

[@supakook]

The australian version of zumiez is like city beach and j went in there and asked if they had bushings and the worker was like what the hell is that

[@iliekapples2130]

8:59 idk if u guys know this store or if this is just a coincidence but this is my local skate shop called 510 the community here is always so welcoming and i love having this amazing business get attention

[@jenkem69]

There was a zumiez at the mall in the my hometown and there was also a barber who made a back closet a little skate shop and even sold bmx bikes and I always went to the barber cuz he treated it like a skate shop where he barely made money if not just made his money back just to be able to get more kids boards/bikes! but I ALWAYS went to him for board instead of zumiez! Plus he had better prices! I swear you can get the same board at zumiez for way higher price than a skateshop! May not be like that anymore but still how messed up...

[@understanding77]

I think it’s cool that skateboarding has become more mainstream, I remember when it wasn’t as common and people thought because you skated that you were a degenerate or a pothead, which in some cases is true but usually not in my experience

[@NuevoNarckotik]

My local skate shop is super cool, they get their guys down to the local skate park and bring pizza for the locals, would go there over any Zumiez.

[@user-mu4je1lh7k]

I’ve been skateboarding for about a year now and I only have 2 “skate shops” near me, Zumiez and BC Surf and Skate and I go to both and all the employees I’ve met are super chill but the Zumiez employees definitely don’t know as much about skateboarding but they want to learn and most have boards. And the workers at the “real” skate shop are super cool and insightful about what brand of deck I should try out next or good for asking what shoes to get.

[@sidvicious332]

I love zumiez!!! I got some clearance decks for like $25!!! You cannot beat that!

[@wockqueefa]

i remember when i took my little brother to zumies for his first skateboard, i know very little but they tried to sell him the biggest skateboard they had. we ended up driving another hour to a real skate shop that could actually help us

[@BVBemofan]

How to support your local skateboards shops. 1. Looks around town. 2. Oh shit, don’t have one. 3. Zumiez it is.

[@poopi69loopi]

my dad has been skating since ’98 and i go to zumiez with him alot, the employees know what theyre talking about and i know that cause my dad knows them and used to skate with them

[@bm-be6wj]

just a reminder none of you are alone ! God is with you all and he will never leave you . you are loved and accepted by him and that will never change . God bless you all

[@SoDakS33]

Zumies is the only skate shop where I live I feel like a poser everytime I have to replace part of my board. Also everyone at my Zumies has to skate or say that they don’t but there’s allways 1 skater there

[@waterbottlettv]

The only time I bought from zumiez was because I was looking for this exact board (the enjoi whitey panda), I had wanted it since I was little. Not a single local shop carried it, so I sulked my way over to zumiez and what do you know, there it was. Such a feeling of dispair and shame as I was standing in the checkout line….. went and got some indies from the local shop afterwards to make myself fell better!!!😂

[@saro6043]

My friend made me buy something from Zumiez cause I lost a bet, so I was gonna buy Indy’s and told the guy if I can get 139s and he was like, “I don’t have 139s but I might have 136s”, I gave him the most confusing face because there’s no such thing as 136s and I told the dude I can clearly see the 139s and he told me there is no trucks called 139s and so I just bought a baker board cause I didn’t want to deal with him

[@maxthebored2614]

To be honest I don’t have a local skate shop so zumiez is the only place I can by boards, but at my zumiez the employees are really good skaters and know quite a bit.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

Zumiez is all some people have and it really depends on who is working there. There is a store in my town and the dude that works there has skates for 20 years and is awesome.

[@squishee_33]

i worked there. every point you made is true - i never learned how to build a board nor did i know anything about skate culture besides old tony hawk games i used to play as a kid , i literally couldn’t even give advice because i had no fucking idea - i’m not saying the company should only hire skaters but they should have atleast taught me some basic knowledge 🤷‍♀️ usually i ended up telling our customers at the time to go to our local skate shop instead because by the time i quit i realized that many people never supported our local shop nearby - also literally zumiez could literally help with skate culture such as involvement in skate events like you said or since they’re a major company they could sponsor events such as olympic skaters??? and yes we barely had any skate supplies for our skaters! we also had so many posers and skate culture was so bland because of it , many of my high school skate friends only came for the empyres 😅😅 it actually sucked.

[@Ragtaggg]

I would actually shop at a local skate shop, but basically no place in my state has a local skate shop and only has zumiez

[@NTEDOG561]

Ngl as a kid the local skaters used to clown and forbid anyone from shopping at the nearby Zumiez.”support your local skate shop!” But as an adult I will shop at Zumiez with no fucks I just don’t care anymore

[@haroldcampos9661]

I bought my first board in a bc skate shop in a shopping mall like 30mins away. Then everything got weird. Kids seemingly wanted to be either emo or wow characters or producers overnight. They also opened a giant zumiez face to face with the skate shop, they just closed up and left. They didn't even host a sale. It was like 6months later, I went to walk around one day and it wasn't there anymore. Zumiez was vast and mostly empty. With blink 182 shirts and other skate punk memorabilia visible from the windows. Then last week I decided to start skating again and I bought a bunch of discounted shoes, including 2 pairs of ishod weirs for $50 each from zumiez. Nike is another company that brought vanity and corporatism to skateboarding. Most other skate companies are like three possums in a trench coat.

[@tommysratonmars1669]

Zumies Is not even that bad just because they don’t have people that skate and stuff like that doesn’t make it bad.

[@waterbottlettv]

It’s just better to support your local skate shop. Support the people who have the passion for skating not the corporations that pretend to to take your money💯

[@huntermillan9265]

This video gives me "name 3 songs" vibes, what's wrong with someone being new or just liking skateboarding but not knowing how to skate?, it can get new people into it and that in the long run means more money for the brands owned by skaters, shaming employees who most of the time just need a job is awful, most of the people who shop at Zumiez just like the clothes and that's okay, people can wear whatever they want.

[@retrorampage8429]

unfortunately I don't have a local skate shop near me so it makes it pretty hard to not buy stuff from Zumiez. But if there was a local skate shop I would buy stuff from there