I guess you have to buy your board from a store, but I guess what I mean is there's a big difference between one you'd get at Toy's R Us and one that you get at your local skate shop. So much customizing goes into a board that the off the shelf model can barely keep up with the custom ones in the graphics department much less performance. I just noticed that the one near me closed, which is a shame. I guess that's happening a lot lately with the hobby hangout spots. It happened with my game store, it's happened with knitting stores, and stained glass stores. I guess real estate prices and taxes couldn't get low enough fast enough for these small specialty shops. Seems like nowadays you have to have an internet presence and it has to be profitable first before you can open doors on a small specialty shop, unless you own the property. Leasing and renting doesn't seem to work anymore, at least around here near Chicago.
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