Wednesday, September 20, 2023

FTC Skateboarding pops up on Avenue A

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

FTC Skateboarding — a San Francisco-based brand that dates to 1986 — has opened a pop-up shop at 216 Avenue A between 13th Street and 14th Street. 

I recently met store manager Chris Gurinsky (right) and creative consultant Ando...
Merch, from T-shirts to decks, at the East Village location is created specifically for this pop-up store ... and is not available at other sites (aside from San Francisco, there are three locations in Japan) ...
The pop-up shop is a magnet for skaters, like Drake (below), who was working with a new FTC deck...
... and from the left: Cotto, Ando, Dazz, Drake and Chris ...
The shop is open daily from noon to 7 p.m. 

Ownership is currently talking to the landlord about extending this lease.
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1 comment:

  1. EV Signage + Font TrollSeptember 22, 2023 at 7:46 AM

    I must say I expected the people who were complaining earlier about Motel No Tell's arrival to this block would be excited to see something that's not a bar (or a vape store) a few doors down? Tsk tsk!! This troll welcomes our new skate neighbors.

    Hey does anyone remember when there was briefly a skate shop on the west side of A between 12th + 13th where the extremely brightly lit pizza place (next door to a vape store) is now?? This would have been around 2001. Jesus H your signage/font troll is getting old.

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