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.
