El Skate Shop - The Wildest Skateboard Shop in the West
El Skate Shop began in 2002 as online shop AND brick and mortar shop in Huntington Beach, CA. At 177 square feet we were fairly certain we owned the title of "Smallest Skate Shop in The World".
We also went by the slogan of "The Almost Non-Profit Skate Shop" where we priced our inventory very low in order to make easier for people to keep skating. You could buy blank decks from $16 to $20. Grip was $3.
As of 2021, elskateshop.com is mostly an archival site. However, we still do sell grip tape, wax and hardware and may one day get back into the business of selling skate goods.
Past team riders included Dallas Rockvam, Aaron Babila, Chris Treiber, Chris Hernandez, Mike Davidson, Matt Bublitz, Amber Moffatt, Darrell Norman, Eric Ricks and Ryan Fitch.
Awarded Video Of The Year 2008 by Transworld Skateboarding, “Fully Flared” was the first feature release by Lakai Limited Footwear. Highlighted by Guy Mariano’s famed return to skateboarding and the 3-song part that netted Marc Johnson Thrasher Magazine’s 2008 Skater of the Year, “Fully Flared” also features Mikemo Capaldi and Eric Koston.
