Saturday, March 27, 2010
Why I Can't Stand Zumiez
They sell clown clothes for wannabes fashion victims, not skate clothes for skaters.
They're in malls, and only trendy geeks like malls.
Their employees are girly-girls and girly-boys that don't know jack shit about skateboards, Let alone, skateboarding.
They're a huge-ass corporation owned by greedy fat-cat shareholders. Not, skateboarders.
They only sell big, corporate skate and clothing brands. There's not a small, skater-owned brand represented anywhere in the place.
They don't invest jack shit into skateboarding, and they invest even less into local skateboard scenes.
Their customer service sucks ass. Seriously...
They leech off of the local economy, directing [already scarce and precious] resources right into non-skaters' pockets.
Please, everybody:
Support small, locally-owned businesses.
Support skateboarders.
Support skater-owned shops and skate companies (unless they ban you from the premises... in that case, screw them, too).