Gaydreams Surf Shop

lol

 

If anybody has the startup capital to loan me, i'll create a legit shop that everybody would want to buy from. In my experience, 99% of shops are doing it wrong. It's a tough business I know, but times have changed, shops need to evolve. But this isn't the type of evolution needed. These types of shops are not going to last, they don't cater to the core group of surfers and are nothing more than a fad for the trendy types. I'm sure there are a few boards in there that are good, not the point, it's just the overall business plan that is lacking.

 

Good thread archy

 

i actually first thought it was used underwear. when he said it was really hard to find i thought to myself " I wear mine till they rot".

 

In Newport Beach?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

In a way, it looks very similar to a scaled down Surfy Surfy in Leucadia, minus the usual accoutrements found in a surf shop. Coffee, hipsters, alt shakes...at least Surfy has wax, right?

Don Redondo must be puking in his coffin though. At the beginning of the vid, the owner rocks up...on a girl's bike. Yeah it's old and classic, but not a spot of rust. Every single "guy" in the shop looks like they are all perfectly coiffed and manicured, never having done a day of manual labor in their lives.

It just screams "Trust Fund". The operation looks like it's been bankrolled by the 'rents.

Is this what surfing is becoming? Or is this just an example of zeitgeist?

 

I was thinking trust fund too...I just can't figure the business model being successful.

 

Once the trend is over. Unless one can adapt with change. The secret to a successful business.

 

Hit that on the head!!!

His surfing stylee was cool. Not into the shop scene

 

I think I just puked in my mouth. Yeah Becka definatly used to be a man (not that there is anything wrong with that).

 

Ya! I stopped in there too! And it was @ 5 years ago... maybe we passed by each other? I couldn't figure the place out and wondered if it was a cover for drug dealing on the patio. I couldn't figure out how they'd sell enough to pay the rent.

 

And, he will have broken up with the girlfriend and hooked up with a guy. Count on it.

 

Damn, Betty just dropped the mic lol

 

Give something back...

Owl Chapman - “Give a Wave”

[video=vimeo;54586881]https://vimeo.com/54586881[/video]

 

you gotta be kidding me

I'd rather walk into that 'mo shop than drink Lard's coffee

 

" The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the person doing it."

Everyone thought Mollusk would be toast in 6 months....
12 yrs later...and 3 stores....

I dunno...
Mollusk..surfy surfy, thalia, trim, mitch's..bird's shed...
Outer known, katin,etc
They are all there and good for some one...

When I was in jax bch....
This lawyer opened a surf skate shop
In pvb..
That basically was local poser pac sun...
Over priced, uninformed non-surfing staff, no boards, leashes, wax, etc..
I walked in....and out...in less than 2 seconds...
My feeling if it's not for you?
Don't go though that door.