Shop name: Left Skateboardwinkel
Year shop opened: 1995
Owner's name: Miesj Hoffstaetter
Your name and job title: Marco Hart, Shop Manager
Address: Hartmansstraat 22 A, Westblaak 28-30, 3012 VA Rotterdam , Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)10-4145777
Fax: +31 (0)10-4130559
Shop hours: Monday - Thursday 10:00 - 18:00, Friday 10:00 - 21:00, Saturday 10:00 - 17:30, Sunday 12:00-17:00
Web site: Left Skateboardwinkel
How's the shop doing?
All right!
Who is your typical customer?
Core skateboarders.
Do you have any interesting shoplifting stories?
No, but we hit first, talk later.
Do you get any crazy people coming in off the street?
Yeah, they are called customers.
Name the most popular skate videos currently playing in the shop.
Forecast.
Do you do any special events (video premieres, signings, demos)?
All of us are dying to see the YéS video!
Do you have any future events coming up?
A YéS video premiere somewhere in 2006, and hopefully we can have the éS team do a demo at the Westblaak skatepark.

Are there any skateparks near your shop?
The Westblaak skatepark is 10 meters away! It's one of the biggest outdoor skateparks in Europe, and has a street course, mini-ramp and vert ramp.
Who are your shop team riders?
Ricardo Paterno, Tim Zom, Sebastiaan Vijverberg and Shajen Willems.
Do you have any shop team riders who are flowed by éS Sales Reps or team flow?
Ricardo Paterno, who recently made it on the éS Europe flow team!
What's the best part of running a skate shop?
The shoes.
Which éS shoes sell the best in your shop? Why?
The Accel, simply because it’s the best skate shoe.
What's the best part about éS?
The Accel, need I say more?
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There's 26 responses to "Shop Interview: Left Skateboardwinkel"
haha, i grabbed the first comment
not that i had anything to say..
Wooly Mammoth.
hell no
mastadons are the way to go
Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium).
Billy sweat
WOOOO LEFT THEY THE BEST SHOP wonder is they gonna interview Rollin skateshop :P
interviem lamina from finland. or ponkes. Lamina is big, they have like 2 brands, happyhour skateboards and aste skateboards and the best dudes ride for them. or micmac, which is finish also. louie barletta just joined their team man!!
dude, do you ever read what your typing? or do you just bash your forehead into the keyboard a couple times and hit the enter button?
shut up wooly
yeah hollad im gona call that nuba and be like u guys have aby clogs ahha jkjk
what?
Me rug op
nice Josh P :P quick dutch learner eh the word asshole means klootzak
www.pholow.cjb.net
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haha go Left! Next: Antilope! AGGA, je weet toch!
Eep, op, ork, ah-ah!
ihan sama voisin vaikka vittuilla woolymastadon21:lle mut en jaksa. suomi on paras.
The shop looks pretty tight, first time seeing it. I need to go the Netherlands!!
what language is pimpero speaking?
i didnt know you were foriegn earlier
is this a joke?
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=klZ9SuxLKTY&search=skateboard%20sponser%20me
im speaking finnish, or im not speking it NOW but earlier... you think i think your idiots when i have to mention that im not speking finnish right now, eh?
why did i write "speking" TWO times???? i mean speaking
are you finnish?
Are you finnish'ed, cause u better be.
That shop owner sounds like a weirdo, no offence. But the shop looks cool; is that a dwarf in the window?
yes im finnish
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