This spot is such a cool homage to skating. When I came here, I was able to pick up a cool SMA deck…read morefrom Bennett Harada. Chris and Freddy were really welcoming and helpful. The deck options seemed a bit smaller but they had a lot more of the local and hard to find decks. This place has a special place in my world of skating. Definitely worth checking out, even for all the skate history pieces they have hanging up.

Sick spot! For sure a classic skate shop. Killer selection of boards and shoes and apparel. Pricing…read moreis solid for what you get. And friendly service.

This place is a small gem. Always really welcoming, helpful, and nice staff, cool selection of…read morelocally made apparel, zines, and true surf fanatic gear and equipment. Great selection of used boards. Hope it stays around forever, even though there are so many changes taking place on the surrounding blocks.

TL:DR - Friendly customer service, bad surfboard repair job…read more This is going to be a long review, but if you want the short of it. -Took my longboard in, to repair a scrape, and get it color matched. -Got back a repair job that isn't color matched at all. The repair isn't even flush with the board. -Got more dings on my board than when I took it to them. -Check the photos. If you surf in California, it's not a matter of IF you'll get a ding on your board, it's a matter of WHEN. All the surf spots are lined with rocky shores that will ding your board. I am no exception to this rule and have dinged my longboards many more times than I can count. The one upside to this, is that I've become really good at repairing dings of all kinds. Whether it be on the bottom, the rail, the tail, the nose, anything I can do. What I can't do though, is color match. That is a magic unto itself. I was looking to sell an orange longboard of mine, but it had a scrape on the bottom side of it. It's not deep and it didn't crack through to the foam. If I wasn't planning on selling the board, I'd sand it down, fill it up with a little bit of Q-fill if it needed it, then fiberglass over it. Done and Done! BUT, I want to sell it, so it needs to look good, it needs to be color matched, and it needs to work. I heard a lot of great things about the repair jobs from Bay Street Boards, and decided to take it to them to color match and fix it. BIG MISTAKE. I should've known better when I pulled up to the shop and saw someone balancing a 9ft' longboard over their knees while scraping off wax. No stand, the board just wobbling about, almost hitting the concrete ground. Yeesh. I relayed all the info above to the repair guy and he said it was doable. He said color matching is tricky, but that'd he get it close enough. I was charged a $120 and left my board with them. I wasn't in any rush to get my board back, and it was about 5 weeks before I could pick it up. Is this fast or slow? I'm not sure, like I said, I do my own repairs and can fully repair a ding in a day. PRO-TIP: if you are going to get your board repaired by a surf shop, remove all the wax off of your board. There are 2 reasons for this: 1. If there is any wax near the damaged spot it will fuck up the repair. Wax will gum up the sanding pads, it will interact poorly with the resin, and it gets everywhere. Take it off. The repair guys will love you for it. 2. Removing the wax, will give you a very intimate look at your board. You will see any dings or damages that you hadn't noticed before. This is also important because it gives you a reference point and will let you know if the surf shop messed up your board even more. (Foreshadowing) I pick up my board and in the dim light of the surf shop, I can tell the color match isn't even close. It looks like they sanded over it with a too high of a grit sanding pad, and then glassed over it. They didn't sand it down at all to smooth out the fiberglass texture, and they certainly didn't add any dye to the resin to try and color match it. What the fuck?! In the dim light of the shop, I didn't notice that the sanding job was shitty too, it wasn't even flush with the board at all. There's a couple small depressions where the ding is and it's wavy. If you're going to do a shit job, at least make it flush. Every surfer knows to make the board flush on the bottom, you want that water to glide over it without any friction. At home, I had more time to study the board and found even more issues. I noticed that there were small gravel sized dings on the bottom of my board. Each dug into the board about an 1/8 inch. I know these were not there before because of having de-waxed my board and because these are literally impossible for me to get while surfing. These could only occur if you put a surfboard down on concrete/gravel ground to work it. (Remember that guy outside the shop.) Just to hammer home the case, the ding by the finbox can ONLY occur when there is no fin in. Nothing could hit the finbox at all with a fin in. And how do I know I didn't have these dings beforehand, refer to pro-tip #2. Another thing I noticed were resin drips on the bottom of the board that had hardened. This isn't that bad of an issue to correct, just a little sanding, but the fact that they did that, let's me know that they're sloppy and don't pay attention to details. Overall, this was a terrible experience. I paid a $120, for a bad repair job that I'll have to undo AND I have new smaller dings on the board that I'll also have to fix. Yeeew!

I really enjoyed my visit to Arbor in Venice. There was a sale of shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies…read morefrom the former San Diego store with such a nice selection of designs and sizes. The store is remarkable and serves the Board community well. The thing about Arbor over other sporting goods type stores is that the products designed and materials used follow strict sourcing requirements to reduce the impact to earth. I got my first Arbor shirt at REI over 20 years ago and have been an avid follower of their products. I ended up buying several sweatshirts and hoodies which were embroidered or printed in very cool fashion. All the items I purchased were 50 percent off and are of great quality. The cashier and main employee was really nice, as we had nice conversations about our dogs and how she got into boarding. With such nice savings, I'll be back for value priced summer clothing in the next few months.

They do a great hot wax for my snowboard. Dropped it off on the morning it was ready to drive up to…read moremammoth later that afternoon.

They're alive! A complete remodel and new faces but still the same location and reliable…read moreknowledge/gear. Thankful for them. I purchased my wetsuit here years ago, had it repaired here when it got torn, and picked up some neoprene gloves from them recently too. Aces.

Truly an exceptional store. Great customer service from Cora who helped me buy my new surf board !…read moreReady to rip some waves! Shop here guys!!

I don't do many reviews but when I do, I prefer dos xx, whoops, wrong review…read more Not only do I highly recommend this incredibly great surf shop, but I want to say you should only go to Jack's. They are the best in breed when it comes to surfing stores and I can't say eight great things about them. Not only do they carry just about everything you could ever need for your surf experiences, but they donut was class and style. Their inventory is massive and if you can't find what you're looking for here, then you'll never find it anywhere else. You can always tell more about an establishment, doesn't even have to be a surfing shop but any place, hotel, restaurant, airline or where ever it may be by the people that work there. Could even be a Macys or Nordstroms, theatre's or wherever. What tell you the most about a place by the folk that work there. At his location every employee there had a great attitude and knowledge of all surf. Product knowledge that you hadn't even thought of or crossed your mind before. These guys and the teams there are all first rate and world class humans in top of that. I want to especially single out the manager I met today, Zackariah. You couldn't ask for a better guy to be minding the store and Jack's is darn lucky to have him. Zackariah is a high quality work class human and Jacks is darn lucky to have have him. I've never been so impressed by a fellow running a gorgeous store like this or anywhere else. No, I'm not his mother or father or have any relation to him. I'll just a 68 year old guy who was so impressed by Zackariah, what a great biblical name too, that I have to shout this out to all of you potential and probably many customers already established customers. I will never go anywhere else to get gear for my 35 year old son who loves and surfs down in Encinitas, or my 30 year old daughter who's local here to the Santa Monica Bay who does a little surfing too. Zackariah, your employers are so lucky to have a world class guy working for them. I hope your owners read this reach out to give you a call or show some way of telling you you're doing a great job, because you are and your team shows nothing but respect for your leadership. Thank you for making my shopping experience today a memorable one and I look forward to coming back and hopefully it will be on a day you're managing and are there. In the mean time, you're a rockstar and Jack's is so lucky to have you. I hope you hear from them To let you know and possibly even show you their appreciation of you. You deserve it!!! Rock on!! Craig

This place is awesome. It's crazy it doesn't have better reviews. A lot of things are priced…read moreappropriately and huge store with lots of fun things.

Great and Knowledgeable people, especially Aaron and Justin! I went in because one of my back…read morewheels on my skates had fallen off. They were so helpful with the repair and even gave me advice on if I were to need more efficient skates that they had a variety of selections to choose from. I will be back once I get better at skating, I love to support local businesses.

Eric the social media guy helped us out and was so nice! There aren't really any skate shops like…read morethis in the valley so we came out here with my MIL. They helped her find exactly what she needed and answered all of our questions. You guys rock!

Super friendly and knowledgeable staff! Great surf shop in the neighborhood that also has some…read moresurf skate gear like carvers as well as accessories and repair foam for foamies which I purchased. I love how they often host events for members of the local surf community such as Venice surfing association. Highly recommend ! Come support your local shop !

I wrote a review so long ago, but these guys did deserve something new... This is a real surf shop…read morewith guys who actually surf that work there. The owner Jeff is a super kind guy who is knowledgeable about surfboards, gear and surf culture. Brian, the manager is top-notch! Super knowledgeable, helpful, surfs himself and understands the boards and gear that he sells. He might not tell you this, but he's a top notch shaper himself although he doesn't talk much about it. This is a local store that deserves support. They've got killer stock of epic surfboards and clothing. It's the kind of place you can go in, have a drink or a coffee, talk story and look at some clips and some of their old boards they have on the wall. Definitely deserves some hype and some credit -- they've been around for a long time and in this economy it's important to support these guys. I've bought many surfboards here over the years and will continue to do so. Ridershack and ET Surf are the two core shops in Los Angeles that I go to.

Not the greatest of service (to the dudes at the register. The man actually handling the bikes was…read moreamaze) but since it's a chain, just go to the one down a few meters if service is an issue for you. Ended up being about $44 for two hours, two bikes (one with a kid seat attached to the back). Not bad... Considering you can purchase an ice cold coffee next door at the connecting cafe. Bikes and other rental materials were in good condition. Meh.. I've attended better bike rental spots. **Cash Only & ATM on site with a $3 charge

Great service. Great surf lessons. Worked with me and let me rent a board for a week and provided…read moreaccess to the board at 6:00 am in the morning. Highly recommend.

Laine is a absolute all star. I'm so happy that I decided to use him to learn how to surf. He was…read moresuper cool and encouraging. He not only taught me how to surf, he taught be how to be a surfer. And after several days on the water with him, I was fully stoked with surfing. I was recently in Venice Beach after taking a few months break from living in Asia. While I was in VB, I wanted to learn how to surf. While I had gone surfing several time in northern California, Baja, and Bali, I was never really surfing. More just catching the whitewash from the waves. So when I arrived to LA, I immediately took the chance to devote time and energy to learn how to surf. But after several disappointing days getting rocked by the waves, I was about ready to hang up the board for good. Fortunately after one of these days when I was returning my rented board rather disappointed, Laine was hanging nearby by and we starting chatting. Right away I started feeling more optimistic about my potential. After a little back and forth, I was able to work out a multi lesson deal with Laine. Since the waves at Santa Monica can be hit or miss, on bad days Laine took me further up the coast to sunset. He taught me how to read the surf reports and the buoys so that I would know when it was worth going out. He offered to take me to look at boards. After the lessons, he'd tell me about great surf spots in the area or around the world, especially his native Hawaii. And when the 5 lessons were finished, he even offered to go out with me when he wasn't giving lessons. It was these extra steps that he took that left such a strong impression with me. Much more than just a teacher, Laine became a good friend. I strongly recommend him for anyone who wants the whole surfing experience. And I look forward to surfing with him again when I am back in America.