 | |  | | | | | | | | | One of the most important elements of a scene is the hardcore shop. Over the coming weeks, we will be introducing you to a series of these shops throughout Scotland. Shops are great - they supply us with products, provide advice and even fix our gear when we break it. Support your local shop, as the scene would be a whole lot crapper without them.
FOCUS - EDINBURGH:
Could you both introduce yourselves:
Sibs: I'm Sibs, and I'm one of the partners in the shop. My role is probably the same as Stewart's really - [laughs] general running of the shop. I also do more of the computer/web side of things.
Stewart: I'm Stewart, and I'm the other partner in this business. So I do all the things that Sibs doesn't do [laughs].
How long has the shop been open?
Sibs: Coming up on two and a half years now.
What made you want to open a skate shop in Edinburgh?
Sibs: I think that, because we'd both worked in the industry for well over ten years, we saw a gap in the market. There was no real, good quality skate shop in Edinburgh, since Players closed down a few years back. So, because we'd both been in the industry, we had the knowledge, and we thought that Edinburgh deserved a decent, dedicated skate shop.
So has the shop always been joint owned/run?
Stewart: Yeah.
What are the best and worst aspects of working in the industry?
Stewart: There's no separation between
like, skateboarding is - you're working with it, every day, all day and you don't really switch off from that. So, going skating at night has not got the same 'rush' of going skating, because I'm surrounded by people who skateboard all the time.
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