California's Board Gallery to Open in Highland Park Renaissance Place This Saturday.HIGHLAND PARK Highland Park. 1 City (1990 pop. 30,575), Lake co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. It is a retail business and medical center for the North Shore area. , Ill. -- Ray Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the to Host Skateboard Demo Oct. 2 from 1-3 pm at Sunset Park Sunset Park is the name for several parks including:
DogTown legend Ray Flores will open his first skateboard shop outside California this Saturday, Sept. 18, when Board Gallery 60035 opens its doors at Renaissance Place Highland Park. "I am extremely excited about opening in Highland Park," said Flores. "This new store will serve as the flagship platform for our national expansion outside California." The Board Gallery 60035 will carry high-end, exclusive skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing merchandise not available elsewhere in Illinois, including boards, clothing, shoes and accessories. The store will open its doors for the first time at 10 a.m. Saturday and will be celebrating its launch the entire weekend with special giveaways. "The shop looks awesome, and we have recruited a very talented group of knowledgeable Board Gallery team members. We carry board brands from Girl, Chocolate, Alien Workshop Alien Workshop, (sometimes referred to as AWS) is a skateboard company founded in 1990 by Mike Hill and Chris Carter. They are based out of Dayton, Ohio, a departure from the Californian-centric based skateboard industry. , Habitat and Pop War, to name a few. We have shoes from DC Shoes DC Shoes is an American based footwear company in Vista, CA founded in 1993 which specializes in shoes for skateboarding as well as snowboarding boots and outerwear. The company manufactures footwear for all types of extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, , DVS DVS Det Vill Säga (Swedish) DVS Descriptive Video Service DVS Dynamic Voltage Scaling DVS Driver and Vehicle Services (Minnesota) DVS Digital Video System DVS Digital Video Services , Lakai, Adio and Etnies, and clothing and accessories from Element, Zoo York For the skateboard company, see Zoo York Skateboard Company. 'Zoo York' is an artistic style and social philosophy inspired by the New York City graffiti art subculture of the 1970s. , Elwood, Independent Trucks, Grind Queen, Birdhouse and Baker," said Tommy Pulice, a lifetime Chicago skateboarding and snowboarding enthusiast who now takes over as Managing Director of Board Goods at Board Gallery 60035. Local Highland Park residents and investors Bobby Goldstein and Robbie Wasserman said, "Skateboarding and snowboarding are becoming the sport of choice among the extreme sports generation and the sports population at large. We are fortunate to be bringing Ray Flores' top retail board store to the North Shore and Highland Park as the first venture outside of California. The demand for the store opening has been incredible and we expect a tremendous crowd this weekend." Flores will be in town to support the store's Grand Opening on Saturday, Oct. 2. He will host a skateboarding demo free to the public from 1-3 p.m. at the skate park in Sunset Park, Highland Park. |
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