Select Skate Shop

Select is now across the street from where Dream Merchant and Rattlesnake Skate used to be — so you know they follow in the tradition of chill skate shops in Trose, last one being the Source where Anvil is now at — SLCT is known for their well thought out, hand picked prod, their clever attention to detail — Their shop decks and shop brand gear have attracted a modest cult following and are probably the most popular items they sell, which they do sell out surprisingly fast — also they have the best shoe selection (pun intended) in Houston — Nike — Converse — Tasteful Etnies, Es reboot for the skate geeks, more Huff than u can shake an elephant wrench at — Oh, and what about the team? Basically only the most watchable kids in Houston will make the cut, and the shop is a kinda incubator and forum for the local inner loop scene, as the organization also functions as ad hoc micro cinema. While most shops want everything and everything, want to «dominate» the market, take team riders, steal accounts and pander to their aggressively unoriginal goals of «being the best» — Select management is just doing their own thing, providing the type of service that a skate scene like Houston deserves but more often than not, just doesn’t get — and that’s the vibe that ostensibly is supposed to set skateboarding apart from other sports, but the thing most often over looked in the treadmill dog eat dog sh#t show that is the silly local H-​town skate scene — everybody jus wants to rule the world! You’re never gonna see Select winning «Best Shop in Houston» in Houston Press — because Select is not the obvious choice for John Q Heineken and their Barbie doll wife who drive in from the Woodlands or Spring to rock the cradle at the Downtown park, get clips of their kids doing their first kick turn so they can post it up on Facebook for their whole family to scene cream over. Select is more kinda underground, alty, sometimes punk, street level shop that is not vehemently always in search for your nine year old’s approval! — Select is kinda like the Rough Trade Records of Houston — As Rodney Torres said: «Holdin’ it down in the time of the dead» SLCT H-​tx inner loop Montrose one hundred thou!