CANADA'S OLDEST SKATE SHOP EST. 1976
PD'S HOT SHOP HAS BEEN BUILDING AND SELLING SKATEBOARDS NON-STOP FOR LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN CANADA. BY SKATERS, FOR SKATERS - SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX - SPECIALIZING IN SKULL SKATES PRODUCTS AND OTHER HARD TO FIND ITEMS NOT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE. TRUE TO OUT ROOTS WE ARE STILL A HARDCORE SKATEBOARD SHOP. THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US OVER THE YEARS FROM OUR BEGINNINGS TO OUR HUMBLE PRESENT. CHECK THE TIMELINE:
- 1976-1977 LOCATED ON WILLOW GROUSE ROAD IN NANAIMO, ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC.
- 1978-1979 LOCATED IN REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN - WHERE SKULL SKATES WAS CONCEIVED.
- 1979-1980 LOCATED IN VANCOUVER'S WEST END NEAR THE FAMOUS STANLEY PARK.
- 1981-1983 LOCATED IN SOUTH VANCOUVER ON MARINE DR. UNDER THE OAK ST. BRIDGE.
- 1983-1991 LOCATIONS IN VANCOUVER AT OAK AND 67TH, IN HOLLYWOOD ON MELROSE AVE.,
IN NORTH VANCOUVER NEXT TO SEYLYNN BOWL AND IN NANAIMO ON VANCOUVER ISLAND.
- 1991-1995 LOCATED ON PENDER ST. NEAR SEYMOUR IN VANCOUVER'S DOWNTOWN CORE.
- 1994-PRESENT PD'S HOT SHOP / SKULL SKATES JAPAN OPENS IN GIFU PREF. JAPAN.
- 1996-PRESENT LOCATED ON 4TH AVE. AT MACDONALD IN KITSILANO / WESTSIDE OF VANCOUVER.