A shop, open on a Saturday?
We may be late to the party on this one.
But the cool kids always are, aren't they?
Fact is, we're a tiny outfit and as busy as our lives are in the shop (extremely)...
...they're even busier outside of it!
But we're asked at least once a week whether we can open at the weekends, and Josh has nobly agreed to take it on.
So from tomorrow (19th July) until the Bristol Board Meeting (6th September), you'll find our doors open every Saturday from 10am - 1pm.
Your chance to get down outside of the regular working week and:
- See the cave for yourself
- Try out that board you've been contemplating
- Eat an ice cream with a legend of our time*
In other news, the new Pantheon Pranayama Portal graphic is now available as a deck and complete.
Look a little closer and you'll see that all Pantheon boards featuring the Pantheon Stylus truck have been switched to Paris Street 149mm.
Does that work?
Well, yes. At Vandem, we don't assemble boards that don't work.
The Pranayamas originally did come with the Paris 149mm - before Jeff had developed the Pantheon truck. Which was heavily inspired by the Paris with its tall bushings and big lean.
Why've you done it?
Well, those Pantheon trucks have become a little thin on the ground on this side of the pond.
We're hoping to see a nice delivery again in the future, but right now longboard companies everywhere are facing the wrath of trade tariffs and it may take a while for the dust to settle.
Jeff wrote a little on his own blog about the situation here.
So here's to the dust settling on a longboard market abundant with solid product at good prices!
The weekend calls,
Matt @ Vandem
*Ice cream not provided