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The Garden Surf & Skate

Cataclysmic Abyss Premier..... Friday 6PM

About Me



The Garden
Surf & Skate


Tauranga, New Zealand
Not a typical skate & surf shop.
Not as stupid?

Contact:
The Garden
80a Devonport Road
Tauranga

Ph:+647 5782323
Fax:+6475788821

My Interests

Skateboarding, Surfing, Snowboarding, Music, Fashion & Clothing

I'd like to meet:

Skaters,Surfers,Vegans,Vegetarians,Bogans,Homies,Kooks & Fools

Music:

ADOLESCENTS;ARCADE FIRE; BABYSHAMBLES; BAD RELIGION; BAUHAUS; BEASTIE BOYS; BLACK FLAG; BLOC PARTY; BLONDIE; BLUES EXPLOSION; BODY COUNT; CARTER U.S.M; CAT STEVENS;CHRIS KNOX; CLAY WHEELS;CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH! ; COCO SOLID; COMBUSTIBLE EDISON; CONCRETE BLONDE; CURVE;DAVID BOWIE; DAISY CHAINSAW; DEAD KENNEDYS; DEPECHE MODE; DEVO; DIRTY LITTLE SECRET;DIRTY PRETTY THINGS; DROPKICK MURPHYS; EAGLES OF DEATH METAL; FIERY FURNACES; FIREHOSE; FLOGGING MOLLY; FRANZ FERDINAND; FUGAZI;GANG OF FOUR; GREEN DAY; GUIDED BY VOICES; GUITAR WOLF; HAPPY MONDAYS; HOUSE OF PAIN; HUSKER DU; ICE CUBE; IGGY POP;IMA ROBOT; INTERPOL; JEFFERSON AIRPLANE; JOE STRUMMER &; THE MESCALEROS; JONNY CASH; JOY DIVISION; KILLING JOKE; KINGS OF LEON;KING BROTHERS; KITCH; LARD; LCD SOUNDSYSTEM; LE TIGRE; LL COOL J; LORRETTA LYNN;MIDLAKE; MIKE NESS; MINISTRY; MINOR THREAT; MODEST MOUSE; MORRISSEY; MOTORHEAD;MOVING UNITS; NEDS ATOMIC DUSTBIN; NEW ORDER; NEW YORK DOLLS; NICK CAVE; NINA HAGAN; NINE INCH NAILS; NOFX; N.W.A.;PATTI SMITH; PEACE LOVE AND PITBULLS; PIGFACE;PINK MOUNTAINTOPS; PIXIES; PJ HARVEY; PORTISHEAD; PSYCHEDELIC FURS;PUFFI AMI YUMI; PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED; PUBLIC ENEMY; RAMONES; RANCID; RATATAT; REVOLTING COCKS;ROXY MUSIC; SEX PISTOLS; SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES; SNAPPER; SOCIAL DISTORTION; SOLEDAD BROTHERS; SOMMERSET; SONIC YOUTH; SO SO MODERN; STIFF LITTLE FINGERS; SUPERGRASS; TEENAGE FANCLUB; THE 5678's;THE ANIMALS; THE B52's; THE BEATLES; THE BLACK KEYS; THE BLEEDERS; THE BLUNTS; THE BRONX; THE CASSANOVAS; THE CHECKS; THE CLASH; THE CLEAN; THE CRAZY 88; THE CURE; THE D4; THE DAMNED; THE DATSUNS; THE DEARS; THE DIRTBOMBS; THE DRESDEN DOLLS; THE EDITORS; THE ELECTRIC SHAKEDOWN; THE FACTION;THE FAINT; THE FANATICS; THE FLAMING LIPS; THE GO! TEAM; THE GREENHORNES; THE HELLACOPTERS; THE HIVES; THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN; THE KING BROTHERS; THE KILLERS; THE KILLS; THE LIBERTINES; THE MINT CHICKS; THE MISFITS;THE ONLY ONES; THE POLYPHONIC SPREE;THE RACONTEURS; THE RAPTURE; THE ROGERS SISTERS; THE SISTERHOOD; THE SISTERS OF MERCY; THE SMITHS; THE SPELLING MISTAKES; THE STOOGES; THE STONE ROSES; THE STROKES; THE SUBWAYS; THE THRILLS; THE VELVET UNDERGROUND; THE VON BONDIES; THE WHITE STRIPES; THE YEAH YEAH YEAH's; THE ZUTONS; THIS NIGHT CREEPS; TOM WAITS;TOY LOVE; TURBONEGRO; TV ON THE RADIO; US BOMBS; VIOLENT FEMMES; WAYNE KRAMER; WEEN; WHIRLWIND HEAT; WHITE ZOMBIE; WOLFMOTHER; YOUNG HEART ATTACK; 80's MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER

Movies:

No More Heros,411 video magazine,Foundation-That's Life/Art Bars Seagulls & Subtitles(& the rest)Cataclysmic Abyss when it comes out:),Baker(1,2,3),Stereo,Anti Hero,Black Label-Back in Black/Label Kills,Port Moody Blues,Toy Machine(all),Poor Specimen Films- I have them all,Mack Dawg & Standard Films snowboarding movies,Lost surf flicks,Krooked Kronicals,Thrasher,Big Brother's(RIP)Shit,Number 2 & boob,anything Spike Jonze(Girl-Yeah Right)Anything by Jono Gemmel :) All the videos that gave me inspiration that I grew up skateboarding with...Bones Brigade Video Show,Future Primative,The Search For Animal Chin,Public Domain,Ban This,Wheels of Fire,Streets on Fire,Molecules of Motion,Inside Out,Shackle me Not,Hokus Pokus,Questionable,Virtual Reality,Second Hand Smoke,Debunker,Trilogy,Right to Skate,Creatures of Habit,Volcom Stones "The Garden"(1994)...too many to list!!

Television:

Jason Lee is has made it big time... such a talented skateboarder too! Great to see him back into skating again! Jackass/Viva La Bam....Gotta give credit where it's due, how many has the guy inspired to try skateboarding? Terry Teo...uh oh!(Kiwi kids tv show in the 80s...haha...I never got into it really... Remember that episode of CHiPS that had the Reseda Skatercross on it? I wanted to go there so bad! :)

Books:

Thrasher Magazine,The Skateboard Mag,Manual Magazine,New Zealand Skateboarder,Skateboarder,Transworld, NZ Surfing,Kiwisurf,Waves,Curl,Vice,Pulp...CHECK OUT OUR PROFILE IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF NEW ZEALAND SKATEBOARDER MAGAZINE!!!Books: The Answer is Never by Jocko Weyland,Occupation:Skateboarder-Tony Hawk also Between Boardslides & Burnout,every book by Glen E Friedman,Built To Grind,Insane Terrain,Skate & Destroy,Pipe Dreams:A Surfers Journey-Kelly Slater,Indo Surf & Lingo,The Ride of My Life-Mat Hoffman....the list goes on

My Blog

The Garden wants your feedback....cos we loves ya...

What do you want us to feature more of in our blogs?I would like to keep this updated more regularly on news & happenings you want to read.... I can post links to cool websites etc... send us a me...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Mon, 05 May 2008 04:29:00 PST

Element NZ Demo & Giveaways....

Element NZ team demo this Saturday...Arataki Skatepark next to BayWave pool 3-5pm...Kid friendly too
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:06:00 PST

2008 news....

Well first up we would like to give a very special thank-you to Phill Sanders for his 9 & a half years of dedicated service to the store...Phil has started concrete floor grinding/polishing with h...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:41:00 PST

Delphi Collective & EyeBooger

We had had the privilege of having Matt Irving & Eric Noren coming instore the other day...they are great guys and super talented as you can see from their websites:http://www.eyebooger.com/detail...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:56:00 PST

Mark Gonzales photo’s & art...

Mark wanted me to post these photo's & art on my page...stoked he asked me...he rules!!Mark & Chris Miller 1988 Tokyo world sports fairCause Mark loves Michael ok?...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:39:00 PST

Jake Brown...hard as nails....

 Harden up Austailia!! Jake Brown is spot f**king on in our books....Good on ya mate!! ...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:05:00 PST

What's in a name?

This was published in The Bay of Plenty Times late last year after a journalist rang me out of the blue wanting to do a piece on the name of the store, some misquotes there but it's all good...it ran ...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:37:00 PST

Gop Skateboarding Day (what we are doing locally)

Go Skateboarding Day is on the 21st of June & we will be skating (as if you didn't know)... There will be coverage in national media on C4 music TV (watch Special Features with Jane Yee) &...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:43:00 PST

ABEC ratings

ABEC vs. Skate Rated"By George A. PowellWe are often asked, "What ABEC rating are your bearings?" The answer is that "Bones Bearings are Skate Rated" not ABEC rated."Bones Bearings are the skate indus...
Posted by The Garden Surf & Skate on Tue, 22 May 2007 03:39:00 PST