Inside the Rail Rot skate shop, decks lining the wall

Est. local forever

Skater Owned. Curb Approved.

Rail Rot started in a garage with a busted toolbox and a wall of hand-me-down decks. Twelve years later it's still ours — no investors, no corporate buyout, no plan to ever sell out. Just a shop run by skaters for skaters.

12 Years on the block
6 Riders on the team
0 Corporate owners
Curbs ruined
Skater grinding a curb in front of the shop at night
The Story

Built In A Garage. / Still Standing.

Big-box stores treat skating like a costume — gridwall full of dusty completes and a clerk who's never dropped in. We went the other way. Every board on the wall got picked because someone here rides it. Every repair gets done on the same bench we learned on.

We've turned down the buyout calls more than once. The offer's always the same: more money, less soul. Hard pass. Rail Rot stays loud, stays local, and stays exactly as rough around the edges as the day it opened.

— The Rail Rot crew

House Rules

What We Stand On

01

No sellouts

No private equity. No board of suits. The shop answers to skaters and nobody else.

02

Real parts only

We stock what we ride. If it can't survive a curb, it doesn't go on the wall.

03

Keep it raw

Open floor, loud music, scuffed everything. Come hang whether you buy or not.

04

Local first

Free pickup, shop team, lot sessions. The scene eats before the spreadsheet does.

The Roster

The Team / Riders + Crew

The people who unlock the doors, build the completes, and put the shop on the map one clip at a time.

Drew Reynholt

Founder / Owner

Stance
Goofy
Home spot
Back parking lot

Nyah Huston

Team Rider · Street

Stance
Regular
Home spot
Courthouse rail

Shane O'Doyle

Head Deck Builder

Stance
Regular
Home spot
The bench

Lizzie Armato

Team Rider · Transition

Stance
Regular
Home spot
Deep end

Paolo Rodregas

Shop Manager

Stance
Goofy
Home spot
Front counter

Rayssa Leale

Team Rider · Street

Stance
Regular
Home spot
Schoolyard gap

Think you've got a part in you? We're always watching the lot.

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