When Michael Thompson came back to Halifax after years of working out west, he didn’t quite know what to do with himself. “My wife said, you know what, just do what you love and open up a skateboard shop,” says the owner of new north end biz, Octopus Skateboards (5587 West Street, suite 200). A […]
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Pro Skateboard’s Jon Swinamer
Pro Skates has been keeping people moving for 23 years. Zach Tovey and Jon Swinamer, the current owners, have been working at the store almost since the beginning, and in the past decade they’ve taken over the operation—and expanded it, with Pro Girl just up Blowers Street and another Pro Skates on Quinpool Road. “It […]