News RSS
Concrete Wave Interview
AN INTERVIEW WITH FARGO SKATE SHOP OWNER ARIEL RIES By Candice Dungan At the ripe age of 22, Ariel Ries, from Delkalb, Illinois, opened Fargo Skateshop. Nine years later, Ariel’s shop is still successfully providing skateboards to the masses. In today’s skate industry, sustaining a skate-specific shop is a challenge. Ariel shares insight on how she ran her shop for almost a decade and her thoughts on women’s skateboarding in the industry right now. Tell me a little about your skate shop: What makes it unique? What are your goals? The shop is unique because it’s the only place...
New Location New Name
Formerly Smalltown Skate Shop (SMLTWN) we have moved 4 blocks east to 629 E. Lincoln Hwy to be where our 8,900 square foot indoor skateboard training facility is located. The Fargo theatre was built in 1929, while moving into the building we referred to it as "fargo" so naturally we felt that we needed to keep it that way. We are no longer just a skate shop, we are all things skateboarding: Fargo Skateboarding.