We're Austin's oldest and most established core shop featuring premium skate, apparel, and footwear and representing and promoting  skateboarding in Austin since 1987.  We've worked closely with the City of Austin for over a decade getting public skate parks built and are working with them now on the newest project soon to be constructed at the Austin Rec Center.  We strive to always have the most freshest product and best selection of the top brands available.  New product arrives daily!  No need to waste gas going anywhere else!  We have the best selection in Austin!  Skate or Die!

Tekgnar History

March 1987...the launch date. Our humble beginnings were as a skate park. Outdoors and only $1 to skate all day. For three years we had some of the biggest stars in skateboarding visit us and skate one of the largest metal ramps in the country. It was super fun, 80's style. As skating started to evolve, we moved the park indoors, catering more to the "new" street-style and mini ramp set-ups. Through the 90's the shop grew from a 400 square foot location to eventually the site on the Drag and then Rio Grande where we had hip-hop and punk shows every weekend. Lots of fun times. We made videos and started ATX skateboards. We worked closely with the City and got the first park opened in the Clarksville neighborhood, donating our ramps and props to get it started. We continued working with Parks and Rec and were able to move the props over to the Austin Rec Center. Meanwhile, the shop moved to our current location on MLK and we began the push for the Mable Davis cement park. After years of hard work and perseverance, we conquered over the nay-sayers and Mable Davis was built. Now, we push on toward the future with a hot and fresh look to the shop, incredible new product daily, and working directly with the City to build a new park at the Austin Rec Center. Thanks for your loyalty and friendship. Hang on, the ride is just beginning!