Roadworks partly to blame as Plymouth surf shop forced to close after 35 years

“Article quote- 'The company has also been forced to close its Exeter and Paignton stores'..

Exeter ain't got no sea to surf on anyway”

“in the late seventies we used to visit the shop while having a drink in the dolphin a friend of ours called pam worked there as i recall it was quite busy then and parking not as bad as it is now how sad to hear of this shops demise”

“To be honest I have wanted to buy stuff from harbour sports a few times but the lack of parking and the advent of the camera car have stopped me from going in there a number of times. The lack of parking did it for me -sorry”

“It's always sad when businesses have to close down, whatever the reason. However, those that question why there is a surf shop in Plymouth when they should be located where there is surf, are you kidding? I enjoy surfing and I live in Plymouth. Plenty of people in Plymouth enjoy the sport - why would you want to have to travel to Perranporth in order to set yourself up? Surely you open a business where the customer base is?”

“Cornish pirate. I don't have any problems with skayeboards or young kids getting good exercise through using them. I do however take umbridge at the state the area is left in and the damage dome by these youngsters, never have I seen them clear up the rubbish they strew all over the outside area they congregate, please don't try to say its not their rubbish because I have watched them throw drink containers etc on the floor.
The other more serious side of this past time is the damage done to public property, nearly all of the seats by the civic centre have had to be changed, the current crop are scarred and in tatters as are all the walls and borders in this area.
One time I was waiting for my daughter on one of the benches when I was approached by a youth asking me to move so he could use the bench for his "sport"! When I refused and explained why I was there I got a mouthfull of lip, then several decided to have fun circling VERY close to me to try and intimidate me to move.
What really galls me is that my hard earned council tax has gone to pay to build a prupose made skate park why do they not use this facility instead of ruining other peoples pleasure and property in the city centre?
This isnt an isolated event living near the area I see the mess and abstruction to pedestrians and rudeness almost everytime I pass.”

“@LTW39 - Bit harsh don't you think? In my younger days I used to be one of those 'yobs' you speak of, on my skateboard outside Civic.

I never put any stickers on the council building (although a few stickers would be an improvement to such an ugly pile of concrete).

Also, please tell us more about how the local skateshop business is encouraging them to do any of this? By selling skateboards?? Does that mean owners of off licenses are all numpeties who encourage all the drunken violent behavior we see? Prime are a well established local business, who managed to do what Plymouth City Council couldn't and provided locals skaters with an indoor park.

You're obviously jealous of their youth, energy and skill... and you are understandably angry because after working your mind-numbingly boring 9-5 job, you had to step out of the way of someone on a skateboard which interrupted your journey home to warm up a microwave meal and sit on your fat ar$e in front of the telly all night.”

“I may not live in the area, but in my local vicinity the gas board have recently done something similar, for a 1km stretch of road, they had to do this in 10 days and in 200m sections, which had to be completed before the next section could be started.
The main fault of this had to lay with the council and its negotiators for allowing far too long a completion date,”

“This is sad news, i never understood why there was a surf shop down the barbican, the
only half decent surf near here is wembury.
They should offer more rentals for the local area, such as kayak and canoe hire, one could launch from the barbican then. Im sure that would be more popular.

Ive always liked the smell inside there, i will miss that.”

“i bet the numpties at prime are loving this as its one more competitor they dont have to worry about. they might have been a bit more expensive but at least they didnt encourage the local yobs to plaster stickers all over the council office or hang and skate around people coming out of the council offices”

“Perhaps you should have opened a surf shop in a City or Town where there was actually some surf ... North Devon, Newquay, Perranporth ..... just to name a few for you .....”