For independent skatewear styles with serious street cred, check out Antisocial Skateboard Shop in Mount Pleasant. The shop carries tees and hoodies with the Antisocial logo, and it's a great place to stock up on Palace socks. The shop is deeply involved in Vancouver’s skate culture, making it a great hub to check out the latest zines, music and art, and meet up with other skateboarders.
This Mount Pleasant skater hub and community mainstay is ground zero for Vancouver’s tight-knit skateboarding community. You can tighten your trucks, buy one of the shop’s iconic t-shirts or hoodies, and check out some art to start your day, and then push north on Main Street to the New Line-designed Plaza skate park for a rip. When you’re sufficiently exhausted, retrace your steps back to Antisocial. When the store closes, it often plays host to live shows and art openings where the music’s loud, the beer is cheap, and the pals are a-plenty.