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CalStreets 11 Lonsdale

The Original Vacuum Land Skateshop in pink.  After the first month we covered vacuum land with California Streets.  Located 11 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver.


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CalStreets 92 Lonsdale

Spike opens with her distinctive Street Meow as she greets customers as they pass through this heritage building on Lonsdale. This glimpse of California Streets shows the impressive "Wall of 1400 Decks" And the Stone Vault of Skate Shoes.


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CalStreets Kitsilano Beach

CalStreets Kitsilano Beach location.  This location had more beach towels, suntan lotion volleyballs and the like. CalStreets stocks over 1000 decks at each of our locations.  Largest selection of skateboards in Canada.


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Spike Shop Cat Greeter

Spike the shop cat was an amazing addtion to our shop.  Not only did she have her own line of skateboard hardware and clothing but her adventures in the shop were non stop.  Spike braved lower Lonsdale like she owned it.  Transit, Seabus, local restaurants Spike was welcome everywhere. 


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Longboard Summer

The infamous Longboard Summer Kits Beach photoshoot with Rick Tetz  (Concrete Wave Magazine Photographer).  These shots have been used for Spains National Longboard Poster, Xylan Longboards, CalStreets and DK Skateshops.


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CalStreets Ad Propaganda 80's

Some of the ads from Georgia Straight, Metro, and other newspaper and magazines, California Streets surf shop North Vancouver and Kits.


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CSI Canada Distributor 1979

CSI - Cal Streets Industries was a major distributor for Sims, Burton, T&C, Blockhead, Alva, BrandX, Tracker, Indy, Vision, Dogtown, Zorlac and Powell-Peralta.


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Penticton Park and Pool Party

Northwest / SantaCruz Team members Niko Weiss, Rob Leshgold, Mark Greenberg, and Rick Tetz opened the first Pentiction BC skateboard park in 1978.  We asked a local motel if we cleaned there pool could we skate it.  Sure!!!!!!!!  Those were the days before lawsuits ...


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Canadian Mailorder

CalStreets had an extensive mailorder catalog for Canada.  We were vertically integrated as we did Distribution - Retail - Wholesale - Mailorder.


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1975 Cranbrook Ramp

The first skateboard ramp in Cranbrook BC.   The first skate team "KaDe".  To the skateboarder magazine awards in Balboa Beach., California.


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Pepperazzi The General

Pepperazzi has had an extreme life from the beginning (see bio in cat restaurant).  She is the 3rd addtion to the CalStreets AXS Studios. And share her space with Critter and Blade.


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Critter n' Blade 2012 Shop

After the skate cats Spike and Flash (lived at CalStreets)  came the next generation Blade (grey&white downhill racer) and Critter (longhair freestyler). Here is a quick history of these furry friends.


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