New board shop to open in Bend after Tactics closes

A new snowboard and skate shop will open in Bend on Saturday, in the wake of Tactics Board Shop’s closure in late September. Owners and Bend locals Marcel Dolak and Andrew Kimmell said they moved quickly to fill the gap left by the longtime shop. “We’ve both been long time snowboarders, skateboarders, surfers, and when we heard about Tactics going out, we jumped to action right away,” Dolak said. “The community needs it so bad, and we felt like there was such a hole. We saw the sadness when Tactics closed so we just said, ‘There’s no way, and we gotta make it happen.’” Obsidian Board Shop is located at 345 SW Century Drive, Suite 100, the former Skjersaa’s Ski & Snowboard Shop across from Bend’s westside Safeway. The all-season board shop will focus on snowboarding in the winter and stock skate and surf products in the spring. Obsidian will provide rental snowboards and equipment for all levels and offer tuning and repair services.

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