One of the realest shops on the East Coast, Skate Lair, just finished a book on its history three years in the making. Check it out and support real shops!
The shop is owned by Erik Munday and is located in Enfield, CT, just north of Hartford, CT. This book, titled Skate Lair is 140 pages with 198 color and black and white photographs. The forward for the book was written by Rodney Smith from SHUT skateboards, along with quotes from other key skateboarding legends. Photographer Michael Cirelli spent three years following the Skate Lair Crew everywhere to get these photographs that feature skaters such as Erik Munday and the Skate Lair family, Rodney Smith and the SHUT family, Todd Jordan, Luis Tolentino, Charlie Wilkins, Steve Rodriguez, Mark Nardelli, Dan Pensyl, Willy Akers, Tombo Colabraro, the 5Boro family, Peter Bici, Jeff Pang, Jamahl Williams, Rob Campbell, JZ from Natural Koncept, Chris Kays, Tato Feliciano, Mike Powley, Jim Grant, TJ Schick, JJ Colon, Oscar from Bodega Skateboards, The Bodega Family, Mac Johnson, Killer Cam, Josh Arnold, Jeff Barnes, Alex Maldonado, Tim Crouse, and many more.
