Zombie Boardshop

In retail the only constant is change; on the floor, with the customers, brands, shop heads, staff, and product. It’s a full on effort from top to bottom, to manage all these rolling waves and not be swept out to sea with the crushing rocks of business that are so far removed from the passion of our “jobs”. Shawn Solem’s journey took him from MN to OR to CO and back to MN where he started off as a shop kid, soon transitioning into a shop owner. Taking over a space in the basement and branding it Zombie Boardshop. From the dead of one store, a new shop was born, with youth and excitement. His shop, based on honest sales and quality service grew at a manageable pace a block away from the slopes of Buckhill. With community support and resort visibility, Zombie created a decade-long running preseason event, “Shred Til You’re Dead”. Hosting parking lot jam sessions in the summer, and helping the Core Values Tour get off the ground. All while supporting a strong team of skate and snowboarders for a decade plus. Cultivation of a suburban scene is interesting, it changes as your youngest grow up to feel like they need to escape their local hills and look outside at different places as “cool”, sometimes not realizing how awesome and exceptional the place they already have is. Zombie is to the core a passionate skateboard shop that sells snowboards. With Adam and Ellie as the backbone for 15 years, Shawn captains that ship towards calm waters. It’s a place to get sound advice on products, repairs, where to skate or ride, and share stories of it all with a menacing smile. It’s the kind of place that allows you to be at ease with your questions, and know that there are no dumb questions. A group of shop heads, down to get down with the proper service, knowledge, and experience.

Zombie Boardshop 15100 Buck Hill Rd. Burnsville, MN 55306

952.892.0047 cryptkeeper@zombieboardshop.com zombieboardshop.com @zombieboardshop