{"id":316707,"date":"2025-10-19T19:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/316707\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T19:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:22:16","slug":"scottsdale-shop-celebrates-48-years-of-being-a-cool-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/316707\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottsdale shop celebrates 48 years of being a cool destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe exterior of Scottsdale’s Sidewalk Surfer.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Zack Allard<\/p>\n

Grabbing a parking spot off Scottsdale Road to attend Sidewalk Surfer\u2019s 48th Anniversary Party <\/a>may not have been a simple feat, but it was sure easy to see who was there to celebrate the shop for all things related to boards<\/a> (surf, skate and snow).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vintage cars with boards strapped to the back or top, vehicles covered in skateboard-oriented and band stickers; the all-day party unsurprisingly drew a crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The area behind the store was full of vendors and customers selling skate, snow and surf-related goods. And you know, in Arizona, we\u2019ve got to talk about the weather. It was the perfect day for hanging outdoors, chatting with friends, and perusing the items available. A typical hot and sunny October day.<\/p>\n

\"\"DJ Karen Jasper rocked the Sidewalk Surfer anniversary party.<\/p>\n

DJ Karen Jasper kept the energy up by spinning vinyl all day. One of the DJs with Ladies Who Brunch<\/a>, a group of women DJs who raise money for local charities, Jasper and her many crates of records kept that patio a punk rock party with rousing choices, plenty from the vaults.<\/p>\n

Inside, the shop was hopping. Tons of folks were at the counter making buys while others were perusing the wealth of options, from accessories to attire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The front of the store that faces Scottsdale Road was where the bands for the day were set up. While the event ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., three bands played at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"bandThe High Watts.<\/p>\n

@thehighwatts Instagram screenshot<\/p>\n

The High Watts, Fat Gray Cat<\/a> and Blanche Davidian<\/a> turned it on, cranked it up and transformed the store into an intimate concert venue, delivering their respective brands of rock with a whole lot of gusto. The crowd, which ranged in age, let the bands get them fired up, too. There were plenty of heads shaking and smiling faces throughout each set.<\/p>\n

Dave Carlson<\/a>, one of the store\u2019s GMs, took a second to mention how he and the team are always thrilled to have so many people coming to these annual festivities. I asked him, with 50 years just around the corner for the store, and these parties packing in crowds, what they were going to do for that half-century celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thinking about that, too,\u201d he said, and mentioned that taking that whopper of a party to an off-site location might be in the cards.<\/p>\n

More photos from the Sidewalk Surfer 48th Anniversary Party:<\/p>\n

\"\"Blanche Davidian tore it up at the Sidewalk Surfer 48th anniversary party.<\/p>\n

\"\"This dude didn\u2019t stop rocking out from start to finish at the Sidewalk Surfer anniversary party on Oct.18, 2025.<\/p>\n

\"\"Son and father rocking out at Sidewalk Surfer\u2019s anniversary party on Oct. 18, 2025.<\/p>\n

\"\"Phoenix musicians Michael Cornelius and Steve Shelton.<\/p>\n

\"\"Kyllan Maney and Ed Maney at Sidewalk Surfer\u2019s 48th anniversary party.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fat Gray Cat playing for the Sidewalk Surfer crowd at a prior anniversary shop celebration in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The exterior of Scottsdale’s Sidewalk Surfer. Zack Allard Grabbing a parking spot off Scottsdale Road to attend Sidewalk…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":316708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,2879,14838,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-316707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-events","12":"tag-local-music","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115402463710180603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}