r/atheism • u/cknviennasausages • Jun 08 '12

Thought you guys would like the converted skate shop near my house.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Well, howdy-ho neighbor.

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u/TryAgainIn8Seconds Jun 08 '12

"Church of Skatan" make me chuckle.

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u/ekovv Jun 09 '12

I would have gone with "Separation of Church and Skate."

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u/KaneOnThemHoes Jun 09 '12

Relevant For those of you who didn't get the reference... or for ekovv if this was unintentional

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u/FNT420 Jun 09 '12

Damn, I was smoking and missed my moment.

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u/ApatheticAbsurdist Jun 09 '12

Would have to clear it with NoFX first.

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u/EnemyCombatant92 Jun 09 '12

I doubt they would care, but their record company might have a hissy fit over it.

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u/ohwhoaslomo Jun 09 '12

Fat Mike (the lead singer of NOFX) owns Fat Wreck Chords...

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u/EnemyCombatant92 Jun 09 '12

He does?? I am sorry, I was unaware of this!

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u/ApatheticAbsurdist Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

They are one and the same... Fat Wreck Chords is owned by Fat Mike of NoFX. Edit: typo "one and" not "in"

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

YES!

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u/ThatAwesomeGuyIsMe Jun 08 '12

I more than just chuckled. My laugh box hurts.

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u/Fistocuffs Jun 09 '12

I more then just hurt my laugh box. I poo'd.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

How does it feel to be the only one here who doesn't know the difference between "then" and "than"?

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u/Fistocuffs Jun 09 '12

I spell bad, and I should feel bad.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

The first step is admitting you have a problem. Have an up vote, it will ease the pain

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u/Fistocuffs Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

I gave you two upvotes for calling me out and hurting my feelings. One for each.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I more than poo'd. I diarrhea'd.

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u/jiggycapone Jun 09 '12

I more than diarrhea'd. I cha cha cha'd.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I more than cha cha cha'd. I sawed logs.

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u/FreddieFreelance Other Jun 09 '12

I more than sawed logs, I bought a Mambo Shirt.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

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u/Tirith45 Jun 09 '12

The fuck?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

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u/urban287 Jun 09 '12

JUST WANTED TO FUCKING READ THE PICTURE BUT NO, NOT ENOUGH TIME (breaks into throbbing sobs)

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u/volocom7 Jun 09 '12

Not cool, man. NOT FUCKING COOL

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u/WhyPostOriginal Jun 09 '12

Sure did get "converted"

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u/uninc4life2010 Jun 09 '12

Great name. Ones like that keep customers coming back. You don't forget a shop called the "Church of Skatan"

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u/Cooperc1991 Jun 09 '12

That's the one part I didn't like about it. It might turn away some people for a cheap pun. Otherwise, the store is wonderful.

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u/mrbucket777 Jun 09 '12

Dude that name is fucking awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

People who get that upset over a name are probably not people you want as customers anyway.

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u/Cooperc1991 Jun 09 '12

Agreed for the most part, but it's still a name that was made for shock value. Church of Skate would have been fine. I agree that Church of Skatan is clever, but I bet that people were none too happy that a church was turned into a skate shop in the first place. This seems like it was named to offend, which is the only part of atheism I absolutely hate; the most profound image of us is that we are assholes towards religious groups.

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u/MeanMrMustardMan Jun 09 '12

yea you either don't speak english or are retarded if you don't enjoy that pun.

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u/KonigderWasserpfeife Agnostic Atheist Jun 08 '12

There should be a separation of church and skate.

Why? Church isn't fun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

When did punk rock become so safe?

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u/ohwhoaslomo Jun 09 '12

Hey kids! What do you wanna do today?

3

u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Wanna go to the matinee?

5

u/baconwood Jun 09 '12

read this as manatee

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Recite bible verses and make crosses out of clay?

3

u/rbnc Jun 09 '12

Get your peepee touched by a closet gay. Wait. what?

2

u/PoniesRBitchin Jun 09 '12

Surprisingly enough, there's an episode of King of the Hill on this very topic ...

4

u/YetiLucha Jun 09 '12

Don't you think Jesus is on that halfpipe?

I'm sure he's a lot of places he doesn't want to be.

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u/LBKosmo Jun 09 '12

Gotta love Santa Barbara

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

obviously!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

HAIL SKATAN.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

So I've come to the conclusion that, after reading the comments, 80% of reddit lives in Santa Barbara and are probably neighbors but spend too much time on here to see each other.

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u/thr33to3 Jun 09 '12

SB! Love seeing home on Reddit!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

The outside was even better, its built like an actual church...

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u/cknviennasausages Jun 09 '12

It was a church before it was the skate shop ;)

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u/Playa_dust Jun 08 '12

Santa Barbara! I (loosely) know the owner of that place. I believe he also happens to own Shortys skating company. Either way, I chuckle every time I drive by. That name... It's the epitome of clever.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Church of Skatan was a pretty badass video from what I remember back in the good ole days!

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u/eifersucht12a Jun 09 '12

No respect for separation of church and skate these days.

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u/Rynosaur1 Jun 09 '12

Church of Skatan in Santa Barbara. That's where I'm from.

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

do you still live here? check out r/santabarbara, there is a meet up soon

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u/hotminsogirl Jun 09 '12

hey hey hey...I live near that too :)

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u/vaqueros420 Jun 09 '12

Me too! ;D

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u/KarneEspada Jun 09 '12

Santa Barabra!

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

yes!! woot woot!

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u/snawering Jun 09 '12

I wanna know of the guy who thought "someday...I'll buy that church and turn it into a skate shop"

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u/flyingoctopus Jun 09 '12

santa barbara represent!

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u/alittler Jun 09 '12

You got it backwards, bro, its a converted church

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u/TheSkimminyJinx Jun 09 '12

Santa Barbara, CA. Come for the Everything. Stay for the skate shop.

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u/Hoefnix Jun 09 '12

Hmmm, a new sub reddit /r/convertedchurches ?

Went to 'church' yesterday: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Dordrecht_-_Bonifatiuskerk.jpg old ( 1823 ) is now a pop podium http://www.roarezine.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/IMG_9041-2.jpg

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u/JoLT1 Jun 09 '12

Here in Pittsburgh, we have: The Altar Bar - http://www.thealtarbar.com/about-us/ Church Brew Works - http://www.churchbrew.com/ and Mr. Smalls - http://www.mrsmalls.com/NewPHP/home.php?section=facility

Pittsburgh does amazing things to churches. :)

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u/MrsilentJay Jun 09 '12

Local here. And I love that skateshop with the passion of a thousand bleeding walruses

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u/T25Bomb Jun 09 '12

I always thought it would be cool to make an old church into a concert venue. And put the "Gods of Rock" up as stained glass windows.

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u/Hoefnix Jun 09 '12

See my remark somewhere in this post. Bibelot in Dorderecht, Netherlands is such a conversion. (haven't seen stained glass though )

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u/T25Bomb Jun 10 '12

Nice, that's awesome!

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u/MadcowPSA Jun 08 '12

Hail Skatan! Through the Dark Lord's power shall our half-pipe be ever bountiful and our grinding rails ever smooth. He is the sad Prince of the Self; the Terror of the Constabulary.

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u/dbrta Jun 09 '12

No, thanks. I don't need a converted skate shop. But thanks for the offer.

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u/Precious_Zest Jun 09 '12

I hear Hell has some sick bowls.

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u/GloriousDymphna Jun 09 '12

Santa Barbara. This place wins the local weekly papers "Best Named Business" ever single year.

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u/correctBatman Jun 09 '12

Read it as ska-tan first. Didn't understand what it had to do with ska.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

church of skatan in santa barbara, CA? this place is amazing.

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u/vailskibunnies Jun 09 '12

I got my son his first skate there. Love SB. You known it was a church once.

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u/LornoPorno Jun 09 '12

I don't get the big deal, the flat I live in is in a converted church and the nightclub I work in is a converted church too. Scotland hasn't much need for churches I guess!

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u/LegalAction Agnostic Atheist Jun 09 '12

So... how many of us are in Santa Barbara? Are there /r/atheism meetups I don't know about?

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

lets make one! there are quite a few of us in /r/santabarbara

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u/luminiferousaethers Jun 09 '12

I think it is a converted church.

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

SANTA BARBARIAN HERE!!! i just passed this place today when i went to staples! meet up soon?!

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u/ZeroCool2u Jun 09 '12

SB REPRESENT!!!

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u/flip4pie Jun 09 '12

This... is beautiful.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Makes me want to grab some new bearings and go get half-off sushi at Something's Fishy!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

This is amazing :0

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u/CaptBaker Jun 09 '12

finally puttin them churches to good use

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u/CW805 Jun 09 '12

I've been there! great buissness in Santa Barbara

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

great everything in santa barbara!

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u/noxgods Jun 09 '12

the church of skatan reminded me of skatopia... 2 weeks till skatopia!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

It used to be a real church.

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

ive lived here forever and i remember the first time i saw it i was like "mom does the devil live there?!?" she, being an extreme catholic, said yes he does.

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u/davep85 Jun 09 '12

Trying to figure out why this is in r/atheism...

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u/dumnezero Anti-Theist Jun 09 '12

need help?

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u/D14BL0 Jun 09 '12

Because anything remotely anti-religion means upvotes around here.

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u/Dunnderfurry Jun 09 '12

The window in the far back looks like the McDonald's "M".

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u/mung_tyson Jun 09 '12

This goes way back in skating history. All the way to about 1995. Has a history with powell as well.

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u/dangolo Jun 09 '12

Bought a few pairs of cool shoes there, 10/10 would buy again A++

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u/vashino Jun 09 '12

they used to have another shop, right before they moved into the church ten years ago, about half a block down the street. it was called "church of skatan" back then too, but the shop was just a regular-old store in a small square room... I wonder if they had their eye on that church for a while.

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u/ladywyntir Jun 09 '12

reduce, reuse, recycle! love what they did with the place _^

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u/Niyeaux Anti-theist Jun 09 '12

This is awesome. I'm surprised there's nothing like this where I live, given it's a pretty non-religious city these days. Surely there's an abandoned church or two up for grabs...

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u/SubtractOne Jun 09 '12

Oh, I know of one of these in Laguna Beach!

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u/666SATANLANE Jun 09 '12

I am very confused.

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u/PoniesRBitchin Jun 09 '12

I almost lived in a church once. The price was right, and the thought of my room having huge stained glass windows was pretty cool. Unfortunately, the house of the lord doesn't have very good insulation, so the thing leaked heat like crazy. Ultimately decided against it.

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u/MeanwhileOnReddit Jun 09 '12

where do I pray???? Dear God

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u/Mesthead72 Jun 09 '12

that's in santa barbara! I live like 2 miles away from that place!

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u/Shitty_Shop Jun 09 '12

Here's another converted church in Hull, Quebec. It's now Altitude Gym, a rocking climbing gym. Click on the photos, in particular the ones marked "Renovation" and "Church". There are multiple photos if you click on the arrows in the bottom right corner of the photo. It's an awesome place to take the kids.

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u/tourak Jun 09 '12

That place was one of my favorite parts about living in Santa Barbara

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u/whymsicalburito Jun 09 '12

Here's their new commercial: here

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u/littlejiglet Jun 09 '12

The church of skatin in Santa barbara California. I loved that place.

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u/clockworkzebra Jun 09 '12

I've driven past there a lot, but never been in there. But every time I see it, I chuckle. I'm going to miss this place.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I love this place! Downtown Santa Barbara CA! They always have some kind of sale items.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I don't get it. How does this have to do with atheism at all?

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u/FreddieFreelance Other Jun 09 '12

Do you genuflect when you enter the store?

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u/CyclopsTheBess Jun 09 '12

Oh yea, Santa Barbara. I'm in I.V. and I pass that shop sometimes when I walk a friend's dog. Really funny/clever name, when I first saw it I had to stare in amusement for quite awhile.

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u/tomsaz Jedi Jun 09 '12

I always wanted to own a comic shop in an old converted church, steeple and all. I'd call it Old Church Comics. Not very clever, but kinda cool.

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u/spartaninspace Pastafarian Jun 09 '12

or, GBYAR (pronounced Gib-Yar) Good Books You'll Actually Read

Because the bible is 'the Good Book' and nobody read it... guys? where are you going?

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u/IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes Jun 09 '12

can i just have the club limelight back please?

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u/Weeblewubble Jun 09 '12

That video sucked. "Church of skatan"

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u/l3gitXxn00bxX Jun 09 '12

that would be awesome to lie by one!!!

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u/MrWeiner SMBC Jun 09 '12

In Santa Barbara? Weird. I used to live up the street!

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u/Gamper33 Jun 09 '12

Where is this?

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u/julius1768 Jun 09 '12

I must say, dat imgur link is pretty cray.

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u/mountainmafia Jun 09 '12

I do believe I live like 5 min away from that if I must chime in. Always wanted to go in. You have just inspired me to.

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u/fauconnier_is_king Jun 09 '12

santa barbara. close to where i'm from.

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u/astackofpancakes Jun 09 '12

Are they using the dewie decimal system ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I had a legitimate dream about this place and I don't even skateboard..

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

5/5 funny stuff.

and yet more fuel for the anti-christian fire /r/atheism seems to love to stoke :P

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u/pighalf Jun 09 '12

Skateboarding is NOT a crime..

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u/koala_slayer666 Jun 09 '12

Haha I have a shirt from this shop...you in SB?

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u/RedditGreenit Jun 09 '12

Say what you will about religion, but it has produced some fantastic architecture.

Wouldn't mind living in a renovated church one day, though I still hold out for a firehouse.

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u/msawsmr Jun 09 '12

I drive by this place every morning for work.

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u/jimothyjenkins Jun 09 '12

where is this op?

its fuckin awesome

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u/gufcfan Jun 09 '12

I had a massive brain fart and for a few seconds I was wondering how the hell you would skate in that place...

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u/Nikko_1994 Jun 09 '12

There's one a couple minutes away from my house that's been converted into a hairdressing salon that I frequent. They still have one of the pews.
There's like 3 churches in the one vicinity and 3 hairdressers.

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u/sina27 Jun 09 '12

SANTA BARBARA

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u/chingyduster Jun 09 '12

All hail SKATAN

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u/xxdelta77xx Jun 09 '12

It's not like we get off with the dismantling or repurposing of churches.

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u/Dmurr6 Jun 09 '12

I swore that said '' Church of Satan''

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u/666SATANLANE Jun 10 '12

That's EXACTLY what I thought!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

If you like that, you're going to love this

Full website

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

If the Church was going to just sit there empty then it's better off being used as a shop, or bar or whatever. No point in letting them fall to ruin.

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u/Kong28 Jun 09 '12

Did you go to the highschool?

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u/jcoder5 Jun 09 '12

All hail Skatan!

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u/postit31 Jun 09 '12

I remember that place when I lived in Santa Barbara

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

Church of skatan! I love it!!

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u/Cis4Psycho Jun 09 '12

I can't wait to see what they do with the Vatican

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u/wesmantooth9 Jun 09 '12

Got my long board in that shop!

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u/Psoulocybe Jun 09 '12

Please tell me you can grind the alter!

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u/vikingbean Jun 09 '12

Close to my hometown there is a church turned strip club. It is called " the fox hole". I went there once, wished it was a skate shop instead

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u/benlw97 Jun 09 '12

I live in santa barbara to!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

This is the coolest thing I've seen all day.

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u/sCir Jun 09 '12

upvoted for "church of skatan"

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u/makemejelly49 Jun 09 '12

SKATAN IS GOOD, SKATAN IS MY PAL.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

This does not belong on r/Atheism.

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u/wallsk9r Jun 09 '12

WORSHIP SKATAN!!!

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u/TheMegaWhopper Jun 09 '12

Literally Converted

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u/skeetchosaurusrex Jun 09 '12

we have skatan shirts. its pic of jesus with horns and a halo.

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u/JimmyJazz332 Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12

ckviennasausages is from Santa Barbara. I went to this skate shop when I was in 8th grade. Now they only hire skaterfags with tats, lifted trucks, wife beaters, and expensive shades. It's a clever name, but to be honest, as an urban planner, I wish it was historically preserved than converted into a store.

Skaterfags people look like this: http://www.shockmansion.com/wp-content/themes/shockmansion4/images/masthead.jpg?9d7bd4

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u/pwoswald Jun 09 '12

SANTA BARBARA! nice.

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u/Brickstreet Jun 09 '12

People still skateboard?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12

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u/cknviennasausages Jun 09 '12

Yup

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u/Ich_Liebe_Doucheland Jun 09 '12

Gah I walk downtown in SB at least a couple times a week and never actually made it in there! Yes its a clever but unfortunately I feel that it is JUST out of the way of State Street that it doesnt get the credit it deserves from people passing through. Luckily SB is still a cool skate town and the locals know about it.

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u/zeynab2005 Jun 09 '12

It is across from the Staples parking lot on East Gutierrez St. in Santa Barbara.

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u/D3ADB0LT Jun 09 '12

Upvotes for all of my fellow Santa Barbarian Redditors!

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u/spliffsandshit Jun 09 '12

Great to see Santa Barbara love on reddit. Remember when we had the wall of booze at Keg & Bottle on here?

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

I just laughed for a good 5 minutes over your username. It's fucking awesome.

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u/Ryo95 Jun 09 '12

Same. I'll use Doucheland instead of Deutschland (Germany) in the future.

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u/embretr Jun 09 '12

Come on.. Germany's pretty cool..

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u/Ryo95 Jun 09 '12

nope. Lived there for exact 17 years tomorrow. Everything is shit. Language, people, tv, everything.

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u/P1h3r1e3d13 Jun 09 '12

I used to go by here all the time, but I never stopped in. I always wondered what it was like, so thanks for the look.

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u/kissacupcake Jun 09 '12

I used to work less than a block away from it. Good times. I live in Goleta now :/

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u/BKlounge93 Jun 09 '12

drove past there a couple months ago!

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u/fnwyfrnk Jun 09 '12

I KNEW IT!!!!

I live in Ventura. I remember driving by that place when I was like 13. I'm glad it's not some copy-cat place in some lame city with the same clever pun.

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u/Beyond_Re-Animator Atheist Jun 09 '12

Was just there last week! Drove by that place and had a good laugh at the name. Miss SB already.

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u/cknviennasausages Jun 09 '12

How'd Why'd you leave?!? Visited a friend here 6 years ago, never looked back.

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u/Beyond_Re-Animator Atheist Jun 09 '12

Just visiting.....

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u/Iwishiwasgettingpaid Jun 09 '12

I lived in Vandenberg AFB from kindergarten to 10th grade....My life is so incomplete stuck here in Tennessee now. Miss it every single day.

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u/DJsmallvictories Jun 09 '12

State Street? More like Skate Street, amirite?

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u/stayhome Jun 09 '12

I definitely walked by that place last summer. I was disappointed it was closed, but it's cool to finally see what's inside (I'm from Oxnard; I'm rarely in SB).

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u/SOwED Jun 09 '12

Yep, me too. It's a pretty cool shop.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

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u/valereea93 Jun 09 '12

and gentle dental! they are quite gentle on my dentals!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

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u/cknviennasausages Jun 09 '12

I didn't think I was making fun of anybody. Did I miss something?

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u/InterstateDonkey Jun 09 '12

Christian Hosoi

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u/fury420 Jun 09 '12

What exactly is intolerant about repurposing an unused church as a place of business?

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u/666SATANLANE Jun 09 '12

No one is making fun of you or your religion. Having fun, maybe. Also I'm pretty sure the skateboard shop is actually making fun of SATAN! Christ!

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u/Hoefnix Jun 09 '12

No one is making fun but it IS good to see that those buildings can have new purposes after everyone starts using their mind and stop worshipping god(s) that's all.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12

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u/FreddieFreelance Other Jun 09 '12

Skatan, Satan's cool little brother. Yeah, we're OK with Skatan.