4226 Valley Fair Street
Simi Valley, California 93063-2941
(805) 578-0040
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The Skatelab in Simi Valley, California is much more than just a great skatepark. Opened in December of 1997, The Lab, as owner Todd Huber calls it, is a full-blown skateboard history museum that houses what is likely the largest collection of skateboards and related memorabilia in the world. Huber, although he doesn’t admit to it, is a bona fide skateboard historian and can give an on-the-spot historical rundown on just about every piece in his collection. And his collection is staggering. Literally thousands of vintage skateboards line the walls and ceilings of the park’s entrance. Upstairs, incased in glass, is a shrine to skateboarding’s colorful past. His cases display everything—vintage scooters, old skate books and magazines, early skateboards with clay and metal wheels, kitschy skateboard toys, vintage skateboard-themed pinball machines, classic shoes, and so much more
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