www.snowboard-women.com

First let me start off by saying that this outing began as a coffee meeting with Christina from the VeniceSurferGirl blog. We met through reading & commenting on each others’ blogs! (See, good things CAN come out of the internets, it’s not all a bunch of crazy stalkers)

It was great fun meeting a fellow female action-sports blogger, and sharing our blogging experiences. She was really cool to talk to; we had a quick bite to eat and discussed our past shoulder injuries and recovery (both of which resulted from enjoying our favorite sports, argh!) Christina is almost 3 months in to her recovery from shoulder surgery, but is recovering nicely and is even back out in the water. You go, girl… and we WILL hit the mountains together soon! Enjoy Tahoe this weekend!

Okay, with that aside, after our meetup, we headed over to ZJ’s Boarding House on Main Street in Santa Monica. They were having a big sale on all the snowboarding stuff, it was ALL 30% off. Christina picked up a nice padded bag for her impending trip for less than $50. Maybe because of the sale, there wasn’t too much left to look at or choose from. I think overall the shop is definitely dedicated more to the surf/skate sports than snow.

There were maybe 2 racks total of women’s jackets and pants, about 6 different boots to choose from, a very limited goggle selection, and just a few women’s bindings. However, lots of snowboards left, as well as a huge selection of beanies.

The staff at ZJ’s was really nice, and the store overall has a laid-back, neighborhood vibe. There were tons of flip-flops, t-shirts, and hoodies as well (oh yeah and it seemed like a hell of a lot of board shorts, of course…) I didn’t really check out the surf stuff at all because I’m still in a winter/snowboard mindset and I’m lucky if I get in the water when it is 65 degrees, much less in the 50s (Yep, I’m a wimp!) Prices on the snowboarding items were pretty comparable to what I’ve seen at other shops, and made that much sweeter with the big sale discount.

Next door is the women’s annex section (the Ladies ZJ Lounge) where you can find lots of bikinis and cute fashioney surf clothes from your favorite brands like Roxy and Billabong. Only passed thru here really quick; it was a fairly small store yet had a lot of stuff crammed onto the racks.

I’ll be back when the summertime shopping fever hits me!

2619 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 392-5646
www.zjboardinghouse.com/

(all images courtesy of Yelp.com by Joan S.; read more store reviews on Yelp.com)