In Search the Krux Pivot Cups (A guide to Taiwan's skateshops) AKA How to piss everyone off

have you ever been experienced?

Krux pivot cups - no
friendly  - yes
have I been here before - yes, first skateshop I visited in taiwan
homies hanging out in shop - yes
is it impossible to tell who is a friend and who is an employee ? yes
lots of decks - yes
shop shirt - no
sticker - yes
pin - yes
did they have more than 100 decks? yes
directed me to a skatespot nearby? - yes
discussed discretely (they thought) if they could invite me to go street skate tonight? - yes, but     decided not to ask me in English because it was going to rain anyway
hx in Taipei scene - the oldest shop here, fuck yes
any nonskating bullshit in the shop - fuck no
legist skateshop?- fuck yes
will I shop here again? fucking definitely

irregular

4 hour train journey - yes
krux pivot cups - no
friendly - yes
have I been before - no
homies hanging out in shop - one of the owner's friends was there buying some stuff

is it impossible to tell who is a friend and who is an employee ? no

lots of decks - yes

shop shirt - oh yes, and sweet graphics at that

sticker - yes

pin - no

did they have more than 100 decks? yes

directed me to a skatespot nearby? - yes

hx in Taiwan scene - you can't argue with a 13 year old skateshop that unironically refers to the local scene as "the family"

any nonskating bullshit in the shop - fuck no

legist skateshop?- fuck yes

will I shop here again? fucking definitely

skatespot on property - yes, a tiny skatepark

Obviously, there are more shops than this. Our research team at TLASIT will update the registry as more information comes in from the field.