The bad news is that Thai skateboarding OGs Preduce have closed their long-running store at Siam Square. The good news? It was to make way for a new shop and sprawling skatepark in Phra Khanong.
A grand opening bash is planned later this month for Baan Preduce, where skaters can pull off ollies and shove-its in a large indoor-outdoor skatepark. There’s even a cafe and bar called Teens of Preduce that was a collabo with hip Chinatown hangout Teens of Thailand.
Construction on the massive skatepark began a year ago and is the realization of the skate brand’s biggest pipe dream.
“Opening a skatepark had always been a dream for us, from the very beginning,” Preduce cofounder and cinematographer Janchai Montrelerdrasme told Coconuts. “After 20 years, we decided it was time to relocate and upgrade our brand with a full-blown…
