Vertical Urge

Yo, it’s this weekend, VU’s final liquidation — EVERYTHING MUST GO, 30 to 80% off and beyond, for real. 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday. Even the fixtures, hangers, etc are up for grabs! Plus, it’s one last chance to say what’s up to the the crew! #🙌🏻

One weekend only! FINAL LIQUIDATION - August 26th & 27th from 9am to 5pm. Nothing held back, everything must go. Stop by and say what's up and what's up and grab some gear at 30 to 80% off, plus all the fixtures, benches, etc!

This Weekend! Final VU Liquidation In Store - Saturday & Sunday, August 26th & 27th! - EVERYTHING MUST GO! It's true, we are opening our doors for two more days to liquidate everything that's left - and we mean EVERYTHING! We will be re-opening the doors to VU on Saturday and Sunday, August 26th & 27th, from 9 am until 5 pm both days for a massive liquidation sale. Any and everything we have left will be...

Opening the doors this weekend for one last massive hurrah and liquidation — EVERYTHING must go. Tons of good clothing, hardgoods, and accessories are up for grabs, plus, amazing deals on the rental snowboards and all equipment in the shop! We can’t wait to see everyone one last time!

Yes, the rumor is true - we are opening VU for two more days - August 26th & 27th - for a FINAL LIQUIDATION, and by final we mean FINAL. Everything's gotta go, including inventory, fixtures - whatever - we want you to have it!

Final VU Liquidation - Saturday & Sunday, August 26th & 27th - EVERYTHING MUST GO! It's true, we are opening our doors for two more days to liquidate everything that's left - and we mean EVERYTHING! We will be re-opening the doors to VU on Saturday and Sunday, August 26th & 27th

Due to the great response we’ve decided to extend the deadline on both of these limited edition runs of t-shirts until Sunday, August 6th. Click the link in our bio, both are available in different colors as well. #19922017

As of today, Wednesday, April 26th, 2017, we have closed the doors of Vertical Urge forever. Make no mistake, this was a hard decision, and one that we have been fighting and deliberating on for a very, very long time. Fact of the matter is this: our industry has changed; retail in general has evolved; the lifestyle of skateboarding and snowboarding isn't what it once was. All of these factors have had a dramatic impact on the way we run and want to run Vertical Urge for sometime now. Factor in the Project 58 debacle and quite frankly, we didn't have the resources - and finally, energy - to keep Vertical alive in the fashion it deserves and has earned.

We leave the marketplace knowing full-well that our contributions to the skateboarding and snowboarding scenes in not only Raleigh, but the state of North Carolina over the past 25 years are unparalleled, and we hold our heads high. What we as a team accomplished with Vertical Urge, establishing it into a leading retailer in our industry, a retailer that was awarded the Transworld Retailer of the Year for four straight years, is certainly unparalleled. And the fact we did it in Raleigh, NC makes it all the much better.

Of course I would be remiss without giving huge thanks to the dozens of incredibly talented individuals that I crossed paths with that contributed to my vision for Vertical Urge and what it could be, and subsequently expanded upon that vision beyond my wildest dreams. You all know who you are, so I'm not going to name names, at least not in this post.

Lastly, thank YOU. Our loyal customers. The ones we watched grow up, who we grew up with. Our marketplace and our scene was so rad, still is in a lot of ways, but we will never had difficulty looking back at the glory days with so much appreciation for the energy and scene we all lived and thrived in for years - decades, actually.

VU ORIGINALS is going to continue on, and will continue to be available via it's own website, as we have larger plans for it, with the grand plan to continue to produce a brand that's inspired by our great city and state, and built for all of us.

I will be writing a series of blog posts in the coming days, reminiscing on era's in the shop, little anecdotes, and other stuff I just wanna get off my chest. And most of all I want to thank my main man James Jones, for teaming up and working side-by-side with me for the past year as we tried ever so hard to get VU back on track. My brother, always.

Much thanks,

~TODD