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THANK YOU
to all the inside boot crew staff and the outside family of friends who made this journey some of the best years of my life!
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San Francisco Stompers
San Francisco 1989 I bought my first ever real estate located on 10th Street near Folsom. Downstairs was an empty store that prior was a Real Estate office occupied by the building owner. Upstairs was an apartment that became my residence. City Bike - a monthly motorcycle newspaper - was the first downstairs tenant. A perfect fit for my love of motorcycle riding. The back yard became a garden area and the rear shed became parking for City Bike's motorcycles. Good times!
City Bike moved out after six years. What next? My neighbor was A Taste of Leather selling all flavors of leather gear -- but they did not sell boots. Hmm, what the hell! There's my passion for motorcycle riding, loving boots, and my lust for leather. Let's do a neighborhood pop & pop boot store -- influenced in part by my friend Louie Weingarden's NYC Stompers that had closed 15 years earlier and the (obvious) need for a boots-only shop in San Francisco!
In September 1996 Stompers in SOMA opened for business -- just in time for the annual Folsom Street Fair and the first Stompers back yard boot party. Join with me in celebrating my best-of-times with this photo scrapbook.
San Francisco 1989 I bought my first ever real estate located on 10th Street near Folsom. Downstairs was an empty store that prior was a Real Estate office occupied by the building owner. Upstairs was an apartment that became my residence. City Bike - a monthly motorcycle newspaper - was the first downstairs tenant. A perfect fit for my love of motorcycle riding. The back yard became a garden area and the rear shed became parking for City Bike's motorcycles. Good times!
City Bike moved out after six years. What next? My neighbor was A Taste of Leather selling all flavors of leather gear -- but they did not sell boots. Hmm, what the hell! There's my passion for motorcycle riding, loving boots, and my lust for leather. Let's do a neighborhood pop & pop boot store -- influenced in part by my friend Louie Weingarden's NYC Stompers that had closed 15 years earlier and the (obvious) need for a boots-only shop in San Francisco!
In September 1996 Stompers in SOMA opened for business -- just in time for the annual Folsom Street Fair and the first Stompers back yard boot party. Join with me in celebrating my best-of-times with this photo scrapbook.
Mike McNamee, the web team and this website have absolutely no connection to the current ownership of Stompers Boots.
Stompers Archives: 1978‑2011
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