Last year I pledged to buy everything locally, and almost succeeded except my son wanted a video camera to record his skate boarding tricks. I haven't found any locally owned places that have electronics like that, and I didn't want to spend much money, so I got him a Tony Hawks helmet cam online.

This year I have made the pledge to do 100% again, and I am sure Forrest will be the problem again. He is still into skate boarding though, so if I can't find anything locally, I can go to Redbelly Boards in Ann Arbor which is locally owned and get him something.

This brings me to the point of my post. Does anyone have any suggestions for places to shop in Ypsi that carry things like skateboarding, roller blading, electronics and technology that a teenager would want.

Last year I had really good success shopping at Bowerbird, Quinns, several of the antique stores, and many others for the rest of my family. I was able to get Forrest a few things from the Rocket and Gordons, but he is a little old for most of the stuff there.