This is a very cool place with nice, interesting, helpful employees. I bought a well made cap.read more

Nads the tattoo artist was an amazing person, skilled artist and great person! Highly recommend…read more10/10 great artist for planning ahead and also walk ins!

Great shop! Some good sales on decks and amazing sale shoes! Clerk dude was nice and happy to…read moreanswer questions! Got an awesome shirt with one of their designs for $20!! Not many places period have shirts for under $40, so gotta love that!

I haven't shopped inside the store since 2009, and I haven't lived in the area since 2011, but it…read morehasn't stopped me from going back to The Garden for all things snowboarding! They bought my first board from them in 2001, and have continued to buy anything I can from them because of the customer service and care for their community. Bill and his staff have always been so helpful in guiding me in my purchases to ensure I get the best equipment for my needs. I am working with Bill right now to purchase a new board from them even though I live in Scottsdale, AZ now. He's been great steering me away from companies that aren't producing great stuff anymore, and introducing me to better options that I will enjoy more. I really can't say enough great things about The Garden. I will ALWAYS buy my gear from them as long as I can. Thanks Bill and Team!

I was on a mission to find a very specific bike and came across this place online. Which happened…read moreto have the exact bike I wanted. After having some issues with shipping online.. I called the store and spoke to a gentleman who had the manager call me to troubleshoot. Luke was amazing. He went above and beyond what I expected to ship me a bike to where I am in California. I only wish I wasn't across the country so I could go in person to thank him for everything he did to get me this bike. I would gladly purchase more bikes from The Garden.. not only to support a small business but because of the wonderful experience as well!!

Got some new figure skates online. Got them sharpened at dicks because I didn't know any better…read more They were uneven and dull. Then I took them to these guys who knew exactly what was wrong and how to fix them. This guy really knows what he is doing. I wish I went here first.

Avoid doing business with owner Jay. I had the worst experience dealing with the arrogant and rude…read moreowner Jay. First of all I question his business practices, he forces you to buy two sets of steel which should have been my first red flag. He also has a major integrity issue and in my opinion taking advantage of people by forcing them to buy two sets of steel. Jay's communication is terrible and doesn't respond back. I then asked for a refund and he tried lying to me and telling me orders are 2-3 weeks out when I intitally spoke to him. I canceled the order 5 days later and he lied to me trying to tell me that he was expediting my order when I never asked and tried to charge me an 18% restocking fee for nothing. He then said he initiated a refund over $500 on 5/19/2025 and it's 06/12/2025 and I still have not received anything. I then told him to just Zelle me back the money. Jay has an excuse for everything and is not an honorable person in my opinion. I am still without any refund after he assured me it could take up to 14 days. It's well past the 14 days and still no refund. It's one excuse after another from owner Jay for steel he never shipped and I have not received. Avoid doing business with this arrogant owner at all costs. It's nonsense excuse after nonsense excuse. I strongly encourage everyone not to support this small business owner who is not honest and from my experience is a pathological liar.

I've patronized a few Play It Again Sports in two other areas of the country, and I can say without…read morereservation this is both the biggest/best stocked store I've been in, and they had the best staff of any PIAS I've been to. They are loaded for bear right now with winter stock - vast arrays of skates, hockey gear, skis, snowboards, and accessories. They tend at this location to stock ONLY what is demanded for the season, so if you're selling something from an off-season or are looking for a bargain tennis racket in November, you will be disappointed. They do full-season rentals on equipment, which seems to me like a great way to wade into a new sport. Their buyback scheme is as follows: when you bring a used item in, they will price it. If you leave it on consignment to sell, you will get 50% of the price, when it sells. If you want to take trade-in credit right away, you get 40% of the value. If you want to get cash on the nose right away, you get 30% of the value. I looked at the range of conditions and availability for skates (which we were shopping for today) and the price range seemed quite decent for what they had. I waited for our skates to be sharpened, and observed them helping some skiing and snowboarding customers and handling a buy-back transaction, and they seemed very thorough, professional, and knowledgeable. The used prices aren't ultrabargains, but it's difficult to really find a specialty store that deals with used goods. You have your thrift stores, used car dealers, and other than that you're left with Craigslist and garage sales for the most part. So I think this is a pretty good niche, and for the ever-growing and changing-of-interest kids, a great great resource. They'll have to wow me on repeat visits for me to get up to the lofty five stars, but a promising four stars for now.

As mentioned by a bunch of other reviews, the service is really atrocious. Three young kids sitting…read morearound physically and audibly bothered that I walked into the store. Then they pretended to do something while they stared at me... feeling that uncomfortable so I could save 10% on a golf club that looks like it was eight years old? Yeah, no thanks. With all of the reviews that talk about the service... How it has been like this forever?

Very easy to find and I got great service, helping me choose the right equipment for my needsread more

If you need Nordic skis in New England, this is the place to go. Great selection, good knowledge,…read moreand no sales tax.

Thank you to the two awesome employees who took care of me even after I was bitchy to them at first…read more(sorry ). I never got their names, but that's the kind of stuff customers look for so I'm leaving it in a review. I'm a stressed out mom, and y'all just being who you are helped me feel more calm. Thank you for that. The owner was super helpful as well. I'm super appreciative for y'all taking care of me! I can't thank you enough! Will recommend!

They and USPS claimed they shipped the package but it never arrived. They told me to take it up…read morewith USPS and couldn't help me. So now I'm out $$$ and with no shoes.

Really happy with bruised boutique. I was browsing for new wheels online and I came across bruised…read moreboutique. At first I wasn't sure if I should trust it or not since they're not one of the traditional online retailers that I've heard of but then I saw their website looked legit so I decided to order from them. Their prices are really good! I was just planning to buy wheels, but I also ended up buying laces and a skate wrench. I put in my order November 16 at night and I received my package on November 19 in the afternoon! I did not expect it to be that fast so I was very pleasantly surprised. Everything came packaged well and my items all arrived in perfect condition. Highly recommended if you're looking to order online from them.

Had a great experience picking up some new wheels today after getting my skates here a couple years…read moreago! I wasn't one hundred percent sure what I was looking for and everyone in the shop was super friendly and welcoming. The person who helped me was excellent at explaining everything and made an overwhelming choice much easier, can't recommend them highly enough!

I called about whether they could sharpen my daughters skates and the gentleman who answered said…read morethey'd even do them while I waited. I stopped in and it was true! Very nice shop and employees!

This is just one half of the Bertelli's empire, consisting of two businesses so logistically…read moredisparate and yet so humorously appropriate for each other... ice hockey equipment, and liquor sales. You can't make this stuff up. I traveled past many of Connecticut's finer equipment dealers to get here, because they had such a good deal on the leg pads I had my eyes on for months. Everywhere else on earth seemed to want $650 for them; I paid $540, a great deal in a sector of sporting goods that rarely sees deep discounts. The shop itself is relatively small, but still has a goodly amount of stuff in it. I'd say that if you're looking for something specific, call ahead and have them order it for you, like I did. And they'll do all the hockey basics here - sharpen your skates, sell you some tape, fix your equipment, and so on. A 3/8" hollow on my skates and a 2005 Chianti? The perfect combination.

I came with my boyfriend to buy a helmet and it was a super nice local store. Everyone was friendly…read morebut not too overwhelming and it was nice to support local Brattleboro.

I've never had a bike shop spend so much time going through all of the options, explain everything…read moreso carefully, or tell me the pros and cons of doing various types of repairs versus buying new, whether it be a new bike or a new wheel. Tim and Barb have always been really kind.