Village Surf Shoppe

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Village Surf Shoppe the core-est of the hard core on the east coast.
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Birdy shredding and putting in work on her new sled. Big shoutout to Channel Islands Surfboards 🤝📸 Tom Chandler
09/26/2026

Birdy shredding and putting in work on her new sled. Big shoutout to Channel Islands Surfboards 🤝

📸 Tom Chandler

09/11/2026

Village Surf Shoppe opened on Atlantic Avenue in 1969 ..... and 57 years later, it is still in the same building. That makes it the oldest surf shop on the Grand Strand, and one of the oldest in the country. Same walls. Same oak trees. Same stoke.

Eric Eason grew up right here in Murrells Inlet, SC ( Garden City, SC ) , on Atlantic Ave. When he opened the shop, Garden City was a quieter stretch of sand and the local surf scene was just finding its feet. He would drive to Florida, load boards into a truck, and bring them home to sell. That little shop became the heartbeat of East Coast surf on this end of the Strand.

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In 1988, the torch passed to a kid who had already fallen hard for these waves. Kelly Richards moved from landlocked Arkansas to the Murrells Inlet area as a boy, started repairing boards for Eric at 14, and stayed when his family went back home. He bought the shop in 1988. The Richards family has been here ever since, now with partner Brian Campbell.

Kelly still shapes boards the old-fashioned way ( pencil, templates, hand plane ) under the Perfection label. Those boards have carried more East Coast titles than just about any other. One of them carried his son, Cam Richards, through a perfect 10 at Pipeline in Hawaii. A Garden City board. Shaped here. On one of the heaviest waves on Earth. That’s how a small shop on Atlantic Avenue put our community on the world surf map.

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Walk inside and it feels like a time machine. Brick arches. Boards old and new. Memorabilia from Eric, Kelly, and a lineup of local legends. Grandparents who bought their first boards here now come back for their grandkids. The building has stood through Hugo, Florence, Matthew, Floyd, and Ian. The waves keep coming. So does Village.

This is the real deal... not a chain beach store. Custom boards, surf lessons, rentals, camps, paddle boards, and people who actually surf the water they’re talking about.

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With heavy hearts, we’re having a celebration of life paddle out for Boyd Brown. All of our love goes out to the Brown f...
09/08/2026

With heavy hearts, we’re having a celebration of life paddle out for Boyd Brown. All of our love goes out to the Brown family. Hope to see all of Boyd’s friends there.

if you know how epic our tent sales are YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE. SALES going on outside and inside the shop. BOA...
09/05/2026

if you know how epic our tent sales are YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE. SALES going on outside and inside the shop. BOARD SHORTS. WALK SHORTS. BIKINIS. DRESSES. SHOES. BUTTON UPS. TANKS and moreeee. LET’S HANG! ✌️

TENT SALE SATURDAY-SUNDAY 🚨 We’re having the biggest SALE of the summer!! Boardahorts, walk shorts, bikinis, sunglasses ...
09/03/2026

TENT SALE SATURDAY-SUNDAY 🚨 We’re having the biggest SALE of the summer!! Boardahorts, walk shorts, bikinis, sunglasses and more!! Up to 70% OFF‼️WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YA THIS WEEKEND 🤙

Our Village tees are made with you in mind. Stay fresh with tons of designs and colors to choose from. Swing by and give...
09/01/2026

Our Village tees are made with you in mind. Stay fresh with tons of designs and colors to choose from. Swing by and give them a look in the shop or online ✌️

See you in the lot on Sunday. Last stop for Thrash Craft in the South 🚨 The rig still has some boards. Come check them o...
08/29/2026

See you in the lot on Sunday. Last stop for Thrash Craft in the South 🚨 The rig still has some boards. Come check them out

Stock boards and custom shapes. perfection_surfboards are made in the shop and handcrafted from start to finish 🔨 📸 W I ...
08/20/2026

Stock boards and custom shapes. perfection_surfboards are made in the shop and handcrafted from start to finish 🔨

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Address

500 Atlantic Avenue
Murrells Inlet, SC
29576

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+18436516396

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