Surf Garage — Local services in Honolulu

The Owner of the business is dishonest. The owner is an older male, he's always there and is the main worker at the shop. His strategy when you come into his business for a "ding repair" on your surf board is to give you a cost on the repair and then when you come back to pick up you're board he charges more on the repair stating it took more time and money to repair the ding. Anyone can say that... but then is it really legal/fair for the business owner to mark up the repair cost to whatever price he wants and make you pay that price or you won't get your boards back, or you pay that price and then have to take him to small claims court in order to get your money back... #Scary #Headache #Not Worth It. It gets even scarier, in a nutshell the police had to be called, 2 police officers showed up at the business while I waited for them, the police helped negotiate a price in order to get my boards back. I had to pay more than the original agreed amount. The police stated, exactly that, you have to pay the amount you're agreeing on or whatever the store owner says in order to get your boards back. The police encouraged me to go onto social media so everyone is aware of my experience and to stay away from this business, they also confirmed you'll have to pay to take the business owner to small claims court in order to get the difference back that I paid. I have a business referral for anyone that needs a ding repair, the business name is titled "Ding Kingdom" they're in Honolulu, the repair is fair pricing, I've had multiple repairs done by him and whatever price he states "in the beginning" is the same price you pay "in the end", no left hooks. As far as buying surf boards goes, go anywhere but Surf Garage, the owner is selling used surf boards for the same price you can buy them...

Toru is a true savior! Not only does he have once of coolest surf stores on Oahu, but his friendliness and customer service shows a true Aloha spirit. I was returning to SF and needed to ship three surfboards back before my flight. I called about ten different stores and Toru was the only one that would help me. Not only that- but he followed up with a nice email asking whether the surfboards arrived safely-...

This place is fantastic! We really needed key lock for our rental car's key and no place in Oahu had one except here! We called and the owner put his last one on hold for us! We came in and man do we wish we lived here to get to come to this shop. It has amazing stuff and really beautiful boards. We purchased some towels from him as well that we will cherish as keepsakes. This guy is a really...