Black Diamond Owner Carves Out Main Street Niche

Black Diamond Skate Shop, a popular store for skateboarding enthusiasts, opened this spring after losing its lease at the Moorestown Mall.

Seven years ago, Dan McCollister traded in the wheels of trucks for the ball bearings of skateboards, and decided to turn a childhood hobby into a lucrative business.  "From the age of 12, I did the grunt work, like picking up trash and helping out around the yard,” says McCollister, 38, on working for his family’s business, McCollister's Transportation Group, for 10 years, and the place where he honed his entrepreneurial skills.  McCollister left the family business in 2005 and opened Black Diamond Mountain Sports in Larchmont Commons in Mount Laurel, selling skateboard equipment and clothes, as well as merchandise for other extreme sports like skiing, skating, biking, surfing and climbing.  “I wanted to offer a market that I didn’t see …

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