ZRC Skate lost its camp van to a crash. Here's how Boone can help.
No one was hurt when a driver slammed into the Boone skate shop's van and building early Monday. Summer camp is still on, and a GoFundMe is covering repairs.
Early Monday morning, ZRC Skate got the kind of call no small business wants. A state trooper reached the Boone skate shop around 1:30 a.m. to say a driver had slammed into the shop's camp van, parked out front, and spun it into the building. According to ZRC, the driver was an intoxicated 18-year-old. Everyone came out safe.
The van did not. ZRC says it and the building both took heavy damage, and the shop is now working with insurance to line up a rental so summer camp can run as scheduled this coming week.
"It hurts a lot when someone else's bad decisions affect your livelihood," the shop wrote on Instagram. The van, bought last summer from a Boone church, had carried ZRC campers on new adventures all over the High Country.
ZRC has a GoFundMe going for repairs and cleanup, with a modest $1,600 goal. Anything raised beyond that goes to Blake's Backyard, a memorial ramp project honoring a former ZRC crew member.
If you want to back a local shop that keeps High Country kids rolling all summer, you can donate through their GoFundMe, Help out ZRC with repairs & cleanup.
A left917 roundup · sourced from ZRC Skate (@zrcskate) on Instagram, July 21, 2026; GoFundMe organized by Ashley Galleher.
A drunk driver wrecked ZRC Skate's camp van early Monday. Nobody hurt, summer camp still rolls, and a GoFundMe is covering repairs. Let's back one of our own.
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