New stock from Carhartt now online

The Autumn/Winter collection from Carhartt is now uploaded and online. Some choice pieces including the Woody Jessie flannel shirt and the college inspired Baseball jacket. Click the link below to view the collection.

Carhartt Fall 08 collection at Focus.

Limited SBs - get in quick!

We've had a restock of the love-em-or-hate-em Marge Simpson-esque Dunks and a very limited drop of Shoegoo Dunks (equally opinion-dividing). Available in store only, but be sharpish as they're bound to go rapidly..

Gravis IV x The Hundreds

Collabs don't come any better than Gravis IV and LA's stellar clothing company The Hundreds. Focus is one of the privileged few to get our hands on their range of luggage, featuring the sturdy roller bag, a technically-tough backpack, Terminal wallet for all your travel needs and a 3-set of bags for your pencils and that. Peep the photies below for a sneak peak, and watch out for the range online over the weekend.

Slow Motion Shimmin

Footage courtesy of Jacob Dahlstrup.

Have a Butchers

Good title i know. Diego Bucchieri has just launched his own photography website, it's still under construction but there are some skate shots in there that are a bit different. Don't take my word for it, check it out for yourself.

www.diegobucchieriphoto.com

Glasgow is on the move again.....

After almost 10 months in Queen Street our Glasgow store is on the move again. Our short walk away, our new store at 220 Argyle Street (under Central Bridge) will open at 10am on Wednesday 8th October. We've got a few special product releases planned for the opening week and we'll also be hosting a little opening party on Thursday 16th October. If you fancy coming along, just drop us an email at glasgow@focuspocus.co.uk and we'll hook you up with details.

Hope to see you at the new store and of course expect the same quality product as always.

Linkinator X

Added a few links to the blog sidebar, so check them out if you're not familiar with them:

YouWillSoon: skate blog from Canada, nice if you're often baffled by the popularity of the likes of Ryan Sheckler and the X Games, and have a fondness for the 90s side of skateboarding.

Boil The Ocean: On a similar note to YouWillSoon but a bit less cynical and a bit more 'deep'. Take from that what you will.

Police Informer: Another one for the 90s fans, Police Informer consists mostly of Mr. Police Informer himself posting scans of old ads, interviews and photos from the likes of 101, Menace, Girl, Billy Valdez, Jason Dill... The list goes on, click through and check it out.

Gino Iannucci Epicly Later'd Episode 5

Episode 5 of the Gino Iannucci edition of Patrick O'Dell's Epicly Later'd show is now up on VBS. If you haven't been following them since the show returned to the site two weeks ago, this installment brings us half way through the 10 promised episodes of Gino goodness, and goes over his move from 101 to Chocolate, and one of the reasons for his apparent lack of footage in Mouse.



Bigger version available over at VBS.tv, plus all the earlier episodes. Go check it out if you're bored, skiving, or just plain don't know who Gino is. In fact, watch all the episodes, especially the John Cardiel ones.

The Shadow Gallery

Heads up people! Just received a link to Edinburgh based The Shadow Gallery which we'd highly recommend checking out. Interviews with Hunter Gatherer, Morning Breath, Tommy Perman and whole lot more.

theshadowgallery.co.uk

Fall is upon us

Huge drop of new Fall clothing, accessories and some choice cuts from the Gravis IV range now available in store and online. Click the snake-tastic Fenchurch Lemmy belt below for the goodness.



P.S. If anyone knows the whereabouts of our Glasgow A-frame, which was left outside (d'oh!) and stolen (gah!) on Wednesday night, do let us know. We're operating an amnesty policy, so if it appears out of nowhere no questions will be asked, guv'nor.

Nike SB Mystery Tour - Scotland

Nike SB Mystery Tour” Leg 1
September 12, 2008

Nike SB present the first leg of their Mystery Tour 12th-15th September, 2008. A knee jerk reaction to the conventional tour format; A haphazard, last minute, off the cuff decision to hit the streets and parks of Scotland.

Protocol - Infinite whirlwind Shred around Scotland in three days.

The crew: Daniel Kinloch aka Snowy, Joey Pressey, David Mackey, Colin Kennedy and Korahn Gayle.

Date and Times - Coming in hot for a wee session at the following destinations, join us if you can.

Friday 12th September: Edinburgh, Bristo Square minus the upright Cow. Approx. 12-2pm.

Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park minus the neds wi' bucky(aye right!) Approx. 6-Darkness. Here.

Sunday 14th September: Aberdeen, Transition Extreme Skatepark minus the inclement weather. Approx. 6-8pm.

The rest of the time we'll be toiling with the weather on the streets....look out for clips on mpora in the upcoming weeks.

....to tape off the scene of the sack race!

Quality.

Don't mess With the Glasgow Diamonds!

Nuff Said!

Van Wastell R.I.P.

Just heard that sadly, Van Wastell passed away in the last few days.



Rest in peace.

Tke Tht

TKE THT! from akeem turner on Vimeo.

Air Yeezy

Kanye West has been spotted wearing these bad boys of his most recent tour. They have been called the 'Air Yeezy' and are totally Mexico!
Straight off Marty McFly's feet and onto Kanye's. I hope they release these as they're well dope.

Star Wars like you've never seen before.

Superb!

Don LaFontaine R.I.P.

The man who brought you thousands of epic movie trailers, Don LaFontaine, passed away yesterday.



R.I.P, Thunder Throat.