Es Edinburgh bound......

The es team is making an unannounced stop at Edinburghs Saughton Park tomorrow Monday the 31st. Be there from 11am to witness the radness. Plus we have some free product to give away at the shop. 199 Balgreen Road, Edinburgh.

Witchcraft

Due any day now.

Small limited collection from Supra for the summer. Now online here.


Thunder Low Black/Nylon/Green £44.95.


Skytop II Black/Gold £109.95


T.K Society Black/Nylon/Green £79.95

Print ads

Couple of ads for the forthcoming Sidewalk. Turned out good I reckon.

From London to Edinburgh...,

One of only ten Lucien Clarke decks in existence and we have one to give away. Watch this space.....

Best graphic ever?

Utilising the weather....

Manny Mania 2010

After two highly successful years Red Bull Manny Mania is back and will be coming to Unit 23 Skatepark in Dumbarton, Glasgow on the 22nd of May 2010. The competition, which has gone truly global this year, has been rolled out to 32 countries. Now all the best amateur manual tricksters on the planet will battle it out in an attempt to be crowned 2010 champ.

Red Bull Manny Mania has always been about connecting skater and encouraging the highest level of technical trickery on two wheels. In 2010, Red Bull Manny Mania will expand around the globe to a world wide contest that will take amateur winners from countries as far ranging from South Africa, Oman, Japan and Chile....to name a few!

Skaters in 32 countries will battle it out in local competitions to earn their sport at their National Final in their home country. The winners of these national finals will be sent to the United States on all expenses paid trip, to represent their country at the Red Bull Manny Mania World Final for amateurs in New York City on August 21, 2010. The one amateur skater who defeats every other in the global field will get their chance to step into the big leagues - a spot in the invite only Red Bull Mania Mania Pro Event, on Sunday, August 22.

Location: Unit 23 Skatepark
Dumbarton, Glasgow
45 - 50 Castlegreen Street, The Old Bond
Dumbarton, G82 1JD

Date: Saturday May 22nd

Comp Format:

Jam Sessions (4 Skaters on the course at the same time during 7 minute heats)
Start list will be created in random order
Judging based on overall impression of the landed manual tricks
Overall top 8 scores go through to the semi finals (Skaters do not have to win their heat)
Top 4 Scores go to the finals
Final Heat 10 Minutes -> Winner!!

R.I.P Guru

Hip Hop loses one of it's true legends. R.I.P Guru.

Supra Spring 2010 Collection.....

Muchos freshness from the Supra Spring 2010 collection which you can view here.

Shrunken Skytops.

Just arrived and modelled by my daughter are the sized down Skytops for kids. £28.95 and available instore and online soon.

Blueprint Signing, Demo & Premiere in Glasgow, Sunday 11th April!

Blueprint's 'Make Friends With The Colour Blue' UK tour touches down in Glasgow this Sunday, and there are a few events to get yourself along to throughout the day.

At 12:00 the team will be in the Glasgow store for a signing, so come along if you want that tickles your fancy. We've got a big delivery of Blueprint hardware coming in especially for the occasion too.

At 14:00 the team will make an appearance at Kelvingrove skatepark for a demo/skate and there'll be some goodies being given out at some point too.

At 19:45 there will be a premiere of the Make Friends With The Colour Blue at Macsorleys Bar, 42 Jamaica Street (just round from the Glasgow shop). You'd be best to arrive around 19:30 to avoid missing any of the video, and to get a decent round of drinks in before the showing. Unfortunately due to licensing constraints, this will be be an over 18s event, and anyone coming along will be at the mercy of Macsorleys staff, so that means no turning up minging drunk before the thing's even started.

Make Friends With The Colour Blue is scheduled to be released on DVD at the end of April, watch this space for further info.

NY AM-PM

Found this via Elph's blog.

Focus at Edinburgh Skatepark.

Mid April sees us opening our third store just yards from the brand new Edinburgh Skatepark. We're going back to basics selling hardware, helmets and pads, a small selection of shoes and t's and that is basically it. We're hoping people will see it as a place to hang out and it's also a way of saying thanks to all the people who have supported us over the years.

Focus at the Skatepark, 199 Balgreen Road, Edinburgh.


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Burnistoun A&E

Consensus and Collapse

If you happen to be in Edinburgh in the next few weeks I would highly recommend taking some time to visit the Fruitmarket Gallery on Market Street and peruse the exhibition by Toby Paterson.

http://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/exhibitions/current/

Harvest

Not really much can be said other than Wow!

Some background to this incredible exhibition here.

Images via Brandon Shigeta on flickr.

S.H.I.E.LD x Focus T-shirts.

We're super stoked to have secured the talents of the enigma that is Edinburgh's S.H.I.E.L.D who has produced this one off t-=shirt graphic for us. Limited numbers, £16.95 and available instore and online here.

Red Bull Music Academy hits Glasgow

Our friends at Red Bull have given us the heads up on the Glasgow leg of the Red Bull Music Academy. Click the images above for details yo!

Second Son

Londons Second Son arrives March 2010. Keep your eyes peeled for more info.

Stacks is back.....

Formerly known as Commonwealth Stacks, Michael Leon returns with his newly shortened brand Stacks. We're stoked to have been chosen as one of only six UK stockists.

Available March 2010.

Blueprint MFWTCB tour dates.....

Sunday the 11th of April is the date for the Scottish leg of the Make Friends With The Colour Blue tour by our friends at Blueprint.

12noon for a shop visit at the Glasgow store, then on to Kelvingrove at 2pm for some skateboarding.

We're also working out a venue for a screening of the new video that night, which will no doubt be followed by some excessive drinking. Details to follow.....

Call the Glasgow gimps at the store on 0141 248 2446 for more info.

Stüssy x J Dilla Documentary

Parts 1 & 2 of Stüssy's documentary series on the late great J Dilla have hit YouTube:





Keep your eyes peeled for part 3 coming up next week.

Pre-order your limited edition Stüssy x J Dilla tees here.

Shake it like a Polaroid.........

Just in the door.......

Dunk Low Premium Black/Black/Varsity Red aka The Chirping Bird Dunk........ without the chirp though.

Call 0131 629 9196 for more info or visit your local Focus.

Stones Throw x Stussy x J Dilla T-shirt.

We managed to secure a limited number of this extra special collaboration featuring the late great J Dilla. Available online and in our Edinburgh store in approx 4 weeks.

Pre-order here.

Nike SB Fluff Book Competition

Eighteen months in the making, 117 Nike SB European riders, and one photographer (Marcel Veldman). 'Fluff' is finally with us and it was well worth the wait!
This book is epic, it's definitely the best skate photo book i've seen, dare i say the best skate book ever made? I was surprised and chuffed to find that it was 90% legit skate photos, and seeing that the book is 610 pages, that's a lot of skate photos. I also can't get over the size and weight of this thing, you could seriously pan a window in with it.


So here's the good news, we have 2 copies up for grabs. I love a good competition so guess what? This is what's happening, two seperate photography comps.

The first comp is a skateboard photography one. Send me your best skate photo, digital, film, polaroid, it doesn't matter, anything goes.
1st place is a copy of the book and some Nike SB goodies
2nd place gets some Nike SB goodies and a Focus t-shirt.

The second is a general photography comp. It can be anything, portrait, lifestyle, candid, whatever. It doesn't even have to be skate related, it just has to be good.
1st place is a copy of the book and some Nike SB goodies
2nd place gets some Nike SB goodies and a Focus t-shirt.

Send all entries to info@focuspocus.co.uk (don't forget to add your name, address and contact details)

It's one photo per entry so make it count!

Here's a quick look at some photos from the book, i still can't get over how good this is.

Focus team rider Colin Kennedy with an impressive quadruple page spead. Stoked!





There's so much skate photography in this book it's a joke, these photos are just a little taste of what else there is.

The close date for the competition is the 10th of March. This gives you plenty of time to get an entry in.

Sent all entries to info@focuspocus.co.uk (don't forget to add your name, address and contact details)