Stussy Scotland T's

Our friends at Stussy have produced a very limited, very special t-shirt just for us here in Scotland. We now have in stock three different colourways and they're available to buy right here. Don't delay as they're selling like hot oatcakes!

Good wood dude.

Just had a wedge of new wood through the door from Plan B and The Harmony. Catch them at our Edinburgh and Glasgow stores this weekend.

27/07/07 is Operation Doomsday.

Daniel Dumile aka Zev Love X aka King Geedorah aka Viktor Vaughn aka MF Doom!! In my opinion to this day Doom is the most talented artist to emerge from the wreckage that is modern hip hop. Originally part of the group KMD, MF Doom came about after Dumile's disenchantment with the hip hop industry and the death of his brother. Always performing behind a mask Dumile has kept his personal life private, preferring to use his incredible talent to put forward his views on the world. So for Nike SB to get him to agree to a collaboration shoe is no mean feat. The shoe you see above has been created to coincide with the release of the album MM Food and is one of the hottest SB's for sometime.

On Friday 27th July at 10am in our Edinburgh store we will have a very limited number of pairs of the MF Doom dunk on a strictly first come first served basis.

In the meantime, watch the video below, click on the links and learn about the man known as MF Doom.




MF Doom

Doom on wikipedia

Turning the place over.....

Stole this from the UARM blog but I was so blown away by it I had to put it up here. Richard Wilson is the name of the artist and wether you regard this as art or not it's definitely a great piece of engineering.

Enjoy.

Richard Wilson the artist not Richard Wilson the actor of "I don't believe it!" fame.

Knar buckles.

Head on over to the Osiris website for a short interview with Stu Graham. As usual it's an entertaining insight into the world of The Manbeast. Although how anyone from outside Scotland can understand what he says when it's written form is beyond me. Drop us an e-mail if you need any translations.

Stu Graham Interview.

You'll have to speak up I'm wearing a towel!

Collaborations are ten a penny these days but every now and then something special comes along. To coincide with the release of The Simpsons Movie, Vans comissioned 14 artists to design a shoe featuring the worlds most famous family. Stash, Kaws, Mr Cartoon, Jeff McFetridge, Futura and Neckface amongst others came up with some incredible creations which unfortunately for me and pretty much everyone else on the planet were only available in very limited numbers. Check out E-bay for the already daft prices these are fetching. Oh and if anyone has a size US9.5 in the Kaws shoe get in touch!!

Adidas Summer 2007

New from Adidas. Two new colourways in the Stan Smith, two new Superstar's, including the limited edition Gonz colourway and joy of joys! a Gazelle by Dennis Bustenitz.

All available in our Edinburgh and Glasgow stores, by mail order on 0131 229 9009 and online in the next few days.

Livi Rips and Livi Drips

Here's Livi ripper Benson on the cover of the lastest Sidewalk and about time too, he's been killin it for ages now. His interview is hilarious and the photos are amazing, go on Slashdog. Glasgows Andy White graces the contents page and Div has a sequence from the Quicksilver Bowlriders qualifier which is sick. There is a free double sided Creature DVD with Born Dead and Black Metal which features the Livi tour and tons of appearances of Manbeast himself, Stew Graham. Own a copy.
Well what can i say about the Livi Pure Soakin Fun Weekend. Non-stop rain and chavs n neds chuckin bottles about everywhere. Here's Haggis pre Lambrini bottle to the forehead callin for the rain to stop and for Ali Lowe to do a rock karaoke! Ah the spirit was there at least, oh and the tonic wine and the beer!

Breaker, Breaker, convoy is now complete!

Congratulations to Col and Lisa on the arrival of there daughter Amy Kay Campbell. Car seats by Ferrari, prams by Porche, bibs by Gucci and an account already opened at HI-Tech gagets for toddlers. Aw the best.

T-shirts for the east and the west coasts.

Which one's best? Edinburgh or Glasgow? Well now you can cast your vote with the new Josimar designed Edinburgh & Glasgow crest t-shirts which have now landed in a multitude of colours. Check them out in the respective stores and online in our web shop soon. While below we have a remixed colourway in the becoming legendary collage t-s.

Drop Anchor!

Just landed are these new kicks from NikeSB. Two colourways each in the P-Rod 2's and the vulcanised Harbors. They are in limited numbers so get phoning Glasgow on 0141 5488777 before they're gone.

My Element

This is My Element is the new full lenth DVD from the new and improved Element team. It features full section from new comers Tony Tave, Collin Provost, Levi Brown, and the ridiculously talented Nyjah Huston. This kid is unbelievable, his section is over 5 minutes long!
It also features sections from one of my favourites, Darrell Stanton, plus The Muska and Brent Atchley, and a few older guys (Jeremy Wray's trick is a monster!)

Get yourself a copy now.

Available in both Edinburgh and Glasgow shops and online soon.

New Additions

There must be something in the water or our Scottish weather forces couples to find other things to do indoors. There has been a gamut of babies born recently and here's the newest additions, Davey and Melski had a girl called Lily and Gillian and the Bazman had a wee boy called Keiran. Aw the best to you all. Only Col and Lisa to go now. Col is busy building a winch to get Lisa off the couch she's so big. They'll be joining the convoy of prams soon. A big appology to Barry for spelling his son's name wrong, it's been corrected now.

Chop, chop, chop, chop!!

If you're looking for authentic Chinese food in Edinburgh then look no further than Chop Chop on Morrison Street just up from the Haymarket train station. We're talking a seriously good scran for not much cash and be sure to try the fried dumplings. Awesome and as the sign on the window says "1 Billion People Can't Be Wrong"

Vans Tour

The UK Vans tour will be hitting up Glasgow this August with a mighty healthy team of skaters. Danny Wainwirght, Ben Grove, Howard Cooke, Pete King, Marc Churchill to name a few.

The team will be in the Glasgow shop then on to Kelvingrove in the afternoon. Wednesday 1st August is the date.

Phone 0141 548 8777 for more details or check vans.co.uk for updates.

check out ma wheel!!

"Check out ma wheel, go tay the deluxe website fucker" said Stu Graham to us. So we did and look what we found. Brilliant! Chipped teeth and all. You've got be proud of the man they call the manbeast.

Go Skateboarding Day!

Thursday 21st June is International Go Skateboarding day and London is the worlds skate capital for the day. Blueprint and Nike SB have teamed up to present a day long event of skateboarding and other events. Check out the links below to see what's happening and keep your eyes peeled for a special Nike SB X Blueprint collaboration shoe , which we'll have instore soon. Let's hope the shitty weather holds out.

Blueprint.

Made for Skate.

The Side Effects Of Urethane.

Nike SB.

Footnote: If I'm not mistaken the picture of the young chap jumping over that fence in the picture above is in the Port of Leith. What, what?

Art happenings a go go!

If you're in the city of Edinburgh on Friday 29th June be sure to pop along to the brand new juice bar Hula in the Grassmarket for a brand new show called "In the future we still break" by local lurker Culprit.And if that wasn't enough artistry for you the very same day, Analogue Books across the street have a new exhbition titled Under a Bush by Yokoland, a Norwegian design collective from errr Norway.

Jay-Z's down with this shit!

Our 2nd favourite rep Ben Bodilly informs us that Jay-Z was spotted in a pair of these sparkly little numbers and now they've attained a cult like status amongst sneaker heads. We've got a few pairs left and if you fancy a pair, you'll find them right here.

Radworx show you how

It's coming up for that time of the year again where Deak, Paul "Silky" Sylvester, Jamie Bolland and Aiden Taylor start the Radworx skate tuition at a park or community centre near you from the 2nd of July. They've just launched their new site which has all the info you'll need here.

UARM Summer 2 thousand and VII.

Now in our 5th season with our favourite New York label UARM and these guys keep going from strength to strength. Currently winging it's way across the Atlantic ocean is the Summer 2007 collection and this season expect artwork by Mark Gonzales, Faile, Bast, Space Invader, Black Label, Thom Lessner and Andrew Jeffrey Wright amongst others.

Again we're the sole Scottish stockist of UARM and we're expecting the line to be with us in the next couple of weeks.

UARM
UARM at Focus.

Mcarta Footwear

At long last the UK's first skate shoe company has arrived. Many months in the planning and a very ambitious project, Mcarta gets it's name from the Magna Carta, the first bill of Human Rights. We have 3 different styles of shoe in 9 colourways including the D-Lux you can see above. Two of the colourways have been designed by Bristol's 50-50 skate shop.

View and buy Mcarta online here.

Sidewalk Issue 129

The new issue of Sidewalk is in store now which features The War of the Thistles, First Light from Owen Hopkins, trick tips from Jamie Thomas, a stupidly easy comp to win trucks and more photos of our very own Colin Kennedy than most folk get in a whole career. Oh yeah Div's there too, no surprise! He's off to Malmo in Sweeden for the final stages of the Quicksilver Bowl Riders Comp on Thursday. Watch out for Div's Adio shoe colourway. Who knows what that'll be, probably just comes with a tin of spraypaint and broken laces!

Weird Creatures

The Glasgow store has just had a visit from Div, Paul Sylvester and Alex Irvine on there way to pick up Stew Graham and Benson for the Creature premiere at Scotlands finest skatepark, Transition Extreme in Aberdeen. The film starts at 7pm followed by a BBQ then the onslaught of the bowl begins. I'm sure it'll be a frenzied affair, who knows the Notorious P.I.G. might get the slashes out!

Have you spotted the spot yet?

Answers on the back of a postcard if you know where this spot is. Clue: David Bowie is also known as the Thin White .......?

Fuel TV

John Rattray was recently on Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit" where he talked about his recent trip to Mexico, Sonic Youth and how Snickers give him heartburn. The only thing he never said was what a Scotsman wears under his kilt, got to keep those American girls guessing. Also under discussion was the Trees for Tomorrow project where proceeds for Johns' new Leaf deck go towards sustainable forests. A worthy cause indeed. John is wearing one of the best t-shirts ever, Stew Graham's big heid. Congratulations to Stew and Chelsea on the birth of their second daughter Olivia, so named so it can be shortened to Livi! Go on.

Check out Johns new Leaf deck here.

It's the new style!

Just had a new batch of the Focus X Josimar t-s delivered. We've had a healthy restock of the Kelly Green and Black colourways and the new colourway you see above.

We're working on a couple of new t-s just in time for the summer. Stay tuned.

The King Of Livi!

Here's the picture we've all been waiting on. 11 months after winning the coveted Livi trophy 2006, Sprocket finally prises it from Bensons' grubby wee fingers and gets it on his mantelpiece. Stoked, who says teach an auld dug new tricks when the old one's rock. Expect head high board varials again from the reigning champ. Stew Graham is back and the Mighty Div and Benson are killing it. Step up south of the border, the trophy has never left Scotland.
We've just heard from Ali Low (the wanderer returns) that this years Livingston's Pure Fun Skate Party 2007 will be on the 30th June & 1st July. Ali and the Commander will be organising this years mayhem, expect a sound system, live bands, dj's and of course the infamous coffin and 2 minutes to midnight bowl jam. Be there or get a note from yer ma.

Let's Do this!

It's that time of the year again! I don't know about you but I always look forward to the new Transworld video. The filming, editing, and production always seem to be the best and the skating never disappoints. This is the first (and probably only)trailer for the new video. Transworld must be the only people who bang out amazing videos on a regular basis, no two year video hype and no team changes holding back filming.
Have a look at the trailer and tell me it doesn't look good.......

Whizzplanking anyone?