Disposable

My friend Neil was nice enough to send down a copy of Sean Cliver of Powell & World Industries fame's book "Disposable: A History Of Skateboard Art". As well as visually documenting the colourful history of skate graphics, it also features words from Cliver himself, the artists behind the graphics and some insight in to the inspiration for the graphics from the pros themselves. If you're the type to geek out on skate history or just have a thing for the aesthetic of the 80s & 90s, I recommend tracking a copy of Disposable for your coffee table, bedside or toilet reading collection.

www.disposablethebook.com/

PS: If anyone has any of the recent decks Sean Cliver designed for Supreme up for sale, get in touch!

Nas is back.

Word.

Laminate Lover

If you've ever been to any of the Scottish skate comps in the last few years, chances are you'll have seen some of Daryl Smith's work. Using old recycled skate decks, Daryl has created some incredible trophies and other scupltures.

Check out his work at Laminate Lover.

Eastpak

We are now stocking backpacks from the world famous Eastpak. Starting from £29.95 for the Padded Pakr all the way up to £74.95 for the Walker which you see above.

Click here to view Eastpak at Focus.

Specials.....

Just spoke to Sam at Nike SB who informed us that we have a couple of limited releases to look forward to next week. First up is the Singapore "only" released Dunk Hi in some fruity colours which we will have 6 pairs of and will only be available in our Glasgow & Edinburgh stores.

Also released on the same day is this super limited (50 pairs in the entire U.K people!) slip on with trademark elephant print panels. Again only available instore sometime next week. Please give either store a ring if you're interested in either shoe.

Analogue....

The most excellent Analogue has a brand new website at www.analoguebooks.co.uk which you should visit soon.

The King of Kong

If you haven't seen this movie then get yourself a copy asap, it's amazing. There's a website called Twin Galaxies that features heavily in the movie, it's got all the video game high scores from every game ever made. I was on it today and they have released the new world record breakers for Guinness World Records. There were 48 new world records which is amazing, but even more amzing was seeing that 10 were by the same guy, Isaiah "TriForce" Johnson. I looked him up and found that he was the first guy in the world to buy the Nintendo Wii when they were released in NY in 2006. But better than that, he wears a Nintendo Power Glove.

How awesome is that!

Shadow Puppets

Apologies for all the viral guff, but here goes anyway:



Amazing!

Livi Fun Day(s) 2008

You may not have heard, but the 2008 leg of the legendary Live Pure Fun Weekend is this coming weekend! This year will probably be a more low key event than those of previous years, but if you can then go along, show your support and try to avoid anyone else in the big bowl at midnight.

Who would have thought a ZX Spectrum could still be useful.

This was created by James Houston a graduate of Glasgow Art School who utilised old computer parts to remix Radioheads Nude. Hope you enjoy.


Big Ideas (don't get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.

The Big Yin!

They seem to love Stu over at Thrasher, click the link to read his new interview.
(subtitles available on teletext page 888)

Numbers 5th Birthday

Our West Coast branch and Nike SB have hooked up with Glasgow's Numbers club who are celebrating their 5th birthday on Friday 4th July at the Sub Club and Saturday 12th July at Club 69. Musical entertainment by Rustie, the Numbers DJ's and Special Guests.

Rock Lobster!

Stay tuned for more details on the forthcoming Nike SB "Lobster" Dunk release......

Amazing Argentinian graffiti animation

Came across this today and it's one of the best things I've seen on the internet in aaaaaages. Take the monotony out of your day and watch these 7 minutes of creative genius.

Artist's website: www.blublu.org

Black & White

The Obey Black & White Collection is now instore and online. The concept behind this collection was to reissue some classic prints from years gone by, but strip it back to the basics and only use black and white t-shirts with contrasting prints.

These are only available in 15 stores across the Uk and supply is very limited.

View the Obey Black & White Collection here.

Cheers Finlay!

Little Finlay who frequents the shop (especially on Sundays) has done us proud. Check out the clock he made for us at school, pretty impressive.

Finlay's parents owe a really cool toy shop on Victoria St, Click on the link for some authentic wooden toys.

Point & Shoot #1

Was about to head home after a post-shift session at Kelvingrove yesterday when young Thomas Shimmin Esq. started to attack these stairs. All of this went down within 10 minutes (half cab flip first try!), impressive stuff.

Look out for more local footage shot on a shitty digital camera on here throughout the Summer. Bo!

Horton in the House.

My Ben Horton painting finally made it to Edinburgh courtesy of Mr Cubic and the US Mail. Looks like it'll be staying at the office for the time being though, as the wife's not too keen on it. Philistine!

Shepard Fairey does Orwell

Obey mastermind Shepard Fairey has put together these covers for the latest editions of George Orwell's classic totalitarian tales, 1984 and Animal Farm. The covers are very well put together and capture the mood of the books perfectly, and will hopefully go some way towards drawing more attention to Orwell's work from current generations. A bit of Orwell's always worth a read!

These new editions should be available soon at www.penguinbooks.co.uk

Nike SB June 2008

New Nikeage for June 2008 now online. View and purchase online right here.

Geordie beer inspired Dunk Low for £64.95.


Suede goodness in the Zoom Harbor. £49.95.


Dunk Mid coming in at £64.95.


Nubuck leather upper for this Classic SB. £49.95


View and purchase online right here.

Wee Sections

Check out the new double section from from Grant Management. I like Eli's hair the best.

éS Game Of Skate UK 2008

The annual éS big Game Of Skate is now taking place, with the first heat having passed already on May 17th (apologies for the lateness). No Scottish leg though? What gives? For any proactive Scots out there fancying their chances, I recommend you get yourself down to Manchester (it's not that far!) on the 22nd of June and show the rest of this United Kingdom how it's done!

www.esgameofskate.com

Cheers!

Thanks to the good people at Scottish Power, not only are the digging up the street again, they've taken it upon themselves to park there van right in front of the shop. I've been in work for a couple of hours now and they haven't set one foot outside.
The good news is the weathers not that great today so the chances of them taking there tops off is pretty slim.

U.S.A

Have a look at some photos and footage from team riders Stu G, John Rattray, Benson and Div skating the DC super ramp.
Looks massive!

Click the title to check out the photos over at the Thrasher website.

Nike SB's for May 2008

Just arrived at Focus HQ are the May drop of Nike SB's. Have a gander below. Online and instore tomorrow Friday 9th May (Glasgow Saturday 10th May)

Based around the classic 80's arcade game 720 and coming in at £64.95.

Third colourway this year for the Air Trainer 2 - £84.95.
Blazer Low in a suede upper in a fetching Dark teal/Goldtone colourway - £49.95.
Bueller? Bueller? Ferris would be proud of this Dunk Hi in Boulder/Black with some jazzy leopard print laces. £64.95.
Another subtle/not so subtle colourway in the Classic - £49.95
And last up is this summer time colourway in the P-Rod 2 - £64.95


Check all these shoes on the focus website here.

Bank Holiday edit

Kevin Parrott was lucky (unlucky perhaps?) to spend the weekend with Messrs Div, Benson, Awadh and Aaron Sweeney at Cantelowes and Saffron Walden and he threw together a fine little edit for your viewing pleasure. Click below to view.

I've also just noticed Benson's wearing a Hearts top, so that's him kicked off the shop team. Ha ha!

Bank Holiday Edit.

Arto Saari

Arto off Flip and on Alien Workshop! Good move? Watch this absaludicrous section and make your own mind up.

The Mondrian Dunk

Taking influence from the Dutch Artist Piet Mondrian this is one of 2008's most highly anticipated releases from Nike SB. We will have a seriously limited quantity of this shoe and will only be available instore from the 15th May.

An Earth day in the life of Kenny Anderson and the Elwood team.

Ouch!