AWS New Premier Date!

Found $x$W Fundraiser Album

Edinburgh based FOUND are an artist collective / experimental pop band and friends of us here at Focus. In March this year the band travel to Texas to the SxSW festival and we're stoked to be helping them raise funds to make this happen. We'll be producing a limited edition t-shirt which should be available in a couple of weeks and proceeds from the sales will go towards their trip. As well as this they have produced a download album which you can purchase by clicking the link at the bottom.

"Snarebrained is a download album featuring a collection of exclusive remixes and songs previously only available on limited edition vinyl. It features collaborations and remixes from Lisa Lindley Jones, De Rosa, Jonnie Common (Down The Tiny Steps) and Akira Kiteshi.

The album has been produced to help raise money to pay for the band to travel to SxSW and as such FOUND have devised an unconventional payment method. The album has five different prices so that the music buyerhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif can decide how much to give FOUND towards their campaign to conquering the US.

Payment is made through PayPal, but you don’t need to have an account, just a credit or debit card. Select the price you wish to pay from the menu below and click the ‘add to cart’ button, then follow the instructions. Once your payment has been accepted you will be sent a confirmation email from FOUND containing a download link and unique password. If you have any problems don’t hesitate to contact us on info@foundtheband.com

Many thanks for your support!"

Buy Snarebrained here.

Made For Skate book

Chances are you've seen Made For Skate's amazing exhibitions in various locations around the world, and whether you've seen coverage of the events or been lucky enough to see them in person, you're bound to have been impressed. Now they've taken their history of skate footwear theme of their shows to print, and their first book is on its way to retailers as we speak.

Watch this space for more info as this book should be arriving in store and on the website in the next week or so...

Alien Workshop Premier

New Bawbags bawbags!

New from the boys at Bawbags are these three new prints. Online shortly and available in store just in time for Valentines Day.

Don't ask who the model is, as A) we don't know and B) quite frankly don't want to.

February Nike SB's

Now online here. Jetstream/Birch Dunk Mid online tomorrow......

Coolio, yo!

Focus is officially a gangsta's paradise as Coolio and his crew just dropped by to pick up some cheap sneaks in the ongoing Focus mega sale. If you're after some cheap Stecyk Blazers or Mosquito dunks like the man himself, then head on down sharpish. I'll see you when you get theeeere, if you ever get theeeeere!

We are Sale-ing

Our huge sale starts tonight online and tomorrow in-store, and we've got bargains galore for everyone. Want £120 off an Idiom 2.5L jacket? How about some Where the Wild Things Are MJ-3s for £34.95? Dive in and get some while they're hot..

Oh, and all this weekend we have 15% off all skate hardware in both our stores.

Mangina

Oh dear....

Cliche Premier!!!

Jakes Alley 6' 10 Wide Game Of S.K.A.T.E

Entertaining stuff over at Slam City Skates with their all star game of S.K.A.T.E with Lev adding some comedy value to the proceedings.

Check it out here.

Twitter....rific

Added another arm to our technology portfolio.

Check us out at http://twitter.com/focus_scotland for some twitter action.

Today's Luncheon!

Yaaaaaaaaaaas

Gingervitis

There's an interesting article up on the Guardian website about gingerism (discrimination against gingers) being the last acceptable prejudice. I've certainly witnessed some discrimination against gingers over the years, so thought I'd ask our resident Ginger Mr. Tait how many of the derogatory names in the article he'd been subject to. Here are the results:

Ginge
Ginger Nut
Ginger Minger
Carrot Top
Duracell
Period Head
Ginger Bollocks
Ginger Pubes
You Lanky String Of Ginger Piss

Graham gets a whopping score of 6! He has refused to comment on whether or not he'd been called my personal favourite, 'copper sacks'.

Anyhoo, enough of this nonsense, here's the article:

Does gingerism remain the last acceptable prejudice? (Guardian)

Team Pain

I saw a link to the Team Pain website on Crailtap, and it turns out they're a skate park construction company (and the team behind this year's Tampa Am course) who also specialise in some pretty snazzy stand alone skate obstacles too. Check these bad boys out:





Hopefully Glasgow City Council can get them on the case for a plaza outside of St Enoch Centre.... My arse!

Team Pain

1,474 Megapixels

Seems like we're blogging more about the recent US elections than anything at the moment, but this is suitably ridiculous to warrant posting. Comprising of over 220 images from a Canon G10, this link on Gigapan uses Flash technology to give an ultra detailed look at a scene from Tuesday's presidential inauguration.

Via Gizmodo

More Shepard Fairey...

Incoming.......

Stay tuned for more details.

Shepard Fairey on The Colbert Report

Volcom presents "everyone is a photographer"

Just had word about this.....



Get snapping folks and enter your pictures at www.volcomeurope.com/photocontest

Simpel Session 09

Live and direct from Estonia comes Simpel Session 09, a skate and BMX event now eight years in the running. Features skaters from around the globe, including our very own Neil Smith, World Record holder Danny Wainwright, Johnny Layton and a host of European rippers. Have a look at www.simple.ee for more details.

Yes We Did!

To celebrate the historic victory of Barrack Obama being elected as the 44th President of the United States, Obey Clothing have produced this Limited Edition t-shirt which is now available instore and online.

The first 10 people to buy online will also receive a copy of the DJ Z-Trip, Obama Mix and some Obey stickers.


Buy the Obey "Yes We Did" T-shirt here.

Tenori-On

This is quite possibly the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.

Read all about it here and view it in action below....

Aviemore needs a skatepark.

Anyone who is anyone will know of Aviemore's rich skateboarding heritage and the word Chevvy's will bring a smile or look of fear to a lot of peoples faces. Sadly though Aviemore has been skateless since the destruction of this legendary spot and it just hasn't been the same since.

But fear not, some good people have organised themselves to campaign for a proper facility in Aviemore and you can help out by clicking the link below and adding your name to the petition.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/aviemore-skatepark/

Who said man couldn't fly?

wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

Happy New Year!

All the best for 2009.

Merry Christmas y'all!

From everyone at Focus, we hope you all have a braw Christmas and a great New Year and thanks to everyone for their support and custom in 2008. See yeez all in 2009........

Agent Cooper and his Kicks

Brand spanking new Nikes now in, including the über-limited Twin Peaks Dunk High, two colourways in the new Air Zoom Veloce (White and Black) and a nice new P-Rod 2 in the rather fetching Forest Green/Lemon Drop colourway.

Dee Vee Dees

If Fully Flared was the DVD that changed the way we watched skate videos, then its bigger, chunkier brother The Final Flare will probably blow your head clean off your neck. With over 10 hours crammed onto 3 discs, including a Blu-Ray version if you've got a posh DVD player, it'll keep you occupied well beyond the usual slew of rubbish Xmas movies.

And as if that ain't enough, Landscape has just released Horizons, its latest video featuring the 4-wheeled skills of Snowy, Soy Panday, Nick Stansfield, Joey Pressey et al and what might well be the last ever video part from their retiring veteran Joel Curtis.

Both are available online, or if you just can't wait, in-store.

Kinning Park Banks Tees

We've got a good tradition of collabs on t-shirts at Focus, and our latest is a real peach. We hooked up with the ludicrously-talented Tommy Perman of Surface Pressure on a premium tee featuring artwork of the much-sessioned Kinning Park banks through in Glasgow. Available in sizes S through to XL and in two colours, they'll look rad whether you managed a BS flip at the banks or you're just a person of exceptional taste. Click the image above to check 'em out.