Obey Spring 2011

New Obey now up and at them on the Focus online store. Some quality garms as always and more to follow in the weeks to come.

Obey Spring 2011 part 1.

Obey Spring 2011 incoming......

Just had our first delivery of Spring 2011 Obey, which you know is going to be good. Online tomorrow and in both stores over the next few days.

Still a bit of sale Obey available here if you can't wait.

Win a pair of Converse!

Want to win a pair of Converse and a Converse t-shirt? You do? Then head over to our Facebook page, request to be our friend and then follow the simple instructions on how to enter.

Focus Facebook.

Good luck!

Winner will be drawn at random on the 28th February.

Analogue Books.

Our good friends at Analogue Books have upped sticks and moved their shop to a brand new location on Edinburgh's Candlemaker Row.

Go and see them here and buy something.

Pictures nicked from Analogue Flickr.

Cons Spring 2011.

Looking forward to the new regime behind Converse Skateboarding within the UK and our first drop of footwear will be here within the next few weeks.

In the meantime here's a wee taster of what's on its way.

Leave a comment if you want to know any prices or expected delivery dates.

Grey Skateboard Magazine talks to Lev from Palace

Absolutely bang on the money interview with Lev of Palace skateboards, discussing hipsters, internet shit chat and trying to convince skateboarders that Kareem is more legit than Sheckler.

Read on here.

Rest in peace Bingo.

A friend of the shop and one of UK skateboarding's kingpins.

R.I.P Bingo. You'll be sorely missed.

It's that way....

Coming soon to a "golf sale" sign every Saturday on the Royal Mile.

One from the archives.

Mark Burrows going sideways at Livi sometime around 2002.

Toy Division

Coming soon to a street in Edinburgh.

Our street poster campaign in Edinburgh continues with this Carhartt number. Keep your eyes peeled for them on the streets of the Capital.

Lakai the noo!

The Spring 2011 Lakai Collection should be here in the next few days and one of the highlights is this Spike Jonze Pico Collab. Should be online and instore very soon.

Wallride drop 21 - Girl & Chocolate wood.

One thing you can never accuse Girl and Chocolate of is weak graphics and this new drop of wood is no different.

Personal favourites are the super simple Fluorescent series and a reworking of a classic Shortys graphic.

Girl decks at Focus.

Chocolate decks at Focus.

Second Son Spring 2011.

All the way from East London, a new batch of Second Son appeared on our doorstep yesterday. Have a gander above and look out for it on the website and in the Glasgow and Edinburgh stores next week.

Skateboarder Magazine. Amazon

The Amazon: Documentary Series Premiere Episode from Skateboarder Magazine on Vimeo.

Super good skate/travel trip documentary from Josh Stewart. Definitely worth a watch and new episodes appearing every Monday. Check the link below for the other episodes.

Amazon.

Feel the force.

Colour changes.

Coming soon, a brand new, same as the last time, limited edition, unlimited stock, hand printed, machine printed, t-shirt shaped piece of cotton.

These will be exclusively available instore, online, over the phone, by morse code and carrier pigeon.

Strictly limited to as many as we can sell, so be quick, these will be about forever.

PIOFF

A successful few days in Manchester was finished off with a visit to Carhartt to view the forthcoming Fall 2011 collection and always it didn't disappoint. Expect to see the first pieces dropping early July.

Don't forget though the Spring 2011 line has just been uploaded to the website and is ready for your perusal.

Carhartt Spring 2011 Drop 1.

Carhartt now enters it's 4th year at Focus and has become one of our favourite brands season after season. Superb build quality and great styling.

View the Spring 2011 Carhartt line here.

The Predatory Bird

Fellow Scottish person John Rattray has a blog which we recommend you look at. The video above was part of his latest post.

A show where trade takes place.

Been a hectic few days in Manchester checking out all the new product for Fall 2011, but seen some good stuff, met up with some old faces and some new and most importantly eaten some of the finest curry in the land.

Expect to see new collections from Supra, Vans, Nike SB, Kr3w, Huf, Alife, Stussy, Carhartt, Lakai and more from July onwards.