Visitors Guide To Scotland

Our Ramp.. In the Middle of Our House

Remember Danny Way's part in H-Street's Shackle Me Not where he does a caveman boardslide down the banister inside Mike Ternasky's house to get a part in the video? Well, over in Athens they've taken this concept just a wee bit further. The Ramp House is the kind of place any skater would love to live in. Drool at it here.

Volcom Spriiiiiiing 09

We're happy chappies at Focus today. We've got the new Huf Doughboys and are planning an epic sock puppet show featuring the Volcom Spring 09 line-up. Barefoot is the new black.

Edinburgh Fixed Gear

Huf x DVS Doughboys now online....

Now online for your purchasing pleasure, available in four colours and all for a mere £34.95.

Click here to view them at www.focuspocus.co.uk.

Oh dear...

Don't give up the day job!

Huf for DVS Doughboys

Just arrived through the door late this afternoon are the Huf designed DVS Doughboys in four magnificent colours and all for a mere £34.95. Instore and online tomorrow.

Unkle - Heaven

Heaven (Fully Flared Intro Video Remix)
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102 minutes that changed America.

9/11 was without a doubt the defining moment of this generation and everyone will remember where they were when it took place. The History Channel have produced this fine documentary which chronicles the sequence of events from the time the first plane hit the North Tower to the time of the second collapse. Combining footage by over a 100 amateur filmers and no commentary, it's a very personal look at what took place.

Check out the trailer below and see the full documentary on the History Channel.

Our Edinburgh shop is moving.......

After 8 memorable years on the West Port we've decided to take the leap and move to a new shop. As of June the 1st we'll be in our new home on the Royal Mile. Nestled amongst the tartan towels, see you Jimmy wigs and other useless crap we'll be bringing you all the goodness you'd expect from Focus in our brand spanking new store.

So come and see us then at 270 Canongate, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8AA.

Here's the shop in its old guise on Google Street View. It's the one with the blue awning.


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Daewon in his socks.

Meant to post this a week or so ago, but seem to have forgot. Crazy, crazy skills.

Back to the top!

Just in case you missed the original post. We still have some stock of the Brooklyn Projects Dunk Low and the Quagmire Dunk Hi. Phone 0131 229 9009 for more info if you please....

Doner Kebab Pot Noodle

How long before someone in Glasgow deep fries this?

Heaven and Hell Dunks

Daryl Angel brings us these beauties. In store and online here.

Focus has an Obey Posse

Check out our perfectly-formed Obey Spring 09 range. Click on the tag above to view it.

Stussy Spring Tees

Check out the new Stussy tees, just arrived and available to purchase... now! Standout for us is the Peter Bagge (he of Hate comics infamy) vs Stussy Groovy tee. Might even tempt Buddy Bradley out of his flannels.

March Nike Madness!

All in-store and online. Get 'em while they're hot.

World Industries DVD Boxset!

I came back from a short holiday in Barca to find our order of the World Industries DVD box set had arrived, so I've been treating myself to much 90s goodness over the last few days. The set features all the 90s World videos, from Rubbish Heap right up to Trilogy, and has commentaries for each from the likes of World Industries founder Steve Rocco, Rodney Mullen, Daniel Castillo, Shiloh Greathouse, Richard Mulder, Clyde Singleton & Enrique Lorenzo. There's a bunch of tours & unused footage on the discs too. If you've never seen videos like Trilogy or 20 Shot Sequence, then I suggest you pick this up for a glimpse at the early careers of Jason Dill, Gino Iannucci, Lavar & Marcus McBride, & Daewon Song. If you have seen these classic videos before, then you'll know they're worth picking up. Available at both Glasgow & Edinburgh stores for the modest sum of £24.95. Buy it here.

Sal 23s! And more....

Git yr hands on some Emerica and Etnies goodness. Just click the images above.

DJ Spooky's "Rebirth of a Nation."

Free showing of this groundbreaking movie in Edinburgh next week, for those that are interested.

March 09 Nike SB Specials

Due in the next little while are these two fine offerings. The Glen "Giggidy Giggidy" Quagmire inspired Dunk Hi and the Brooklyn Projects Dunk Low collab of which we're one of two stores in the UK who will be stocking this shoe. More info email info@focuspocus.co.uk

Nike Restocks & Scrum Tilly Lush DVD

A big Nike SB restock has arrived in both stores, with full sizes runs of Blazer Elites, Purple suede Blazer Premiums, Black/White Dunk Highs, Twin Peaks Dunk Highs, Black/White Blazer Lows & Marina Dunk Mids available in Glasgow in Edinburgh. These shoes sold out pretty quickly over the festive period, so get them while you still can!

Along with those, we've got a bunch of copies of Phillip Evans new DVD 'The Scrum Tilly Lush', which features the likes of Wieger Van Wageningen, Soy Panday, Conhuir Lynn, Danny Wainwright & Nick Jensen skating their home towns. Definitely a break from the ramped slow mo & HD wankery of more blockbuster efforts, at £9.95 it's a bargain and a half, and perfect to help welcome the skateable weather March is sure to bring. We've still got plenty of copies of Alien Workshop's Mind Field in stock too, so fire down to either store if your DVD collection is sorely lacking some new skate action.

Made for Skate

Made for Skate now in-store and online for you to purchase.

What is it? Can you tell?

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......