Rep Of The Year 2011

And the winner is..............



Leo Sharp.

The man has put a lot of hard work getting DC back on track in the UK. The 'My DC Crew' project seems to be going in the right direction which is rad.
I may be a bit biased, he did hook me up with the DC Mike Blabac book, as well as all the staff with DC's for our feet.
Congratulations mate, see you in January for your prize!


Commiserations to the rest of you, especially Darren Anderson. He's no longer our rep but he deserves an honorary mention for being a loser.

Merry Christmas

Hope you all have a lovely Christmas and New Year. Thanks for the support in 2011, carry it over to 2012 yeah?

A Brief Glance 10

 

 

Check it out here 

 

 

Join Or Die

5Boro are legit.

Colin Kennedy

Colin Kennedy Focus from Zander Ritchie on Vimeo.

Focus Team Announcement!

Focus Welcomes Colin Adam from Zander on Vimeo.

Science in SF

Here's a rad edit from Science Skateboards of a recent trip to San Fransisco. Some feel good skating!

Science Skateboards, San Francisco 2011. from scnc on Vimeo.

Stoked on the first 360 flip.

 

Heads up people! The Scottish Premiere of Nike SB's The SB Chronicles takes place this Saturday 3rd December at midnight. (So that's a minute past 11.59pm on the Saturday, in case you was pondering).

Location is the Big Slope bar on Kelvingrove Street in Glasgow and the bar will be open before the premiere. Over 18s only.

Call the Glasgow store on 0141 248 2446 if you need any more info.

The SB Chronicles, Vol. 1 - Official Trailer from Nike Skateboarding on Vimeo.

Focus Team Announcement!

Miles Kondracki has been repping Focus for a good few years now.

Time to step it up buddy!



You're welcome.

Joe Gavin

This is rad, flowing about London and that.

Joe in London from Snake Eyes Films. on Vimeo.

Street Snacks

Street Snacks, filmed/edited - Simie, the last of the vx2100 footage. Strictly vx1000 shit from now on. In order of appearance - Miles Kondracki, Gareth Costello, Callum Barrack, Adam Logan, Neil Kellas, Mark Thompson, Ruari Britee-Steer, Ross McSherry, Tom Simpson, Pete Copeland, Freddie Lusk and Aaron Wilmot.

Watch it now.

Back In The Day - Ben Leyden

Ben Leyden - BS Heelflip Indy.

This was shot on the same day as John Rattray filmed the backside Noseblunt line from 'WFTW'. Some serious BGP's in this one, Mark Baines, Louis Slater, John Rattray, Colin Kennedy, and Alistair Manson?

Check that Blue sky.

Jimmy McDonald X e'S

Jimmy kills it, the 5BORO video will be so good!

5BORO Holiday 11

New Yorks finest.

Tumblin'

I made a tumblr, for non skate related stuff n'that

PEEP IT HERE???

Towns & Cities Premier

Get yourself along to this! This Saturday! Don't be late!

Short Clip

A wee clip from Alex at our Glasgow store. Dead arty n'that.

FOCUS SKATEBOARDS from Alex Martin on Vimeo.

Sunday Sequence - Keith Allan

Hope you're safe in Canada buddy!



Backside 360

Speedy

If you've been in Edinburgh long enough will have definitely have seen this guy about. He's been a roller skater, doorman for shite clubs, a free runner, and a hundred other things. This was taken through his roller skate phase (obviously).
I heard that he roller skated over the Fourth Road Bridge 100 times, 50 forward and 50 skating backwards. It was for charity and the now defunct radio station 'Beat 106' covered it? Not sure if this is true or not, good going if it was.
I'm sure there and many stories about this guy, i'm sure he'd be more than happy to tell you about them if you saw him.

Speedy - jump over a bike, Jamie Johnson, Allan McInnes, and Andrew Brown.

Draw Your Favourite Rapper Winners

First place goes to..........

Jake Schneider

For this MS Paint masterpiece of RZA, GZA, and Bill Murray.




Second place goes to..........

Mike Vincent for Del The Funky Homosapien



Cheers to everyone who entered. Prizes will be with you next week guys.

Outreach

Shetlands finest Marcus Nicholson has a blog, he's in Bilboa Spain for a year studying and promises me he's going to update it on the regs. Don't let me down.

Check it out here

More Rappers

Here are more entries for the rapper competition




LLCoolJ


Melle Mel


DJ Jazzy Jeff


Gil Scott Heron


Ludicris



More can be found on the Sidewalk Forum HERE

Winner announced when i get back from my Holidays!

Miles Kondracki

Best tracky bottoms on the streets of Edinburgh

Monday Club wi Miles. from Matt Barnes on Vimeo.

New Focus Website launched!

We've just launched the new slicker and easier to use website. Looks freakin' dope! i've integrated the blog into the site too so i'll slowly be winding down the blogspot.

Have a nosey about, we're really happy with it.

NEW SITE

Draw Your Favourite Rapper Competition

The guys over at the Sidewalk Forum have been going hard at this. It's turned into a bit of a picture puzzle game, here's some to get us started.



Snoop Dogg


Shaka Khan

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Roots Manuva


Rodney P


Steve-O (has an album apparently)


Raekwon


Method Man


JR Blastoff / J Casanova


Fat Joe


Redman


Gucci Mane


GhostFace Killer


Dr Octagon


DMX

Ice Cube


Chuck D


Big L


afrika bambaataa


GZA, RZA, & Bill Murray


del the funky homosapien

Awesome so far, keep it up.

Draw Your Favourite Rapper Competition

It's simple, draw a rapper using photoshop, illustrator, paint, on a piece of paper then scan it, whatever. My favourite will win a DC Deck, my second favourite will win a Focus t-shirt.

No cheating, i have 10,000 images saved in my database and have just installed the latest 'rapper face recognition hyper technology' so i'll be able to tell if you've just googled it.
All entries will be uploaded to the blog.

Email all entries to

info@focuspocus.co.uk

Please add your name and the name of the rapper you have chosen to draw.

Good luck.

SUPRA 2001 European Tour

The SUPRA 2011 European Tour marked the first time that every SUPRA team member was in the same place at the same time. The tour marked an unprecedented event in skateboarding history as the SUPRA team features some of the most notorious and legendary figures of the modern skateboard era: Erik Ellington, Lizard King, Jim Greco, Terry Kennedy, Stevie Williams, Tom Penny, Matt Mumford, Chad Muska, Ali Boulala, Furby, Boo Johnson, Spencer Hamilton, Keelan Dadd, and Neen Williams. See this traveling “Skateboard Hall of Fame” killing it in five different countries in the SUPRA 2011 European Tour Video.

SUPRA 2011 EUROPEAN TOUR VIDEO from SUPRA Footwear on Vimeo.

Focus Sale

It's that time again. The now legendary Focus Sale takes place on Saturday 17th September and Sunday 18th September from noon to 6pm at Cabaret Voltaire, Blair Street, Edinburgh. Up to 75% off Stussy, Volcom, Carhartt, DQM, Alife, Obey, Huf, Nike SB, Vans, Lakai, Converse, Supra and more. Don't snooze on this one!

Gaberman

Brian Gaberman has updated his website, he's making digital legit.

CHECK IT HERE

Lucas Puig

Pro Spotlight part from Transworld. Shit a brick.

Eero Anttila

This guy has some skills.

DC Comp Winner!

And the winner is...............

William Skinners entry, check it out below.



Congratulations guys, i'll be in touch.

43 Magazine

Get involved with this, should be amazing!

All details HERE

Highbrow

Check out the new Highbrow Ad from Mike O'Shea.



Dave Lane + Mike O'Shea = cool beans.

A Brief Glance 8

Issue 8, Peep that shit

You've Just Been Hot Sauced.

Miles Kondracki

Miles is a douche.



Front Nose.

Sunday Sequence - Keith Allan

Back In The Day - Colin Kennedy

Was going through my hard drive and found a few old photos of Colin. Have a gander.