all over it already: July 2009

Friday 31 July 2009

Ron Burgundy Dunks

Anchorman's Ron Burgundy is the tenuous inspiration for this latest release.
Nike SB apparently can't just pick nice colours, there has to be some kind of story behind every shoe. Anyway, it's a nice clean shoe & a quality movie so ... "Stay Classy San Diego"

Sir Bobby R.I.P

Sir Bobby Robson 1933 - 2009

New Addition at Dean Lane Skatepark / Fun Day

Steep little bank, with vert, at the top of the park

Next D.L.H Fun Day at Bedminster

AJ3 UK Release Date

Air Jordan III True Blue Retro - UK Release Date Saturday 8th August 2009

Leopards vs Snakes

Leopards

Snakes

Wednesday 29 July 2009

UNION NYC / STUSSY NYC

Back in January the manager of Union told me of a proposed plan to turn the Spring St store into a new Stussy Chapter Store. This news finally became official today as Stussy have set a date of August 24th as the opening of the new store.

This is really sad news as Union was the original street culture store in Soho & has always been a regular stop-off for me over the past 15 years. Union opened at 172 Spring St, NY in 1989 as James Jebbia's first venture upon arriving in the city. Trading in imported lines, their own range and rare sneakers (Joe was running the Dappa Dan custom Uptowns years before anyone else jumped back on it!) Union rapidly became a downtown icon. In 2007 Union moved to a slightly larger store two doors down and cut down on the European labels to increase more upscale Japanese brands.

Stussy obviously needs a major presence in NYC and has been seriously missed since the Wooster St store's lease expired last summer but it's a shame it comes at the cost of Union. Even though he also runs Stussy NY, I guess in this economic climite even Mr Jebbia's mini-empire isn't bulletproof.

Union NYC 1989 - 2009 R.I.P

Vans - Hurry Up Already!!!

VANS VAULT CHUKKA DEL BARCO.

At the start of the year when I first saw these beauties, scheduled for Fall/Winter 09, I was really hoping that Vans would push these forward to an early Summer release as they have "June evening BBQ boats" written all over them! Sadly we have to wait & hope the UK decides to grace us with an Indian Summer in Sept/Oct.

MetroFarm

These stunning DJ Tables from Berlin's MetroFarm are so slick. Wouldn't it be nice if clubs in England looked after us DJs like this!

Clarks Originals

Hailing from our neck of the woods, Clarks Originals have always been (and will always be) straight-up classics. Ive been wearing them since school and still do!

Christian Hosoi

It's awesome to see Christian Hosoi still rippin' it at the age of 41 (gives us all hope!) One of the most naturally gifted skaters I ever had the chance to witness in action.

Air Jordan III True Blue - Imminent Re-Release

AJIII True Blue 2009 Retro

Lily Allen rockin' the 3s

My pair of 2001 Retros

Jordan fans all over the planet are getting hype for the soon to be re-re-released classics - The Air Jordan III True Blues. First released in 1988 & then retro'd in 2001 the "True Blues" have become one of the most-loved AJs ever. Rumor has it that this late August release will be restricted to Europe & Asia but when Nike/Jordan Brand smell the ca$h this is more than likely to change. The colours appear far more vivid than on the previous release - I've included pics of my beaten up old pair for comparision.

Sunday 26 July 2009

Proposed Plans for Bath Skatepark

Only draft plans right now so nothing definite. Seems very very transition-heavy (great for old skool carvers like me!) but would be nice to see more of a mix for street skaters - some more stairs, rails, ledges, etc would be dope. We'll have to wait & see ...