Supreme A/W 09

It's that time of year again ... Supreme unveil a teaser selection for their upcoming A/W season. The first drop will launch on Thursday 3rd September in NY/LA and Saturday 5th September in Japan. Although this is their largest preview yet there are many more amazing items they haven't revealed including some awesome collaborations. Stay tuned.

DJ AM R.I.P

I've just returned from holiday to hear the sad news that DJ AM aka Adam Goldstein passed away on Friday 28th August 2009. Adam was a pioneering DJ cutting up House, Hip Hop, Rock, Indie & 80s styles & a big influence. He was also a big time sneaker head & was about to launch his own Dunk Hi for Nike (in his own words "a dream come true").

Oasis Split

After over 15 years of sibling rivalry it looks like Noel has finally had enough & called it a day on being the lynchpin of Oasis. This comes as very sad news for British music as (Love them or Hate them) Oasis were definitely one of the finest we ever had.
Having been fortunate enough to see them play live 40 times, since they played Bath's Moles Club in March 94, you never quite knew what you were gonna get from an Oasis gig but it was always a proper Rock'n'Roll show for sure!
Don't look back in anger Noel ...

Hasta La Vista

Off to catch some overdue sunshine! See ya soon ...

Takashi Kumagai Leopard Aviation Collection

How awesome are these!!!

Andy Kessler R.I.P

Original NYC Legend

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/sports/features/11956/

World's Largest

Skateboard

Jeans


Shoe

Starks Chomper Laces

Congratulations to my boys Leo & Alex for pulling off the accessory of the year! Their collaboration with KAWS has finally released after they told me about it back in August 2008. Strictly limited to Original Fake dealerships including the stunning O.F boutique in Aoyama. For information on Starks in the UK email polkadotagency@gmail.com.
Nice one guys!

Deathbowl To Downtown

Having premiered in NYC back in May this movie appeared to have no sign of actually being released. Now there's a rumor it's releasing on DVD in the States mid-September so hopefully the UK will also get to see this fascinating documentary about New York City skateboarding.

http://www.deathbowltodowntown.com

New Season

Unbelievably it's the start of the new football season already - Summer seems to get shorter every year in this country! Bristol City's opening game was to Preston away and we drew 2-2 which sounded kinda unlucky considering we were 2-0 up until the 82nd minute! Looks like another 8 months of stress to look forward to then!

Step Back In Time ...

Supreme New York 1994

Lil' bit of NY Skate History for those who weren't around 15 years ago

Chocolate Pepper Land

Being a lifelong Beatles fan I'm loving this set of decks from Chocolate. My auntie was one of the illustrators on the Yellow Submarine movie so I'm sure she'll be flattered!

Shiny Disco Wheels

I'm not a great fan of the Three Stripes but these wild Promodels from designer Jeremy Scott really caught my attention. Looking like something straight outta "Saturday Night Fever" you're gonna have to really dress down to pull these bad boys off!

MCA - Get Well Soon

Adam Yaunch - "MCA" from The Beastie Boys sadly has discovered a cancerous tumor in his salivary gland. He's due to have surgery this week so get well soon Adam.
The Beasties have been firm faves of mine since Licence To Ill dropped in 1986 and are always amazing live so I'm looking forward to 2010 with the release of "Hot Sauce Committee Part 1" and possible UK dates.
Here's a great old pic of Adam with the Dalai Lama (rocking a classic Supreme coach - nice!)

Vinti Andrews for Nike

Yesterday I saw these cool creations by artist/designer/ex Central St. Martins student Vinti Andrews. Both the pitbull and the Stepper bike are made entirely of Nike Dunks. Apparently the pitbull has a companion at Loveless in Aoyama, Tokyo.

http://www.vintiandrews.com/

Premier "New Faces" Shoot

Shoot for 5 of Premier's "New Faces"
Hair by Amber-Rose, Makeup by Maddie Austin, Photography by Cameron James Wilson

New Promo of the Week

Kasabian "Where Did All The Love Go" Remix package.

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

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!