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Focus Skate Store

Welcome to Focus myspace page. Check out the new photos that have been uploaded to our pics page!

About Me

Focus Skateboard Store was born in 2001 in the fair city of Edinburgh after the legendary Players closed it's doors. Selling damn fine footwear, hardware and clothing from the likes of Stussy, Volcom, Nike SB, UARM, Blueprint yadda, yadda, yadda!We (we being the individuals who own the shop)set up our second store in the West Coast metropolis that is Glasgow in December 2005 after the also legendary MBC closed.Our team consists of some of Scotlands finest whizz plankers and our next video is a work in progress and is speculatively called "Haw Bawbag!" Only joking.Check oot oor website at www.focuspocus.co.uk and visit our blog here .If you want to contact us the best bet is to e-mail us here .Fit a good idea!

My Interests

Snapback gnarlers, Japan, Livi, Dundee, Falkirk, Green Tea, Buckfast, Guiness, Noodles, Coffee, Forres, Wife, Snake Sessions, Darts, Drum n Bass, Off Roading, Snowboarding, Mountains, Orson the three legged monster, Sushi, Skateboarding, New York, Japanese Architecture, photography, laughing, good cups of tea, chocolate, chicken tikka pizzas with chilli sauce, Bacon, cocktails, having a daughter, Aberdeen Skatepark, more to follow.

I'd like to meet:

John Rattray Colin Kennedy Stew Graham Div Adam Benson Mark Burrows Bobby Baillie Will Sloan Neil Scott Brandon Ide Andy White

Music:

Fugazi, The Shins, Ed Rush, Joy Division, Minutemen, DJ Shadow, Susumu Yokota, Fingathing, The Smiths, Interpol, King Tubby, MF Doom, Uncle John & Whitelock, Disflex 6, Led Zeppelin, Certain Death, Motohiro Nakashima, Kings of Leon, Yelloman, Tape, The Go Team, Taking Chase,The Stooges, Flat and Scruggs, The Doors, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Anti Pop Consortium, Tom Vek, Hayseed Dixie, Fink, Nick Drake, Viktor Vaughn, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Remix's that feature either Jay-Z or Kanye West, Nas, The Neptunes, Faithless, Counting Crows, Common, James, Richard Ashcroft, Arcade Fire, Hooverphonic,Ivor Cutler,The Cure, Depeche Mode, LSK, The Flaming Lips, The Cinematic Orchestra, Public Enemy, The Incredible String Band, Iron & Wine, Hank III, Penpushers, Bombscare, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Tommy Guerrero More to follow.

Movies:

H'Min Bam, Fargo, Lost in Translation, La Haine, Salt n Sauce,Big Lebowski, Napoleon Dynamite, Back to the Future, Star Wars 4, 5, 6, Garden State, Jacobs Ladder, The Man Who Wasn't There, Spirited Away, Lost Boys, Warriors, Karate Kid 1 and 3, Donnie Darko, all M.Night Shyamalan films, Shuan Of The Dead, The Sure Thing, Say Anything, About Last Night...., High Fidelity, Youngblood, The Running Man, Old School, A Night At The Roxbury, Zoolander, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Anchorman, pretty much anything with Will Ferrell in it, Swingers, Wedding Crashers, Magnolia, Rocky 1,2 and 4, Good Will Hunting, The Breakfast Club, The Station Agent, Evil, The End of 8 Mile, Tallagega Nights The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (Shake and Bake!) Little Miss Sunshine, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Rocky 1,2,4 and probably Rocky Balboa (even though it's not out yet i can tell it's going to be a stormer!)More to follow

Television:

Yeah too much to be honest but cutting the wheat from the chaff.... League of Gentleman, Alan Partridge, Kath and Kim, Lost (oh yeah sad as fook but it's well good), My Name is Earl, Weirs Way, Neighbours ho ho!, cannae beat a bit of Question Time, Fox News! absolutely addictive but incredibly frightening all at once... Spaced is one of the best shows there's been, Nathan Barley, Big Train, The Office, Extras, and the very underrated Arrested Development.

Books:

Rashomon, Hagakure, The 47 Ronin Story, Catcher In The Rye, Fup, Trainspotting, The Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman, more to follow.

Heroes:

Aung San Suu Kyi. Truly inspirational click here to learn more.John Pilger. Click here to learn more.Jean Cluade Van Damn, Frank The Tank, Brian Fantana, Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, Uncle Rico, Doug and Steve Butabi, Ricky Bobby, more to follow

My Blog

Nike SB Italian Night at Focus Edinburgh.

If you didn't already know we're hosting a night in our Edinburgh store to celebrate the launch of Nike SB's Italian Collection. We'll have the full range for you to view and buy including the very li...
Posted by Focus Skate Store on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:38:00 PST

Show your support for the Edinburgh Skatepark!!

Hello again,You may or may not be aware but the skateboarders of Edinburgh have been campaigning for nearly five years to have a top quality skatepark built in the city. We are closer than ever now as...
Posted by Focus Skate Store on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:41:00 PST

Adidas at Focus...

We've been selected as the sole Scottish stockists of Adidas' new skate range. Click here to have a gander. Arriving July '06 and pretty limited numbers available. The shoe below is the Evan Hecox des...
Posted by Focus Skate Store on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:36:00 PST

We're on Myspace yo!

Ahoy mateys! We made it on to the Myspace. So now we've got a website, a blog and two shops! That'll keep us busy. Back soon with some blogging.
Posted by Focus Skate Store on Tue, 30 May 2006 09:01:00 PST