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While we’re on the subject of Supra footwear, we totally forgot to blog this the other week… nothing like finishing in the bottom half of the table to inspire you to pull your finger out!

This spring Supra have released their latest edition to the Supra range, the Skytop 2, Chad Muska’s latest pro shoe which see’s very similar styling to the hugely successful Skytop. In a world over run by mid tops we sit wondering if this trend will ever die, not yet it seems… until that day fill your boots!

The Supra Skytop 2, available in white tuf, black suede and navy gold.

More –> Supra Skytop 2

You know you’ve made it as a footwear brand when you start doing cross brand collabs with New York skate boutiques. Supra stepping the game up with the Supra x DQM Heartbreaker Skyyop. Muska was at Daves quality meat on the 12th of this month signing stuff and “rapping” with the kids.

the shoe looks pretty nice however you’d be pretty lucking to get hold of a pair, keep your eyes peel and your ebay Supra Skytop search results bookmarked.

Evan Hecox original art director at Chocolate skateboards has worked for years providing us with a fresh approach to the urban landscape. Now in this collection Evan Hecox has teamed up with premium accessories brand Incase to create a serious of laptop sleeves and iphone cases. Designed to fit the 15″ MacBook Pro snuggly the laptop sleeves feature form-fitting faux-leather construction, poly-satin quilted interior lining and Evan Hecox-branded YKK zipper pulls.

The serious features Evan Hecox street scenes from three iconic locations London, New york and Tokyo with different art work printed front and back. check out Akitip for more details.

Fresh for spring 2010 Pointer footwear comes with some updated colours in one of our favourite casual sneakers the Fairbank. The Pointer Fairbank is available in four colours this season, electric blue, black, natural and white, but the white for us is the stand out piece giving a nice mid 90′s feel utilising the much overlooked gum sole.

New for spring 2010 Supra have updated the Cuban to give birth to the Supra Cuban 1.5! The introduction of laces instead of of the chain gives it a less del-boy feel and almost re-invents the shoe. Available in four colours TUF black perf, TUF white perf, red canvas and grey canvas and being released over the next few months.

When it comes to snow / street wear cross overs no one does it better than 686. Amongst the many limited edition products for this season from 686 this one caught our eye the most. 686 and shoe UK shoe brand New Balance have come together and produced a snowboard boot remake of the classic MT580 sneaker.

“Based upon the original MT580 sneaker, the 686 design team recreated a fully functional, technically advanced snowboard boot with a sneaker-like fit. The intense process utilized New Balance’s proprietary features like Rollbar® and Abzorb®, as well as combining BOA’s® proven Focus® lacing system. The end result is a true masterpiece of New Balance’s quality footwear heritage and 686’s technical snowboarding history.”

it definitely seems that the sneaker to snowboard boot cross over is taking effect what with the new Nike snowboard boot range and DC using the manteca silhouette for ever. maybe it’s played out already or maybe its just getting started, all we know is we like it! to accompany this 686 release New Balance have also made the MT580 in the exact same colours as the snowboard boot…

Nike 6.0 team rider Coco Ho has just been crowned ASP rookie of the year, well done Coco! check out the below video for more on Coco Ho and Nike 6.0.

Matix clothing launch headphones range

New for holiday 09 Matix clothing announce the launch of there new headphone range. These look super nice and even though the action sports x headphone market has started to get a bit cluttered with a number of brands jumping on the headphone band wagon, we think these look really nice and have a good point of difference.

Matix clothing has been manufacturing quality skate / snowboard clothing for over a decade and with this new category for them it seems they are serious about giving the likes of WESC and Skullcandy a run for their money!

The first run of Matix headphones see’s just one style the Domepiece coming in three colours, black gold, camo and white red print. More to come in 2010…

Tech specs:

Driver: 40mm

Frequency:20-20000khz

Impedence: 33ohm

Sensitivity: 120DB

Plug:3.5mm gold plated

more….

Skullcandy agent Roskopp headphones designed by Jim Philips

New from master headphone brand Skullcandy this season are the Jim Philips Skullcandy agent headphones which feature Jim Philips’ iconic Santa Cruz Roskopp art work.

Whilst these headphones are new on the market they have a refreshing feel of nostalogia about them. With the first Skullcandy x Santa Cruz collaboration featuring the ever popular “screeming hand” Santa Cruz graphic, this second offering seems to round things off nicely.

Buy: Skullcandy agent roscopp

Fat face half price pre-Christmas sale!

In recent years it seems going on sale pre Christmas is the norm. What ever the motivations this is great on a consumer level and we have just heard that outdoor apparel brand Fat Face are offering up to a massive 50% off selected items…

Fat Face continue with their ‘Up To Half Price Monster Deals‘ on Selected Items! i guess now’s the time to get off your back sides and grab your self a bargain before the push chair wielding mums beat you to it!

Info: Go to Fat face sale

Eric Koston is on Nike SB!

So, after being in limbo for nearly two months since leaving his most recent footwear sponsor Lakai, Eric Koston has finally been announced as the latest addition to the Nike SB team. After much speculation i guess really this is, deep down, what we all expected. Hopefully we’ll see an Eric Koston Nike SB pro shoe soon.

Nixon Rubber Player June Release

Out today the 3rd intallment of Nixon watches 4X4 rubber player. To recap, every month from april to July Nixon release a new colour of the Rubber player watch. the colours are kept stictly secret so we don’t know what’s coming until it hits the shops, pretty cool eh?! We had blue for April, red for May and this Months colour in the Nixon Rubber Player is green. This only leaves one more colour released on July 1st. I’m claiming yellow but your guess is as good as mine!

You can get these uniquw player colours either at nixon’s website or from participating stockists.

Well, we’ve seen the it pioneered by the Nike ID studio for the past few years with great success and now Nike turn their technology to Converse. The Converse One program some how seems better than the Nike ID program.

If you haven’t come across the Nike ID website, essentially you can colour up a shoe of your choice exactly how you like and add your own ID tag for ultimate personalization. This is a great idea from start to finish and we’re stoked that they have rolled it out for Converse. Whether it’s the combinations of colours or the styles offer we’re not sure, we just like it and think it suits Converse as a brand! Check it at for your self at the Converse website

Vans Era LX

The Vans Era shoe was the first shoe in the Vans range to feature the off the wall logo way back in the days of pool skating and fish tail boards. The Vans Era is an update of the “Authentic” featuring a padded collar, outside heel and the Vans classic waffle sole.

The Vans Era was made legendary in the world of skate shoes by Tony Alva and the Dogtown crew, subsiquently becoming skateboarding’s first shoe back in 1976. Over 30 years on and the Era is still an iconic shoe and this LX version of the shoe adds some new depth. Cool multi coloured red, yellow and blue colour blocking mixed with different material applications really set this Vans shoe appart from all its Era brothers.

Available now for around £37.99 – Vans Era LX

DVS Daewon CT Almost

DVS and Almost skateboards have collaborated this spring summer to give us the Daewon CT Almost shoe. This is Daewon Song’s 10th pro shoe on DVS shoes and as always it’s looking nice. Features include vulcanized out sole with black suede upper and some really nice colourful pinstripe detail on the collar. This DVS shoe takes the basic black suede look but adds some really vibrant orange pop colour which works really well.

Available now for around £55.00 this shoe should sell out fast! DVS Daewon CT Almost