First week at NikeTown

Well, the first week of my three week stint managing the Slam City - Nike Town store is nearly over and I couldn't have imagined how hectic it was going to be... we are in the center of the busiest shopping district in all of Europe, Oxford Circus, the Largest Nike store in the world with a wall of shoes touted as the largest selection of Nike SBs in the whole of Europe as well as a work schedule so hectic that it leaves me with little more time than to take a quick nap and do it all over again (let alone write blog posts)... but I've been enjoying most every minute of it- well perhaps thats an exaggeration, but I have a great crew that keeps me entertained throughout the grueling 11 hour work days.
Here are some photos of the shop courtesy of Sam Ashley and Crooked Tongues.
Check out our story on the front page of crookedtongues.com ... Ballin!
PS. I must point out in the crew picture it is missing the homie Jordan who was out running errands when the photo was taken... Sorry mate

Matix Fall '07

...a look at a couple designs I did for the Matix Fall Line. Oddly enough, they're available from Eastbay... I remember getting Eastbay catalogs all the time thoughout my middle school and high school years... I was always hyped when I checked the mailbox and found the new issue, every new Nike; a pleathora of Jordans, Jason Kidds, Mitch RIchmonds, Scotty Pippens, and even Shaq Reeboks... I even remember buying a pair of Dennis Rodmans from it, the ones with the laces on the side... So much can be said for the "Sneaker Game" these days, but those days fuckin killed it, as ugly as they all were...
anyhow... back to my point - when the fuck did Eastbay start selling Matix?

Nike SB & Slam City Skates London (my new job)

So, I'm here in London Town... I will be starting my new job tomorrow. For the next three weeks I will be overseeing the Slam City Skateshop in NikeTown Oxford Street, in promotion of the Nike SB video "Nothing But The Truth" that will dropping on October 16th... It will be pretty hectic, but I'm looking forward to it (with the exception of not being able to take adequate smoke brakes)... I'm excited, although the hours will be long and grueling it's gonna be fun... Cheers to Gareth, Magee, and Henry from Slam as well as Seb from Nike SB... and to my emplyees- They don't call me Stalin for no reason... I'll be ruling with an Iron Fist... we gonna get this shit poppin, WHODI!

Street Machine: Anno Domini Series

This is a series of skateboards I did for Street Machine Skateshop (San Diego Paris Copenhagen), my alma matter... This series was released a month or so ago, I was happy how it turned out and decided I wanted to share it with you. I have been really hyped on the ancient Roman and Greek aesthetic recently... if you can't tell.

Blueprint Nick Jensen Deck

This was a deck I designed a couple years ago for my good friend Nick Jensen and Blueprint Skateboards here in London. This was his first pro board and it meant a lot for me to have done this. Now, evidently the deck is "Back by Popular Demand", whatever that means, but none the less I pretty hyped to see it shredding the streets of the UK once again.
Nick is born and raised in London, Holland Park to be exact, his house was even used in the 50 Cent/ Justin Timberlake video for "Ayo Technology"... fuckin brilliant. Check him out in the new Lakai Video "Fully Flared", which might be the best skate video ever made... good on ya mate! Holla!

Mikey LeBlanc x Matix x Me

Just galavanting here on the ol' internet and came across a photo of Snowboard legend, Mikey LeBlanc modeling a t-shirt I designed for Matix Clothings Fall line... Holla!

The Smiths: The Early Years

So, Ive been in London for just over a week now in my 3 month journey to my home away from home... and it has been a hectic one to say the least, but not the most condusive to blog posts... none the less, its been a great week. I've been coming to London for stretches of time every year for the last 7 years... I love this city and it never lets me down. One of the highlights, thus far, was visiting a Smiths Photo Exhibition with my fellow 'Moz-Head' Nick Jensen (peep his Lakai Select shoe, which is an ode to Morrissey). Here are a few photos from the exhibit.... Other than that, this week has been full of drinking, smoking, starving, and over priced travel cards...