Stefan Black/White Re-Up to say the least!

So we finally recieved a pretty massive Stefan Janoski black/white re-up!  This is the shoe that I have been asked about at least 3-4 times a week with a customer ready to buy in the store.  This is probably the safest bet of 2010, as far as being a buyer for a store is concerned!  Come by and pick up your new favorite pari of shoes when you get a chance, Stefan is a super good guy and so is his shoe!

Warhol X Alien 20 Year Anniversary Decks

When I saw this series in the new DNA catalogs I was really impressed.  In a day and age when logo treatments are the norm and anyone stepping out of the box is running a risk, Alien Workshop is there to remind all of us exactly who and what they are.  We had to prebook a couple sets to make sure that we were able to get a hold of all of them.  One for the house, another for the wall at the shop and one for the rack for people who want to use them for what they were intended.  Hopefully the kids will see the effort put into this amazing series and we will be able to bring them in a couple times with great sell through.  The initial roll out are the Warhol graphics, the team head shots beside them we hope drop later this year as well as they also look really good.  I guess when I made a home made tatoo gun and inked the Alien on my thigh by myself at 15, I was really onto something.  

Something Old Something New

Something old is something new, the irony of 21 years of skateboarding and what this sport stepchild has become.  Who would have thought that 21 years ago, you had to have a vert ramp in your area to be able to..."skateboard."  Today, it has boiled down to simply a smooth patch of concrete with nothing on it at all to have a good time with your friends.  The comforting part of it all is that the escence of the session remains.  Just like vert, people know your name for the things you can and can not do.  People have all kinds of style and ability when it comes down to banging out the same tricks.  So many parallels between what was then and what skateboarding is now but it amazes me that skateboarding as a whole is so far removed from those late 80's.  Sure the legends are still around and some of them are killing it and desreve a lot of respect, but everyone knows skateboarding will never be the same.  So, as a tribute to the changes that have taken place over the last couple decades, we give you Shut Up and Game of Skate.  The image above is the fim positives that will be used to create the tee's that will be given out to all participants at the event on 01.31.10.

Guru Khalsa gets PRO'ed!

So yeah, Guru Khalsa and Daryl Angel are turning PRO for Habitat and we couldn't be happier for them.  Guru literally cut his teeth skateboarding here at the park for years as a young kid.  He killed it back then too, but so many people kill it and get nowhere.  Guru actually beat the odds and is going on to have a PRO career, after already having one of the sickest AM careers.  Super happy for Guru and Daryl, they are both great guys and we wish them all the best.  I guess it didn't take long for 2010 to start getting really good!

Adidas getting it together BIG TIME!

I don't usually product update on here but I thought Adidas deserved a mention as their 2010 Q1-Q4 is really strong.  It really put a buyer's mind at ease and I thought I should take a second to thank them for that.  There are a lot of product's not featured that showed up mid December and sold through quickly.  So we brought those all back for another round, while we drool over Q2's release coming in mid March.  The shoe pictured is their new Adidas SKATE and it is cut really low and priced at $59.99.  Congrats on rolling out a banger guys, thats not that easy to do anymore.