Legend of the lens, Oliver Barton giving you tips on how to shoot skateboarding

When the guys at DLX suggested running a Spitfire collaboration wheel with them we jumped at the chance. Spitfire's strong team and skate history make them one of the most iconic brands in skateboarding today. We've made a 52mm in the classic shape which is the most popular size and profile here in London. We've just released a short clip of Spitfire rider Nick Jensen on our City Of Rats blog. Watch out in the coming week for footage of Slam rider Casper Brooker taking these things out for a test drive.

Our second collaboration with Deluxe is a REAL deck featuring the iconic original oval logo which goes back to the very first Real Tommy Guerrero ‘TG’. We’re really proud to be bringing you this deck in two sizes: 8” and 8.25” in premium Deluxe wood which we all know is one of the best around. The shape is the most popular in each of those sizes and the graphic features a subtle tonal Slam 25th Anniversary background print. View HERE.

Kingpin's Readers Choice European Skater of the Year is Eniz Fazliov, check out his edit by Henry Edwards-Wood.

Our best selling Palace T-Shirt, the Tri-Brit is now available in Black. Stock is limited as always with Palace clothing. View our full Palace range HERE

Our January Sale is now on, we are still busy adding stock, but our Sale section is now live. Keep checking back for hundreds of shoes from Nike SB, Etnies, DC, Supra, Vans, DVS, Lakai and more, all up to 50% off!

Thanks to everyone that came down to our Slam Christmas Party last night, Henry Edwards-Wood for getting the new trailer done with zero time, City of Rats is coming!, Henry Kingsford for putting out another sick issue of Grey, all the DJ's, Jake, Hops, Luigi, Stu, Lev and Sam Ashley. Check out more photos from the night on our facebook page HERE.

New decks from Girl and Chocolate, left to right we have the Chocolate LA Alvarez and Knife Series Evan Hecox Anderson and we have the Girl BA Stencil Series, Mariano, Koston and Carroll. 

Issue 07 of Grey Skateboard Magazine will go out with all online orders and be in store later today. The issue features interviews with Tom Knox, Anthony Van Engelen and Jensen and Brady. There is also a Polar Skate Co. article AND Paddy Jones has not one, but two double page photos - 'Not-a-problem'

The annual Slam City Christmas Party at The Macbeth is Wednesday 14th December from 8 till Late. The night will see the launch of Grey Issue 7, we'll be showing A Year of Grey Magazine Slideshow and a short promo clip for the City of Rats, the first ever Slam City film by Henry Edwards-Wood, due for release very soon... DJ's on the night, Inspectah Neck, Jake's Alley, Smasher, Lev, Jackson and Hops? Playing the best in Outlaw Country/ Dad Rock/ Wu Anthems/ Whale noises/ E.T soundtrack/ Party bangers. FREE ENTRY. Facebook event HERE. See you all there!

Palace clothing drop, we have the Tri-Yard, Tri-Ganja, Domino in white and black, a restock of the Tri-Brit, Fugly Ferg, Rockin' House, Giants in white and black, Jungle Dream hood and Tri-Ferg Zip Hood and regular Hood. Check out our full range from Palace HERE and watch the Palace Battle of Normandy Edit below

More Holiday 2011 Supra just arrived. We have over 20 new colourways in the Thunder, Thunder Low, Amigo, Avenger, Cuban, Vaider, Vaider Low, Skytop, Skytop II, Skytop III, Stacks, Douglas Boot and Skyboot. View the full range HERE.

New Altamont clothing has just arrived. We have Hoods, Cardigans, Shirts, T-Shirts and Beanies. View the full range HERE.

Holiday 2011 Penfield has just arrived and is available instore and online now. We have new Jackets, Hoods, Sweaters, Shirts, T-Shirts and Beanies. View the full range HERE

We've just had new decks from Blueprint, left to right Spray Heart Muddy Orange 8.125 and Sea Foam 7.875, Land, Air & Sea series by Dan Clarke, Team 8.125, Smith 8 and Shier 8.25 and a Serpentine Jensen 8.25. We've also had restock of the Illumination Re-up Brady 7.87 and Underground Re-up Jensen 8.12 and Make Friends With Colour Blue DVD. View all our Blueprint product HERE.

Sneak peek of Andrew 'Luigi' Khosravani' forthcoming Slam City T-Shirt. It will be available straight after the opening night of an exhibition of his and various other young illustrators work at our Carnaby St. store, Wednesday 16th November. Full event details HERE.

New decks from Landscape and Heroin. Left to right we have the Team Purple 8.25, Hot Sauce Joey 7.8, Logo Snowy 7.75, Logo Joey 7.8, Kinloch Arms Snowy 8, Stella Joey 8, Spiral White Team 8 and Toxic Mutation Fos 8.4. 

New Jacob Harris Berlin Edit for Grey featuring Boots, Gustav Eden, Will Harmon, Tom Knox, Horsey, Kieran Heinemann and Dan Clarke

Henry Edwards-Wood just put out a little Rats on Road offcuts edit featuring Jin Shimizu, Neil Smith, Rob Mathieson, Lucien Clarke, Nick Jensen, Steph Morgan, Will Harmon and more. The Slam City Video - City of Rats is coming soon, keep checking our news page for updates.

We ran a competition in last months newsletter for a pair of Emerica Hsu 2 Fusion shoes and a Enjoi Sponsored Jerry Hsu deck, the winner has just been plucked at random from the inbox and... ... congratulations to Jim Firth from Doncaster! the prize will be on it's way to you very shortly. Thanks to everyone that entered, make sure you keep up-to-date with all our product news and competitions by signing up to our newsletter HERE.

Arran Gregory has just launched his new website arrangregory.com. Arran was behind the illustrations for our Bear Safe, Shark and Big Ben T-Shirts and the box for our Emerica Laced shoe. Check out his full body of work HERE

New colourways in our Classic Logo Team Decks, Yellow/Dark/Yellow 7.75, Royal/Navy 8 and Black/White 8.25. View all our Slam City products and buy HERE.

We've just had our Holiday delivery from Supra, over 30 new styles available now on our online store and instore at ONE in the basement of Slam City, Covent Garden. View our full Supra range HERE

Paddy Jones, Nick Jensen, John Fisher, Jerome Campbell and Rob Mathieson skating round Stoke Newington last weekend.

Thanks to everyone who entered our Slam City newsletter competition for a Palace - Mashman - Cannon deck and a Palace sticker pack. The lucky winner plucked from our inbox at random is... Stephen Reid! congratulations, the prize will be with you very shortly. Our next newsletter competition is for a pair of Emerica Hsu 2 Fusion's AND a Jerry Hsu Enjoi deck. Sign-up HERE to be in it to win it.

A few of our Holiday 2011 season DC's have just arrived. From left to right we have the Woodland SE, Alias Lite, Match WC S, Spartan Lite SE and Cole S. View our full DC range HERE.

Amazing new full part from Tom Knox for Emerica Europe. Filmed by Jake Harris, edited by Dan Magee.

New decks from Real, Baker and Anti Hero, we have the OG Shape 20 Years Tommy Guerrero from Real, Brand Logo restocks and the new Wood version from Baker and 3 Classic Eagle decks from Anti Hero, view our full range HERE

Fall 2011 KR3W Clothing, Zip Hoods, Crews, Hooded Flannel Shirts, Various T-Shirts and plenty of Beanie's. Much more still to be added that is currently available in the ONE Store Covent Garden. View our full range from KR3W including shoes HERE.

More new shoes from Supra, top to bottom we have 3 colourways in the Douglas Boot and 5 colourways in the Skyboot as well as new colours in the Vaider, Society Mid, Society and Avenger. View our massive range HERE.

Lakai Unite T-Shirt back in White and Silver alongside Helluva Drug in White. We also have various Fourstar and Chocolate Starter Snapback caps in, view everything HERE.

Levi's Streetwear Jeans, Shirts and T-Shirts. We have the 444 Slim X-Fit Selvedge - Indigo Overdrive, 333 Slim Tapered - Compressor, 222 Slim - Bruise and 111 Skinny - Pitch Jeans. We also have a Plaid and Cord Shirt and Pocket T-Shirt. View the full range HERE

Brand new colourways have just come through the door in the TNT 5 and Chukka Low, we have the Black/Navy/White TNT 5 and Charcoal/Black/Royal and Navy/Chambray/Mid Grey Chukka Low.

Jacob 'Jake's Alley' Sawyer, Hardflip Revert! Photo by Bartok. Check out more classic Southbank photos of Mark Channer, Mike Manzoori, Carl Shipman and more over on the Sidewalk site.

Issue 06 of Grey Skateboard Magazine is out now, it's a special Berlin issue featuring a Sylvain Tognelli Interview, Tom Knox Up, Simon Evans Luminary and a special extended Berlin Portfolio. Sylvain Tognelli is on the cover, with a frontside feeble grind.

Rob Mathieson filmed and edited the clip below on a Grey trip to Berlin, featuring himself, Sylvain Tognelli, Nick Jensen and Chris Jones. Enjoy.

Fall 2011 Etnies Online and Instore now. We have the Malto LS, Malto 2, Bledsoe Mid, RSS, Lurker LX, Jameson 2.5 and Jameson 2 ECO-NC.

Legitimately gnarly trick from Tom Knox for Emerica. The spot has no run up, rail curves away and the stairs are longer than they look, go check it out next time your round St. Paul's. Photo by Henry Kingsford.

Everyone of the Manolo's Tapes has been amazing, but the new Chico Brenes edit maybe his best yet, somehow he blends 20 years of footage together and makes it looks right, genius.

Big drop of clothing and caps from HUF. We have Half Moon, Small H Cinch and 10k Volley Caps, DBC Leaves Snapbacks, a Brewster H Ear Flap Cap. The Tobin Yelland series T-Shirts, Quilted Peyton Jackets and more, click here to view the full range.

Fall 2011 Emerica shoes; Wino Mid - Black/Gum, Wino in Black/White/Silver and Assorted. Romero 2 in Oxblood and Black. Reynolds Cruisers in Brown/Black and Black/White/Silver and Jinx in Black/Gum.

Latest episode of "Wooden Nickels' from Mark Nickels featuring Sylvain killing it alongside Brady and Jensen.

SUPRA Footwear Presents The Commemorative Pack

The pack consists of the Supra Skytop II and the Supra Society, our two tallest silhouettes. The uppers on both shoes are enveloped in varying shades of solemn, grey Nubuck, trimmed with black kidskin leather accents. Each style features a never-before-seen, single wrap, white honeycomb foxing, and a grey sole. Custom sock liners read, “Never Forget,” and each comes with an NYFD inspired hang tag. Only 413 pairs of each shoe were produced, and they are sequentially numbered on the interior of each shoe. Proceeds from the Commemorative Pack will be donated to charity. The Commemorative Pack is available on Saturday, September 10 at ONE, Slam City, Covent Garden.

All the latest shoes from KR3W available instore and online; Washington, the brand new slip on in 3 colourways, McKinley in 3 colourways, Hamilton in 4 colourways, Grant Low in 3 colourways and 2 new colourways in the Jackson. View our full range here..

Brand new shoes from Vans; Sk8 Mid Vert Pro, Era Pro in Spitfire and Max Schaaf colourways, Chukka Low, AV Sk8 Low back in two colourways, TNT 5, Rowley SPV and a restock of the Chukka Low Forever/Black/Red. View our fall range here.....

Fall 2011 Converse shoes, Jack Purcell, Trapasso Mid Pro, CTS in two colourways, Pappalardo, CVO SE and Trapasso Pro, view the full Converse range here.

The latest Fall 2011 Palace Hardware just arrived both instore and online. In total we have all 11 new Palace team and pro boards in sizes ranging from 7.5 up to 8.4. To view all the latest hardware click here 

Mark “Fos” Foster will be exhibiting a collection of his artwork this coming Thursday, September 1st, at the ever popular Wayward Gallery – get yourself along from 6:30pm for free booze, sociable humans and a selection of artwork that’s guaranteed to please your eyes and brains.

See the flyer above for further details…

Caught up with Pin for a few days at Truro Plaza, two wet mornings/give up, one dry morning and this. Last trick quote 'It's taken me 15 years to learn that, I had a dance with the dog when I got home to celebrate' - Pin.

Vans Downtown Showdown 2011 is tomorrow at The Old Spitalfields Market, Liverpool St. Make sure you come check out the Slam market stall where we'll be handing out free sticker packs and selling our own range of merchandise. We'll also be having a raffle to win Palace decks so be sure to come sign up for that. The Palace team will be skating in the event and will be doing a signing in the afternoon. Our very own Chris Pulman is assisting with the live webcast commentary that you'll be able to view here

You should definitely try to come along to the after party at Village Underground where another of our very own Mark Jackson will be playing music alongside some bands then later on Lev and co will be representing for PWBC.

Look forward to seeing you guys. There's going to be a ton of good shredding going down from all teams present. For more info, check the Vans event blog here.

Henry Kingsford's Grey Magazine Issue 05 is available online here. The issue features a Boots Interview, Steph Morgan Up, Mark Gonzales and Kevin Lowry L'Étranger articles and a Dispatches with Ali Drummond, in which he discusses skateboarding in Burma. John Tanner is on the cover, shot by Kenny Reed.

Highlights from our annual Game of S.K.A.T.E. in a nightclub with Jon Tolley of Banquet Records. Thanks to everyone that came down, Etnies for their support and all the skaters, Nick Jensen, John Tanner, Tom Knox and everyone else that entered.

Filmed and edited by John Balchin

Girl Navajo series, Tour De McCrank and Captain America Biebel decks + Chocolate Daniel's Castillo Castillo, Track Race Gino and Zombie series decks.

éS presents: Mark Ward: As Seen On TV
The ‘Mark Ward: As Seen On TV’ exhibition kicks off at the Kemistry Gallery inShoreditch on the 11th August and runs until the 18th. The Private View is onThursday the 11th from 6-9pm. It’s open to all so please join us for a drink andview Mark’s amazing new artwork.

The éS Mark Ward collection consists of 4 t-shirts, a jacket, a cap and the La Breashoes. 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=253052954706526

About Mark Ward and ‘As Seen ON TV’
Growing up in the 1980s England on a steady diet of imported US TV shows, Saturdaymorning cartoons and drawing varsity logos from Channel 4’s NFL coverage, Markdeveloped an early fascination with the vivid, glazed Americana all these thingsinvoked. As a teen his obsession only grew, through watching sun scorched concreteskate videos and reading the brightly coloured pages of Thrasher. Yearning to betotally immersed in this Californication, instead he was surrounded by the suburbsof London, grey skies, puddles and uneven paving slabs. As it dawned on Mark thatthis ideal world didn’t physically exist, the fascination with it, seen from hisforeign perspective, did not leave his conscious.

As Seen On TV draws on all of those influences from Mark’s youth, but turns them ontheir head by superimposing glossy icons onto images of banal, everyday Britishscenes, acknowledging the superficiality of that Californication but celebrating thenostalgia and also clinging to a little bit of hope that it might still be possibleto find it, somewhere out there.
Mark’s work not only uncovers the simple reality of everyday life, but creates avisual language that incorporates every candy wrapper, cartoon character andsun-bleached scene he believed in as a kid and packages them up in bright, shinyimages.
The motif throughout is the idea of mesmerizing TV rays that transform unremarkableday-to-day situations into something desirable and glamorous, but at the same timethe mix of Americana alongside British suburbia grounds the fantastical icons andshows them in a warts-and-all reality.

Our June Nike SB drop has just arrived instore and online and includes a number of new Nike SB Janoski colourways together with a  premuim Blazer SB and Orion Dunk mid. View our complete Nike SB footwear line here

Latest drop of Supra footwear has just arrived in store and online, the latest drop includes Vaider, Skylow, Skytop III, Bullet (Lizard King), Stacks (Terry Kennedy's) and a hole host of Society Mids, Bandits and Vaider lows. To view all of the latest Supra line click here

This season, we celebrate 25 YEARS of Slam City Skates. With a new line of apparel, featuring collaborations from Fergus and James Jarvis, two long time friends of ours. We also have a Slam City Skates x Silas apparel line including a new quilted liner jacket, perfect for those late summer evenings.

“25 years deep and we're still here in the same spot serving the scene which is now healthier than ever. Great things are in the pipeline to help celebrate this milestone, starting with this look book. Stick with us, keep shredding and here's to another 25 years, cheers!”

To view our new Slam City apparel check out this season's Slam Lookbook and Promo video here.

Slam City Skates Summer 2011 product featuring collaborations with Fergus, James Jarvis and Silas. The Summer 2011 product also includes some of our classic t-shirts and designs celebrating of our 25th year in the game. All our own Slam City product can be found here and our latest Summer 2011 Lookbook can be viewed here.

Our Slam Promo is being released on Monday 8th August... Celebrating it's 25 year anniversary, Slam City Skates are proud to present "City of Rats", a Film by Henry Edwards-Wood featuring the Slam City Family alongside...

The Slam City Skates Team is.......

Nick Jensen – Neil Smith – Andrew Brophy – Olly Todd – Lucien Clarke – Joleon Pressey – Daniel ‘Snowy’ Kinloch – Danny Brady – Vaughan Baker.

Filmed predominantly on the streets of London Town.

PREMIERES DECEMBER 2011

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Henry Edwards-Wood promo video from the Stella Hardware launch party last night, featuring, Joey Pressey, Snowy, Louie Jones, Casper Brooker, Karim Bakhtaoui, Olly Todd, Neil Smith, Danny Brady, Bill Baxter, Lucien Clarke, Jin Shimizu, Chris Oliver Chewy Cannon, Nick Jensen, Nick Stansfield, Joe Gavin, Ben Jobe

Classic Skate DVD Restocks from World Industries – The Man Who Souled The World, Tilt Mode – Bonus Round and Almost – Cheese and Crackers and you can view all our skate DVD's here

New Neil Smith part to back up his Pro board on Blueprint, noice!