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London skateboard powerhouse Palace Skateboards have come through with a strong collection of graphic T-shirts and hoodies as well as their usual high grade outerwear and a host of accessories that round off a solid start to Spring/Summer '16 for the ever-growing skateboard company.

It's rare that a company will keep evolving when achieving success season after season, however London's finest continue to prove that they're not messing about with 3 unique graphics featuring across the board on soft goods.

Cigarettes and Sports see referencing with the Tri-Smoke graphic putting a spin on the infamous triangle that has been synonymous with Palace from the outset, whilst the Roadrunner graphic features a playful take on vintage american sportswear logo's.

All bases are ticked with the ever progressive outerwear from the sportswear fanatic skate gang in the form of two jackets, the Park jacket which is executed to perfection is a lightweight shell jacket with low-key branding of just palace script on the left pocket in a contrast white print.

Next is the Reversible Thinsulate jacket which is.. you guessed it reversible. Featuring Thinsulate insulation to keep you warm on those winter skates and comes in a powerful Navy / Yellow combo.

A whole load of extremely good accessories including wool caps with oversized embroidery and beanies to match, the 7-panel cap that's become a Palace Skateboards staple and some choice colourways in the wardrobe essential 'P' sock.

The Palace Skateboards Spring/Summer collection will launch online tonight at midnight and in-store from 9am tomorrow.

The Nike Air Max BW saw huge success upon its inception and the synonymous OG colourway has adonred many other silhouettes since in various forms, however we are extremely pleased to see Nike bring back the Air Max BW in its former glory this year and tomorrow we get a premium update on the icnoic shoe 25 years after its initial release.

Originally released in 1991 as part of the 'International Series' which makes an appearance in the form of a printed insole graphic, the Nike Air Max BW became a huge success even rivalling the ever popular Air Max 90 silhouette and sported the name sake 'BW' or 'Big Window' referring to the large bubble in the heel.

The Premium Nike touch is well considered by staying true to the original colour-scheme of a black upper with violet details and a contrast white stripe running across the entire circumference of the shoe.

The upper now sees a premium textured synthetic snake skin that almost glistens in the right lighting, and of course the updates don't stop there with premium violet suede covering the heel and tongue.

The Nike Air Max BW 'Persian Violet' Premium releases in-store from 9am and online from 8am on Tuesday 8th March.

The Nike Air Presto GPX 'Desert Digi-camo' releases tomorrow 4th March at 8am.

After seeing the re-release of OG throwback colourways the Air Presto silhouette gets a 2016 update with the tonal desert-esque 'Digi-Camo' edition.

Pixelated camo patterns adorn the super comfy mesh upper in an array of well-considered muted sandy tones that are mirrored in the moulded overlays, laves and midsole-resulting in yet another favourite Presto to add to our collection.

The "T-shirt for your feet" features a flexible and Dynamic stretch mesh upper, additional side cage lacing and the unmistakeable toe bumper that's synonymous with the mega popular silhouette.

The Nike Air Presto GPX 'Desert Digi-camo' will be available online tomorrow from 8am and in-store from 9am.

The Nike SB Bruin Premium SE 'London' Quickstrike shoe is avaialble today 2nd march 2016.

We get the month off to a good start with a welcome return from one of our favourite silhouettes-the Nike SB Bruin.

The skate friendly shoe see's a very patriotic update in a tribute to our Capital city of London, anyone who has ever been to the city has stared at the geometric shapes and patterns of the tube seats which feature in a nostalgia-enducing insole print.

Another nod to the tube system is seen in a metallic top eyelet to represent the tracks the trains run upon.

Aside from these transport honouring details, the rest of the shoe gets the red white and blue treatment with a white premium soft pebbled leather upper and a red and blue patent double layer swoosh. Red heel embroidery and a blue woven tongue label finish off the Union Jack coloured silhouette.

The Nike SB Bruin Premium SE 'London' QS is available now in-store and online.

Yosuke Aizawa’s White Mountaineering comes together once again with adidas Originals for another concisely executed collaboration.

The soft goods collection is comprised of jackets, track pants and T-shirts with complex panelled cuts in a varied muted pallet. The combination of these elements results in an array of tonal contemporary garments that we can't stop looking at.

Alongside the clothing White Mountaineering put their technical spin on the archival adidas Supergrip sneaker which sees some very welcome updates and sits perfectly next to the innovative garments rounding of the genre-merging collection.

The adidas Originals x White Mountaineering collection releases online on 27/2/16 at 00:00:00 and in-store from 9am.

The Nike Mayfly makes a welcome return today after initially being released in 2003.

Although the ultra-light silhouette may seem fairly simple on first glance, the Mayfly is one of Nike's most well considered conceptual running shoes to date.

The most obvious nod to its name-sake insect comes with the detailed print upper that resembles the wings of a Mayfly, however the really impressive details lie in the Tyvek ripstop that the pattern lies upon.

Building upon the life cycle of the Mayfly which lives, breeds and dies all in one day, the shoe was engineered to last for 100KM of running before it would start to fall apart.

Nike's innovative approach to design saw the Tyvek Ripstop material adorn the upper which is hard wearing yet paper thin allowing the shoe to deliver high performance up-to the 100km distance they were designed for, to quote Nike the Mayfly is "the ultimate lightweight racing shoe that will cushion you and support you 1 meter past the finish line"

The re-issue comes in a much more durable upper this time round but keeps the little details that really cover every base for a comfy summertime shoe, the one-piece phylon outsole features 11 cut outs which correspond with ventilation holes aligned in the insole for exceptional ventilation on those hot days.

A layer of tyvek is strategically placed above the outsole cut-outs to prevent any liquid from entering the shoe and due to the nature of the fabric any water vapour inside the shoe can escape, another genius touch that honours Bill Bowerman's performance orientated ethos he maintained from the early Nike days.

The silhouette is nicely finished off with a strip of nubuck covering the well-ventilated tongue and re-inforced toe box.

The Nike Mayfly is available in University Red/White and Racer Blue/White in-store and online now.

Skateboarding mainstays Nike SB have teamed up with the legendary Skate Park of Tampa to bring you the 'Gasparilla' Dunk High Premium- consisting of the classic Nike silhouette adorned in a whole host of Pirate honouring details.

This well considered collaboration see's homages to the annual Tampa Gasparilla Pirate Festival, an event that celebrates infamous Spanish pirate José Gaspar who was based there in the early 1900's.

The 'Gasparilla' Dunk High Premium features more obvious pirate-esque details such a tonally embroidered cross-swords on the toe box and the legendary skull and cross bones emblem woven onto the tongue label.

The real stand-out feature however lies in the collar of the shoe on which an array of multi-coloured threads are layered in a playful tribute to the classic companion of any famous pirate- the parrot. The threads are designed to fray with wear eventually resulting in a completely unique shoe that will be like no other.

The interior is where ye hidden treasure lies with a Nike SB branded loot print covering the insole and a luxurious velour-esque material covering the inside of the shoe- reminiscent of the lining on treasure chests that you might remember from any classic pirate movie.

Aside from the Pirate themed details the rest of the shoe sees a more muted colour palette with a black nubuck leather upper, black midsole with tonal stitching and a 3M reflective swoosh that appears mid-grey in regular light.

The only other blast of colour comes from the 'Chilling Red' oustole which sits nicely against the multi coloured "parrot" collar.

Nike SB Dunk High Premium 'Gasparilla' QS is available online and in our Bournemouth store now.

Consortium are proud to present 'In Motion', our new series of visuals that showcase some of the finest pieces from our brand roster for Spring/Summer '16.

We kick off the series with a largely monochrome collection from one of Copenhagen's finest menswear exports Wood Wood - the usual array of cleanly executed t-shirts and well cut shirts feature amongst the inspired 'Kael' jacket and a whole host of small details that polish off the well considered collection.

Browse the Wood Wood Spring/Summer '16 collection in-store and online now.

Consortium are proud to announce that we are now stocking London based skateboard company Yardsale.

Curtis Pearl and Jake Church By Robert Gifford for Yardsale

The brand has come a long way so far initially producing T-shirts and fuzzy lofi skateboard videos, however has now grown into a full fledged skateboard company with a host of interesting graphics that ooze a desirable and sexy 80's nostalgia.

They have a whole load of young talent that back the independent brand such as - Curtis Pearl, Paddy Jones, Jake Church, Darius Trabalza, Kyle wilson, Jason landau, Jhian namei, Devyn neal and David bowens.

Daniel Kreitem is the man behind the company and has already stacked a solid amount of hi-8 skateboarding goodness to occupy all your rainy days inside aswell as designing the artwork for the brand too.

YARDSALE 'SOFTCORE' from YARDSALE on Vimeo.

BAEWATCH from YARDSALE on Vimeo.

'FANTASY ISLAND' from on Vimeo.

Yardsale 'LDN-LAX' from on Vimeo.

Yardsale soft goods and boards are available in-store and online now.

The Nike Air Presto 'Shady Milkman' is available in-store and online now.

Continuing from the all round favourite 'Triple Black' Presto colourway, Nike return with arguably one of the best silhouettes the brand has brought back from its extensive archives - this time in the OG Presto 'Shady Milkman' colourway.

The "T-shirt for your feet" comes correct with a flexible and Dynamic stretch mesh upper, additional side cage lacing and the unmistakeable toe bumper.

The Nike Air Presto 'Shady Milkman' is available in-store and online now.