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Consortium was established in 1993 as a skater operated independent store. Skateboarding is our roots and a consistent influence in our 27 year journey. We have compiled a collection of the best Summer 2020 skate clothes, footwear, decks, wheels, trucks, and complete skateboards.

 

Skate Clothing

Skate clothing has made its mark since it hit the scene in the early 80s. We stock a collection of leading originators and exciting newcomers who are pushing forward their creativity with designs that represent and express skate culture. Skate clothing’s innovation has continually influenced fashion, music and art both inside and outside of skateboarding. It’s played it’s part in so many scenes from streetwear to punk, hip hop through to snow sports and surf,  with high end fashion wanting to harness it’s energy and credibility. Consortium have continually stocked skate clothing for 27 years seeking out new emerging companies with incredible graphics, quality, and durable construction whilst bringing you the staple brands you know and love.

Skate Shoes

Skate shoes offer increased durability, comfort and boardfeel, influenced by the design features and technology of sneakers and court shoes. From the classic canvas upper and vulcanised sole of 70s skate footwear skate shoes have developed rapidly, utilising the latest in footwear technology improving all elements of the shoe, helping you land tricks in comfort.  Shop our selection of core footwear models and individual rider pro series’ from leading brands in skateboarding footwear.

Completes

Ideal to get you skating straight away, browse our complete skateboards here. Our team has used their combined knowledge and experience to select a number of set ups to suit all budgets. Created with high quality and pro components, we have put together a selection of completes that will make life easier for you.  Fully constructed by our team before shipment, get up and out on the board easily.

 

Cruisers

Cruisers take inspiration from old-school skateboard shapes that offer an alternative from the Popsicle. They maintain a place amongst the team as a favourite to cruise through Bournemouth and down the to beach. We would suggest pairing with a set of softer wheels to skate on all terrains. Our selection from the Zip Zinger series by Krooked offer a variety of widths, lengths and shapes to suit all cruising styles.

Decks 

Stocking pro-standard skateboard decks we have chosen a selection that shows off creative brands and amazing artwork. We offer a range of different sizes, shapes and concaves. If you prefer a wheel well, or want a slick we have established a collection that suits all skate styles. All decks come with free grip tape.

Trucks

We offer trucks at varying price points from leading brands. All of our trucks are chosen for their superior quality and durability, tried and tested by our staff, the professionals and the thousands of skateboarders riding them. As the most durable part of your set up we stock trucks in a range of heights and widths, so that you can find a set of trucks that suit your choice of skateboard width, your wheels and skate style.

 

Wheels

Buy superior quality urethane wheels in different compounds, including anti-flatspot, for a range of surfaces and styles of skateboarding. Choose from harder sets ideal for street skating, wheels especially for parks or soft wheels catered to cruisers. With a number of shapes and designs, shop a selection of wheels on our website.

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The Nike Air Zoom Spiridon Cage 2 is available with us online now.

Our latest Nike release, originally produced in 2003 and designed by legendary footwear designer Steven Smith as a speciality-tech runner using Nike's visible air technology uniquely wrapped in protective caging.

Nike have re-released in it's original form for a fashion-forward market, revisiting two iconic colourways, 'Metallic Silver' and 'Track Red'.

Constructed from an open screen mesh upper making this a breathable, summer-weight shoe with moulded Nike Swoosh branding on either side.

Fitted with a ghillie lacing system for a customised fit and a padded tongue for optimised comfort, detailed with a reflective woven pull tab and reflective Swoosh emblem which is repeated again on the supportive heel panel. The interior is lined with cushioned mesh detailed with 'Zoom Air' branding on the insole.

A full-length 'Phylite' foam midsole is both lightweight and flexible, with additional air holes for underneath ventilation, contrasting high traction rubber on the heel increases durability.

The Spiridon Cage 2 highlights a distinctive caging around the 'Zoom Air' unit protecting the visible air bubble, internal bellows inside level and support the compression.

The impressive technology and modern design of this shoe stands timeless today as an important piece of Nike history, a performance runner turned streetwear icon.

The Nike Air Zoom Spiridon Cage 2 is available with us online now for £119.99.

Nike SB Dunk Low Pro 'Hennessy' - releasing with us online soon...

April 2020 sees another Nike SB Dunk Low Pro join the ever covetable roster of Dunks. Succeeding the extravagant and highly anticipated Dunk releases this year, Nike's latest Dunk is brought to us in more a neutral colour palette, however proving it is anything but.

Drawing inspiration from vintage Hennessy bottles this SB Dunk is composed of a full muslin leather upper with matching muslin suede overlays. A black swoosh wraps around the shoe and sits on either side of the foot, complemented by matching black lacing. A metallic gold heel moustache sits on top of a padded ankle collar that adds a hint of the Hennessy, with classic black Nike branding. The muslin coloured tongue boasts a rugged orange piped edge with a woven Nike SB Dunk Low Pro label.

The rugged orange continues around the heel cushioning and throughout the inside of the shoe alongside a zoom air unit that adds extra comfort and support. As ever, this SB Dunk has an impressive outsole that is flexible, has tonnes of grip and matches the inner sole colour.

Keep an eye on our social media for the launch of this shoe, in the meantime check out our latest footwear releases.

The adidas Originals x Human Made Superstar 80s collection releases with us online next Friday 24th April 2020.

Following on from his previous collaboration with adidas and Pharell Williams, streetwear pioneer Nigo and his brand Human Made are giving us something to look forward to.

Founded in 2010, Nigo created Human Made to push his visionary creativity forward in fashion and footwear. For our latest release the Japanese designer has integrated his own motifs and ideals through the Superstar 80s. Patented through basketball and hip hop history the iconic shell toe is an adidas staple recognised and worn worldwide.

Celebrating the adidas Originals Superstar's 50th year, the Human Made Superstar 80s keeps to the shoe's three classic black and white colourways constructed from soft premium leather with a suede insole. Choose from all white, black with white Three Stripes or white with black Three Stripes, each embellished with the Human Made signature red heart logo on the heel moustache. “Gears for Futuristic Teenagers” printed across the Three Stripes marks the brand's slogan on each shoe, detailed with perforated heart logos in-between. One colourway also boasts gold foil adidas Originals branding on the tongue.

 

With a mix of subtle and loud design, Nigo's three iterations of the iconic adidas shell toe are premium-executed and street-ready, making this an exciting marriage between adidas' heritage and Human Made's innovation.

The adidas Originals x Human Made Superstar 80s collection releases with us online next Friday 24th April 2020 at 12am BST.

The adidas Spezial Fall Winter 17 Drop 2 footwear collection launches with us October 6th...

After the outstanding response for the first part of the adidas Spezial Fall Winter 17 collection we are more than happy to announce the last four silhouettes will be launching next week.

We have been inundated with calls from all of you lovely SPEZIAL fans that are craving even more archival goodness and Drop 2 most definitely doesn't disappoint. One the the things we love so much about Gary Aspden's SPEZIAL imprint is that sparks such enthusiasm and diverse reactions from it's fans - we've had people claim the upcoming Lacombe SPZL "just isn't for me" aswell as one customer declaring his love for the silhouette over the phone to us...

Whats certain though, is that the adidas Spezial Fall Winter 17 Drop 2 continues the true spirit of the adidas fanatic, delivering a slew of serrated 3-stripes simplicity dipped in nostalgic premium executions.

The adidas SPEZIAL Fall Winter 17 Drop 2 footwear launches with usonline October 6th...

The Fucking Awesome Skateboards Winter '17 delivery of apparel and hardware is available in-store and online now.

Jason Dill's Fucking Awesome Skateboards imprint has grown from a side project to one of the most important new brands in skateboarding today. The graphics alone have a distinct and instantly recognisable aesthetic, riddled with abstract references and crude compositions - Dill is no self proclaimed artist though, “I don’t know much about anything, but I just know how to take things apart and put them back together until it fits or looks right".

Starting a skateboard company in an oversaturated market place can be tricky, but if theres anyone with a true original voice today is has to be Dill. Despite the incredible team and constant bombardment of quality product the man himself is still reserved about his position in a recent interview with 032c, “I never wanted my own company. A skateboard company. The government is still taking half of my paycheck because I fucked up my taxes for so long. I can’t even take care of myself, or my own company of myself. I thought having your own company would be nothing but a pain in the ass. And guess what? I was right. It’s constantly a pain in the ass. I’ll be out for dinner with my old lady, and I’ll be trying to concentrate on what she’s saying, but at the back of my mind I’m thinking: ‘Oh my god, how many of that did we make? Is it going to sell?’ All these little fucking catastrophes in your brain, and you hang out with anyone, and they just think you’re a weirdo. I’m not complaining about it. It is what it is".

With the endless list of companies out there it often becomes overwhelming trying to choose which ones you want to support, whatever you choose, Fucking Awesome Skateboards should be up there at the top of the list...

the Fucking Awesome Skateboards Winter '17 delivery is available in-store and online now.

The Alltimers Skateboards Winter '17 collection is available in-store now.

Pryce Holmes first popped onto our radar in Rob Harris' Rich Mahogany - a video we have talked about before and have made clear how much we love.

It was when we heard he was behind the fledging Alltimers label that it sparked our interest and now we see them return in-store for another season, and trust us, it was worth the wait.

The Canadian native started the label back in 2013 and instantly made his mark amongst the slew of upstarts that appeared at the time. Alltimers Skateboards are the company we all wanted but never thought would happen, a company that feels riddled with inside jokes and tongue in cheek graphics that couldn't be further from the mass produced logo boards in 8 colours that has become standard for any company over the age of 10.

What is probably the key to Alltimers Skateboards success is that the references drawn upon are so diverse that there is undeniably at least one skateboard they have made that belongs on your wall and feels like the board you've always wanted. This season for example we see Sir David Attenborough feature on one of the decks, laid up by graphic master Bosco Picard. Whilst Sir David is undoubtedly world famous this deck most definitely pulls a string for us Brits.

Alongside the decks is a broad but considered collection of apparel that boasts logo-spoofs, colours that aren't just white and black and a couple of straight up bootlegs to top it all.

The Alltimers Skateboards Winter '17 collection is available in-store and online now.

And yes we do have that Chicken Nugget board...

The adidas Originals x White Mountaineering Autumn collaboration Seeulater Alledo silhouette is available in-store now.

The ongoing partnership between sportswear powerhouse adidas Originals and Japanese tech outdoors fanatics White Mountaineering is solidified once again with the adidas Originals x White Mountaineering Seeulater Alledo silhouette.

We have previously seen the two collaborate on a slightly different rendition last year after the Brand With The Three Stripes announced the comeback of the hiker silhouette however these two new offerings are the epitome of contemporary utility-meets-sportswear. The two options come in classic military styling simply dubbed 'Core Black' and 'Night Cargo' - a timeless combo for the adidas Originals x White Mountaineering collection

The adidas Originals x White Mountaineering Seeulater Alledon is available in-store and online now

The Nike Air More Uptempo 96 Knicks is available with us now.

In the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals legendary baller Scotty Pippen produced an infamous dunk over Knicks player Patrick Ewing at the Chicago Stadium, and now we see this honoured by Swoosh camp with the Nike Air More Uptempo 96 Knicks.

Scottie Pippen and the Air More Uptempo go hand in hand, prior to receiving his own signature shoe for the Swoosh he regularly repped this killer silhoutte on the court, and the style became synonymous with his career. The sneaker transitioned off the court with the graffiti styled 'AIR' overlays making it the perfect street sneaker of the 90's, it wasn't just basketball players wearing the shoe but a whole generation of Nike fans.

The Nike Air More Uptempo 96 Knicks is available online now

The Nike SB Dunk Low Pro Ishod Wair 'Perfect Pink' is available online now.

For the Winter season we see Nike SB continue their updated silhouette with Ishod Wair with the introduction of this 'Perfect Pink' colourway. We aren't exactly sure what out idea of a perfect pink is so we're just going to agree with Nike on this one and say that this is definitely a perfect pink if there ever was one.

One of our favourite details we've seen Nike SB roll out previously on the Nike SB Dunk Low Pro Ishod Wair silhouette and some others too is the double layered Swoosh, utilised here to offer some subtle contrast to the 'Flat Silver' upper with a Perfect Pink Swoosh underlay.

The Nike SB Dunk Low Pro Ishod Wair 'Perfect Pink' is available online now...