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420 or the 20th April has become a US counterculture holiday, a day when friends come together to celebrate and smoke pot. Events are held and huge crowds gather and share their love of Mary Jane.

Each year with the direction of Todd Bratrud, Nike SB drop a shoe to tie in with the 420 tradition.

Last year it was the Cheech & Chong Dunk, with a hidden second layer green panel under the canvas toe box which became exposed when skated, and a matching green second pair of laces.

This year it's Stefan Janoski's pro shoe that gets the 420 treatment with a Bonsai 420 colourway (possibly inspired by the Hemp Dunk from back in 2004).

The Janoski Bonsai 420 is in a birch suede upper, with noble green stitched Swoosh & trim, and a noble green & birch tongue label. The upper is built on a light brown gum rubber vulcanized sole, with a light brown gum sidewall, and a noble green sidewall stripe. The shoes come with both noble green round laces & birch flat laces.

The Janoski Bonsai 420 shoe is an in store only colourway that is available at our Bournemouth store.

Fresh limited edition and collectors edition Oakley Frogskins colourways available instore and online now.

We have a very limited quantity from the Oakley Blacklight Series collectors edition, featuring blacklight reactive translucent colour pop frames made from Oakley's lightweight and impact resistant O Matter material, with Oakley Plutonite lenses which are again super lightweight and impact resistant and offer maximum UVA & UVB protection along with superior clarity of vision.

There's also a number of limited edition Spring/Summer 2012 colourways all with O Matter frames and Plutonite lenses, most with a glare reducing iridium lens coating, and a handful that are polarized.

All Oakley Frogskins come with a super soft case suitable to wipe the lenses without scratching them.

We've finally managed to get our spring '12 drop from The Quiet Life up online.

The Quiet Life is a small project from Los Angeles headed up by Andy Mueller of Girl Skateboards.

Andy started The Quiet Life way back in 1997 with a few friends from his existing OhioGirl design studio and they've been producing quality garments on and off ever since.

Within the line there's a handful of t-shirts from The Quiet Life Camera Club Series featuring the photography of The Quiet Life Camera Club members.

Membership to The Camera Club is open to anyone and members are able to submit their favourite photos for inclusion on The Quiet Life online photo gallery.

To date The Quiet Life have published two books full of photography from Camera Club members, as well as including t-shirts and other garments and accessories featuring members photos within their seasonal clothing collections.

Tom Schaar will go down in history as the first skateboarder to make a 1080, and at 12 years old that's pretty good going!

The Element sponsored skater nailed the trick on his fifth attempt at the Woodward MegaRamp in Techachapi, California at 4.11 pm on Monday 26th March 2012.

Tom has been skateboarding for eight years (since he was just 4 years old) and has been mentored by Jeff Jewett, part owner of the MegaRamp, since he was nine.

For this record breaking attempt Jeff and the Woodward West camp teamed up with Red Bull to create a custom built rollover feature on the 70 foot tall MegaRamp that allowed Tom to drop in and maintain speed during his run, which resulted in the first ever successfully landed 1080 (three complete spins) on the 27 foot tall quarter pipe.

Consortium is proud to offer the latest Puma X UNDFTD collaboration.

The Puma Clyde X UNDFTD Ballistic Pack offers the classic Puma Clyde in a durable ballistic nylon with suede toe, heel & tongue detail. Available in five different pastel colours fitting for a summer time launch.

The Puma Clyde X UNDFTD Ballistic Pack will be available (in limited numbers) at our Bournemouth store and online from the official release date - 10th April 2012.

The Levi's Commuter Series, designed for those of us who choose cycling as our preferred mode of transport, will be available at our Bournemouth store and online from the UK launch date of 19th April 2012.

Last weekend not only saw the start of British Summer Time but also a giant deckchair appear as from nowhere in Bournemouth.

The record breaking deckchair which stood proud at eight and a half metres tall and weighed in at over five tonnes was designed and built by artist Stuart Murdoch and commissioned by drinks brand Pimms.

The installation was set up to the east of Bournemouth Pier on Thursday 22nd March 2012 and taken down just three days later, on the Sunday afternoon.

Inspired by the old skool vinyl Banana Boards of the 1970's, Stereo have produced without doubt this summer's most fun mode of transport - Stereo Vinyl Cruisers.

Whether you're rolling to the beach, the park, or the pub, a Stereo Vinyl Cruiser is the perfect way to travel with 59mm soft cruiser wheels and ABEC 7 bearings. A Stereo Vinyl Cruiser is also light to carry and small enough to stash once you've reached your destination.

Available in a choice of eight different colours including the latest transparent and orange releases, and come nicely boxed with a pair of Stereo sunnies and a whole bunch of stickers to pimp your ride!

Having taken some time out a few weeks ago we're now playing a bit of catch up with the site...

So our Nike SB March & April drops have just been added together, with some of the strongest Blazer, Dunk & Koston colour ups that we've seen in a while.

On top of all that there's still a few more April treats due to arrive imminently including a Janoski in Black/Gold.

Rip N Dip Spring product is here and as well as a restock of their now infamous Nermal and Wolf five panel caps we've also received a limited supply of new designs that are already sold out in the US!