in4 x Bones x Skateboard Mag x Grind For Life

Starting today, in4mation, Bones Wheels, and the Skateboard Mag have put together 10 (Ten) complete skateboards that are up for auction. The proceeds of the sale of these 10 boards will benefit the cancer fighting charity GRIND FOR LIFE.

The deck, shape, and art is from in4mation; the wheels are limited edition Rat Bones II by Bones Wheels, trucks by Independent, hardward by Diamond, Bones Red Bearings and griptape by Jessup.

This is an all-star board helping an all-star charity.

The sale of these boards are through eBay and you can bid for one or all ten of the boards at this page.

For more info, check out GRIND FOR LIFE.

NEW! Fitted Hawaii weekend releases

After dropping their collabo piece with Eighty Four Skate, the Fitted Ohana take the skateboarding thing another notch with the release of this new pack.  First up is a foam billed snap-back trucker.  The graphic features a collage consisting of stickers collected from the past 25 years. See if you can recognize some of the stickers in there. Foam brim, white snapback. Yes kids, the trucker is back because it never really left.

Next up is a black tanktop to combat this heater weather we’ve been having. The tanktop uses a graphic from the Blood, Sweat and Tears release. A Fitted crest marks the left chest of the tanktop. FInally, the same graphic used on the trucker hat is used as the fill for this new FITTED shop shirt. Very nice.

Finally, there’s a new online only release of a shirt called “One Day Alone.” This shirt features a beachfront fill on a white shirt. Super clean.

The trucker, logo shirt and tanktop are available today at the Fitted Hawaii Kona St. headquarters. The One Day Alone shirt is an online exclusive only available at Fitted’s online store.

NEW! Product (RED) x Converse x Ian Ginoza

So, if you recall about a couple of years ago, the Kicks/HI crew teamed up with famed Aloha Shirt maker Sig Zane for a collaboration Chuck Taylor that was made specifically for Product (RED).

Flash forward to 2009 and Product (RED) and Converse teamed up for the Hund(RED) Artist Program where the company teamed up and collaborated with 100 artists for shoe projects for Product (RED). Ian Ginoza, co-founder of Kicks/HI, was invited to be a part of this project.

This is his contribution.

It’s a white, 3-velcro strapped Jack Purcell. The shoe is covered in a gorgeous white epi leather upper with red highlights throughout. The inspiration behind this shoe is white blood cells, which are the agents in the body that fight off infectious diseases.

There were only 500 pairs created, with only 250 slated for release in the US. Kicks/HI has been blessed to sell these this Saturday, along with a special 20 pair drop on the Kicks/HI online shop.

The in-store selling of these shoes will be at the Makaloa location ONLY starting this Saturday. The online pairs will also be available Saturday, starting at 11am Hawaii time.

This shoe will also be available at Kicks/HI+GUAM and St. Alfred in Chicago.

For more info on this shoe and information on the release, check out Kicks/HI.

angry woebots “8 Hand Painted Stitches”

angry woebots is back with this dope collaboration piece consisting of eight hand painted Stitches.

A while back, woes was asked to participate in a show featuring Disney characters and he murdered it out with an army of Stitches.

Now, those Stitches are available for purchase on the Army of Snipers site.

Eight hand painted, one-of-a-kind pieces that are definitely full of that Pockets flavor.

You can grab them for $225 each on the Army of Snipers site.

UPDATE: ALL SOLD OUT. Big ups to everyone who jumped on this.

Four Elements of HIp Hop at the LOFT

Mix up your Friday night with a special performance by The Deadbeats at the LOFT.

Along with Hawaii’s favorite groove band, there’s performances from Jackson Helmox, DJ-UNE and Know Black Box.

This 21+ show starts at 9PM.

For more info, check out The Enterprise Party.

NEW! Fitted Hawaii x eightyFOURskate

The Fitted Ohana have teamed up with Eighty Four Skate to celebrate the beginning of the school year.  Yeah, I know… beginning of the school year isn’t something to celebrate, but when you’re dropping hot product like this, it’s something to be excited about.

Besides the big news that the Kamahele backpacks have re-upped at Fitted AND Eighty Four Skate, they’ve collaborated on this new shirt.

Legendary gold tri-locks adorn the front with an “ASD” logo on the right sleeve, Fitted crest on the left.

The back hit features the Fitted crown chillin atop the Eighty Four Skate logo.

Overall, a dope shirt for the back to school grind.

You can scoop up this shirt, plus the Kamahele re-up, at both Fitted Hawaii and Eighty Four Skate.

Soul Clap – The Rub

It’s the last Friday of the month. Seriously, that only means one thing: SOUL CLAP.

This month’s edition is no different, as the special guest DJ spot will be none other than DJ Ayres of NYC nightlife institution, The Rub.

The Rub, similar to Soul Clap, combines the best of everything to provide a little something for everyone. Good vibes, good music, good times.

So, the good vibes are coming straight from the East Coast to Chinatown this Friday night.

Along with the good vibes will be the always present Honolulu Bird Gang aka the Nocturnal Sound Krew: Jami, Compose, Ssssolution, and Eskae

Soul Clap usually reaches capacity, but this one should get there fairly quickly. So, don’t get caught and make sure you RSVP.

This party is 21+ and the stairway up to thirtyninehotel opens up at 9pm.

For more info, check out DJ Eskae.

NEW! Minnesota Twins steel grey New Era

Available now at Fitted Hawaii: Minnesota Twins New Era in old school UH colors.

Go get it now at Fitted Hawaii’s Kona St. headquarters.

NEW! Fitted “‘Ekahi” Tank Top

Another Tuesday, another Fitted release.

This time around, they revisit one of their designs from a while back. This yellow tank top features the crest design that was first utilized during the Duke Kahanamoku tribute shirt.

The crest remains untouched: Fitted crest in the middle, surrounded by Hawaiian flags and topped off with the Fitted crown.

Along with the tank top is this Kansas City Royals New Era. The hat features the OG Royals logo in white, surrounded by a green crown, yellow brim and red button.

This drops this Tuesday at 11am at Fitted Hawaii’s Kona St. location.

Angry Woebots x in4mation x Blue Scholars

On the heels of their highly anticipated new EP, the Blue Scholars have just released this video, featuring Hawaii’s favorite Monster in Pocket, angry woebots, hitting up a special edition “OOF!” based panda at in4mation’s skate shop.

This is only part of the madness that’s scheduled to go down in the next month as the EP drops tomorrow and the heroes from the Upper Left make their triumphant return to Hawaii for two shows in September.

Be on the look out for more info on that soon.

In the meantime, the EP drops tomorrow at all fine retailers, including in4mation Ward Warehouse and Aloha Army in Waikiki.

For more info on the album, check out the Blue Scholars page.