hawaiis very own lyan rau has been putting together some pretty cool video edits for his aloha fixed and morals fiber projects lately, he was nice enough to lend us his skills for this little skate edit showcasing this seasons suck it decks. which, by the way, are still available in the misc section of the store.

summer is finally here in the northwest. looking forward to more great hikes in the months to come.

Its not easy for me to give up control of anything with flying coffin. It could definitely be argued that operating this way has been to my detriment. Its been tough but ive learned that once in a while having a outside vision breathes fresh air into the brand, that’s why for the past few seasons ive let jay clark and jordan nicholson run my lookbooks. This season I thought it would be nice to get away from the northwest feel that we had established in previous seasons and show some of my hawaii roots. While on a trip back home a month ago I met john hook while he was hanging his show at the manifest. I instantly knew I wanted him to shoot this seasons lookbook. You can see more of johns excellent work at his often updated and very entertaining blog. Thanks to all who participated in the shoot, lucky olelo, ryan from aloha fixed, mahina, vince and especially john for shooting it on such short notice and for doing such a great job. On to what youre all really here for, the FC summer collection.... (which is now available at FC dealers worldwide and in the store section!)

looks like the summer switch finally gets flipped tomorrow. i was seriously starting to lose it.

just got home from a crazy night at the muckleshoot indian reservation fireworks market. is it just me or does this look eerily similar to the future war scenes from the terminator movies. its like the end of the world up there, piles of burning trash everywhere, explosions, rockets passing inches above your head, quarter sticks of dynamite getting tossed around, basically no rules. i cant believe i havent been doing this every year that ive lived here.

summer is landing in shops worldwide and is set to drop this monday in the FC online store. cant wait for you guys to see everything.

"for those who can't "see" them yet" is a collection of 5 hand made zines published by jay clark and available at punctuation gallery to commemorate his recent solo show. printed in a edition of 20 its a miracle we were able to get our hands on these things, weve got a VERY limited supply of these available right now in the MISC section of the store.

*NO DISCOUNT CODES FOR THIS ITEM, ANY PURCHASE MADE USING A CODE WILL BE REFUNDED

were gearing up for our summer release and as always room must be made on our shelves. from now til our new season drops youll get 40% off your order when you use the code "summer".

If you like music and bands that do new things with old formulas than the upcoming Eddy Current Suppression Ring / Iron Lung / Slices show at the Vera Project is for you.

just got home from the opening of jays show at pun(c)tuation gallery. if youre anywhere near the seattle area i highly recommend stopping by and checking it out.

the man of the hour, jay clark a.k.a. fankult





i forgot to mention in my previous post that he hand made each and every one of these frames, very impressive to say the least.











and because im no good at explaining art heres the official press release for the show:

"Clark believes in the "silent violence of collage," and this exhibit will showcase his talent in a variety of mediums, including mixed media collage, sculpture-esque pieces, zines, t-shirts, and a self-published book. His work deconstructs darker imagery – things people don't necessarily want to see, whether political, sexual, societal, or racial in nature – then pieces them together in a way that changes and questions the original intent of the image. An artist who isn't afraid to push buttons, he deals in the realm of the funny yet offensive, taking a tongue-in-cheek look at modern culture. His pseudonym, FaNKULT, stands for “fanatical culture” and reflects his interest in society’s obsessions."

“Cry Me a River…” is an ode to society; an embodiment of frustration with the fighting, arguing, and complaining that seems to define much of today's news and events. “It just sums up my feelings about culture and humans and where we’re at, in general. Enough crying already; it hasn’t gotten us anywhere.”

"A self-taught artist who moved to Seattle in 1993, Clark has a strong DIY ethos and has produced work in a variety of mediums for nearly ten years. He collects first-edition art and photography books and believes that technology and self-publishing as some of the most powerful tools artists have today. His work was recently featured on two record album covers for the band Trash Talk, was included in a group show at BoConcept that he also curated, and has previously shown at BLVD, No Space and GOODS."

friend of the coffin jay clark will be on hand friday at punctuation gallery for the opening of his solo show entitled "cry me a river.... then go drown in it" if he pulls off even half of what hes been talking about for the past few months this will be epic to say the least. be sure youre there.