The Nucleus Blog

Well, it’s been a long time coming (to say the least) but the Skullcandy Aviator headphones are finally available in the UK. These are probably the most sought after headphones Skullcandy have ever produced and rightly so, they are HOT! Gone are the grungy aesthetics the brand is known for, instead these look more like something out of a Scandinavian design magazine with their sleek outline and elegant minimalism across the three available colours: white, black, and brown.

The Aviators are a high end product featuring large 40mm drivers that back up the good looks, avguide.com had this to say “A brief listen suggested to me that the Aviator is, as advertised, an audiophile-grade headphone that should offer healthy competition for Monster Cable’s almost identically priced Beats by Dre Solo headphones.”

All three colours are up for pre-order and shipping in March.

Ragged School are a band from Swansea that have, very sneakily, been adopted by Fenchurch and given a load of free clothes by the look of it. I used to work with the lead singer Ru and I must admit that I am very upset that he hasn’t hooked me up with a load of gear, haha. It’s good to see a local band getting some out of town recognition! Good job boys…

Read about them on the Fenchurch website.
Then go and check out their Myspace page.

éS have got an amazing new site online that covers their full history as one of the most innovative companies in skateboarding. Skateboarding starts with éS is presented in a timeline format and is being rolled out over the coming months, to date they have covered 95-98 and every couple of weeks they add information on the next year in the line.

1998 is a particularly interesting year for me cause I left school in ’97 and a year later got a job in The White Room, Swansea’s best skate shop back then. There was no heating, it was dusty, we sometimes didn’t see a customer for days on end but there was a big disgusting sofa, always skate videos on the TV and magazines on the counter, skaters were very loyal to The White Room. Back then there was no internet to speak of, I’d only ever seen it once in school and there was certainly no skate stuff on it, locals picked their shop and they got everything they needed from there regardless of whether it was exactly what they wanted or not.

A fine example of this was the day when I absolutely had to have a new pair of shoes or I couldn’t skate, the only ones we had in my size were the éS Rocket (pictured below), I absolutely hated how they looked but going to a different shop was out of the question so I settled for them. To this day I still tell people about the best skate shoes I ever had, the éS Rocket! No matter what they looked like they were awesome, without a doubt the comfiest shoes I’ve ever worn and they just lasted for ever which was a bonus because I was going through a deck every 2 weeks back then.

I’m not sure where I’m going with this now, it’s too early for blogging. Check out the Skateboarding starts with éS website and every time they update I will post about it here so you don’t miss it…

Nucleus in Swansea, Mumbles and online now stock a wide range of Oakley sunglasses. We are very happy to have what has got to be the best brand of shades out there. Oakley was started in a garage in 1975 and has risen to be one of the most recognisable eyewear brands available, no doubt helped by appearing in such films as X-Men series, Mission: Impossible 2, Blade II, Black Hawk Down, Spider-Man, Wanted (2009 film), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and The Book of Eli.

Oakley’s are no normal shades, they are made using more snazzy materials and innovative processes than you can shake a stick at, you can read up on all that stuff on their website then call into one of our shops or check out the whole range online…

Here’s a little sneak peek at some of the new Skullcandy headphones for 2010, they have refined their graphics and colours into something even better than before. Like John Peel said about The Fall “they are always different, they are always the same”, Skullcandy is very much like that, each year they tweak and mould their earphones into something a little bit different but retain their great quality and sound. Personally I think 2010 is their best offering to date.

Check out the catalogue here, we haven’t got a release date for them yet but add us on Facebook and Twitter over on the right to be kept in the loop…