Congrats to everyone that hit the 100 Counter Balance Thank you giveaway. We appreciate all of the support and hope you like your tees and appreciate the help expanding the brand. Some of you will receive first edition, old school CB tees and others will get some of the new stuff. All of you that come through please hit up the street team package area and we will send you a package to help promote the company, with freebies for your help!

Counter Balance Clothing is proud to continue our work with Hieroglyphics with the release of the new Hometown Heroes line. The seed was planted with the Souls of Mischief, Raiders design to show the home soil of where the Hiero crew calls home. As we began brainstorming it became evident that Hieroglyphics crew and loyal fans hold down not only Oakland, but the bay area, and around the world. Pre-orders have begun at hieroglyphics.com and many sizes have already sold out. On May 15 the first shipments will go out on the Giants and Athletics edition. This is the budding of a much larger project, for new fans and old ones alike…be prepared for the journey.
www.hieroglyphics.com

Famous street artist Banksy has apparently been busy in San Francisco with new pieces popping up around the city. We are huge fans of his stencil art and the Counter Balances of his imagery. The Native American sitting with the, “No Trespassing” sign is one of the best pieces of art we have seen from him. This is something we would love to see on a shirt! Check out his website and see some of his past work.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/

Check out the new Counter Balance Exclusive color-ways of Phone Home in teal and Bombing in Gray. These are very limited and can be purchased at select Zumiez stores and at zumiez.com. Be on the lookout for the upcoming exclusive color-way of Every Journey in red.
www.zumiez.com

Yesterday we heard about the passing of Guru from Gangstarr on April 19th. I remember the first Gangstarr song I had ever heard when I was introduced to hip hop was, “Check the Technique.” I was blown away by the production from DJ Premier and his style of making beats. When Guru came in I was instantly a Gangstarr fan, hungry for every album they had dropped and eager for new releases. Guru continued his career with Gangstarr dropping 8 total releases. His solo career saw the release of the Jazzmatazz series along with many other projects. He was a huge influence on hip hop and his contribution to the movement will not be forgotten. I wanted to give something back and show my respect for such an inspiration to my work and someone who has given me the gift of music, by creating a design to honor some of Gurus legacy. R.I.P. Keith Elam, July 17, 1966–April 19, 2010.

Mooseshirts aka MLTD has received a new shipment of Counter Balance gear! MLTD has been around for over 5 years and has become a major online distributor for hip hop and street wear. Help support stop by and grab some gear!

www.MLTD.com

Been a Minute since we posted but for good reason.
1.) Zumiez pushed 2 designs out to the majority of its over 300 stores, giving us distribution throughout the country!
2.) We were picked up in our first boutique overseas in Japan, called Nicety. They have been around for a number of years and support many California Streetwear brands. Its great to have an outlet to allow people in different areas of the world to be able to see our designs and what we are doing with the brand.
3.) Sale is still going on in our webstore. Most of the product has been moved through but there is still some left, when its gone its gone for good.
4.) Look out this month for a huge collaboration project dropping with the world famous Hieroglyphics crew. More information to come and we will throw out some images in the coming week.
5.) Lastly, Our new line is Dropping soon. This is going to be a great season for designs and we will post images soon.

Thanks for the support! We appreciate growing with you and look forward to bringing you more sick gear!
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We had some extra tees available from the Fall line and decided to give everyone a steal and offer them for $10! Hit up the online Store and get them while you can. Select Styles and sizes are left from Fall and they will go fast.

Can not get enough of this song. Eminem has one of the cleanest verses. Check out the song it has gotten the mind rolling, stay tuned for a shirt inspired by this, coming real soon.

Counter Balance Clothing has released another order of exclusive colorways with Zumiez! Select styles will be available as of today in a large number of Zumiez locations. We are excited to be able to bring exclusive gear to the attention of more people through the distribution and partnership with Zumiez. Spread the word and help us oppose the status quo!

www.zumiez.com