May 28, 2008

GERMANY'S PLACE SKATE MAG FEATURES DONNY BARLEY INTERVIEW + GHOSTFACE KILLAH DECK


Germany's Place Skateboard Magazine is currently featuring an article on the favorite music picks of Donny Barley, plus a product plug on the Ghostface Killah decks. Donny's top five music picks are: 1) Tool - Eulogy, 2) The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black, 3) Dinosaur Jr - What else is New 4) Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confuzed, 5) U2 - New Year's Day. Go throw those tunes on your ipod, and maybe, just maybe, you'll be able to stick some of the tricks Donny can rock with his eyes closed!

GERMAN ZOO CREW ROBINSON KUHLMAN IN LIMITED SKATEBOARDING MAGAZINE


Check out Robinson's backside nosegrind in Limited Skateboard Magazine's May/June Issue!

ZOO YORK EUROPEAN TOUR



It’s been nearly two years since the team landed on European soil for a skateboarding tour, so needless to say the entire squad is extremely fired up and ready to shred. Along for the ride will be ZY Officials Zered Bassett, Donny Barley, Aaron Suski, Kevin Taylor, Forrest Kirby, Brandon Westgate, Matt Miller, Anthony Shetler, Lamare Hemmings, Ron Deily, and Eli Reed. Led by the hardest working TM in the business, Seamus Deegan, the crew will host autograph signings and demos in fourteen cities spread throughout the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Czech Republic, and France.

The Zoo York European Tour will run from June 11th through July 3rd - so check the dates and check them while they skate, sign autographs, and party in your neck of the woods!

ZY 2008 European Tour Schedule:

Manchester (UK)
6/11 – Signing – Note Skateshop – 4:30pm
6/11 – Demo – Mancunian Way Park – 6:00pm
Leicester (UK)
6/12 – Signing – Casino Skateshop – 4:30pm
Crawley (UK)
6/13 – Demo – Crawley Skatepark – 5:30pm
London (UK)
6/14 – Demo – Bay 66 Skatepark – 2:00pm
Malmo (Sweden)
6/17 – Demo – Bryggeriet Skatepark – 6:30pm
6/18 – Signing – Streetlab Skateshop – 4:00pm
Amsterdam (Holland)
6/19 – Signing – Tom’s Skateshop – 4:00pm
6/19 – Demo – Everlands Skatepark – 6:00pm
Munich (Germany)
6/21 – Demo/BBQ – Spot-Georg-Freundorfer-Platz – 6:00pm
Prague (Czech Republic)
6/23 – Demo – Mystic Park – 10:00am
6/23 – Demo – Stalin Park – 2:00pm
6/23 – Demo – Strasnice – 5:00pm
6/23 – BBQ – Mystic Park – 8:00pm
Karlovarsky (Czech Republic)
6/24 – Demo – Karlovy Vary – 2:00pm
Zurich (Switzerland)
6/26 – Signing – Beach Mountain Skateshop – 6:00pm
Paris (France)
6/28 – Signing – Nozbone – 6:30pm
6/29 – Demo – Bercy – 5:00pm
Lyon (France)
6/30 – Signing – Wall Street – 3:30pm
Nimes (France)
7/1 – Signing – Unlimited Skateshop – 2:00pm
7/1 – Demo – Skatepark of Nimes – 4:00pm
Aix En Provence (France)
7/2 – Signing – Select Skateshop – 3:30pm

May 20, 2008

SLAM JAM FEATURES PHOTOS BY ALESSANDRO ZUEK OF HH DAY II PARTY PREPARATIONS!


Slam Jam from Italy, is featuring an online slideshow by Alessandro Zuek, of the early morning hour preparation of the Harold Hunder Day II party held at KCDC, this past Saturday May 17th, in NYC. Check out pics of the art, the space, the tags, the crew, and the zoo! here.

May 16, 2008

STARTHREESIXTY RUNWAY SHOW IN SINGAPORE


StarThreeSixty is a shop that embraces and prides itself as the benchmark for street culture and fashion in Singapore. Their fashion show (which was major talk of the town) was held at Paragon, Singapore's trendiest shopping center. Check out the Zoo Gear on the runway!

April 25, 2008

ZY SPREADS THE WORD ON YOUTUBE


Welcome to the ZOO YORK "Spread the Word" contest. Hit up YouTube and post your video response to show us how you get yourself out there. Play it cool, don't disrespect, and you might find your video blowing up on YouTube in a New York minute.

"ZOO FREAK'N YORK" - MOST VIEWED VIDEO ON YOUTUBE!

Congratulations to the Zoo Crew for mastering one of the Internet's most coveted positions - Most Viewed Video on YouTube.

On April 24th over 1 MILLION viewers tuned in to watch ZY's "ZOO FREAK'N YORK" - Zoo York Talking Roaches!



In addition to being the #1 video on all of the web, ZY exhibited its international reach by also placing at the top of the charts in Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, France, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Look for more exciting ZY action on YouTube soon...

#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Canada
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - United Kingdom
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Ireland
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - New Zealand
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Hong Kong
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - France
#4 - Most Viewed (Today) - Mexico
#25 - Most Viewed (Today) - Italy
#56 - Most Viewed (Today) - Netherlands
#58 - Most Viewed (Today) - Russia
#61 - Most Viewed (Today) - Spain
#63 - Most Viewed (Today) - Poland
#77 - Most Viewed (Today) - South Korea

April 18, 2008

ZOO YORK'S AM GETTING PAID REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!



Zoo York is proud to announce the fourth installment of the most prestigious international amateur skateboard contest “Zoo York’s AM Getting Paid”. The focus of the contest is to showcase the very best in amateur skateboarding like no other amateur event out there. This event will happen from July 18th to the 20th 2008, at South Parc in Montreal, (Quebec). This years prize purse is $10,000 dollars.

Tell the all the AM rippers you know that it's time to step up and throw down! Registration is open and you can sign up here.

GERMAN MTV HOSTS ROCKING THIER LOVE FOR ZOO!



German MTV hosts Hadnet and Joko are proudly rocking Zoo York during their shows, so if you happen to be in deutschland anytime soon, check them rocking their super cool threads on MTV's Urban and TRL shows!

GERMANY'S FHM FEATURING ZY TEES!



Big Ups to the German FHM for showing us what all the cool kids across the pond will be rocking this summer!

ZOO YORK X GHOSTFACE CONTEST ON GERMAN MTV'S TRL!


On April 10th, Germany's TRL on MTV hosted a contest to win a ZOO YORK x Ghostface Killah Deck and Tee. We hope the winner was stoked with their prize and big thanks to MTV Germany for repping our goods!

ZOO CREW TOURS SOUTH AFRICA!


The ZOO Crew finally hit South Africa! The crew just returned from a seven day tour of Johannesburg and Durban. Officials Zered Bassett, Forrest Kirby and Brandon Westgate joined Zoo York Team Manager Seamus, along with trusted ZOO media RB and Cronan to session the parks and hit the streets.

The skate scene is alive and well, they had great turnouts at the parks and at the instore signings. They can't wait to get back.

Much thanks to Roger, Kerry and David @ Spike Apparel, Dave Dewitt, Shane, Brendan, Luke, Kevin and all the Jo'burg locals.

Check more photos by RB HERE

CANADA'S EMPIRE SHAKEDOWN



For the 2nd year now, Zoo York has been a partner in the Empire Shakedown, held on Mont Saint-Sauveur in Quebec, Canada. Shakedown is a pro snowboard contest, has been running for seven years, and is the biggest of its kind in Canada. 30 riders compete for prizes of 20,000$ as 25,000 raging spectators look on!!!

This year the contest was exceptionally good as the warm sunny weather and amazing snow conditions made for an incredible weekend! Zoo York had its own prime private bleacher where 400 Zoo York VIP's equipped with their free Zoo York beanies looked on.

In addition, Zoo York made the official competitor jersey and in the village, set up a an amateur rail jam to compete for Zoo York prizes.
All in all it was awesome... and more coverage of the event can be seen at Transworld Snowboarding's website HERE.