ZOO TEAM WRAPS UP CANADA TOUR

Amid threatening weather and downpours of rain, the Zoo Crew was able to hit all final stops of the Zoo-B-Q tour. After the great turnout and crowd of Granby, we had to get a little inventive in Ottowa. The rain storms caught us about 30 minutes into the demo, but that never stopped the crew or our damn fine bbq's! With contests such as: longest power slide, longest belly slide, and catch Shetler if you can, tons of gear was given and everyone left happier than thought possible for a soggy summer day. After a 4 hour drive, the crew hit up Toronto to give some demo love to Wakestock and hit up some misty spots for the Canada podcast and SBC Canada tour article. Big shout outs to Canada for hooking everything up for the team! And big thanks for Caccia, Spin Limit Skateshop, and West 49 for all their support!

CANADA'S ZOO-B-Q TOUR IS ON!

Over the next three days, the Zoo Crew consisting of Anthony Shetler, Brandon Westgate, Aaron Suski, Eli Reed, and Chaz Ortiz will be making their way across Eastern Canada for the ZOO-B-Q Tour. The first stop of the tour was held in Terrebone, Quebec. The turnout was HUGE, and the kids were stoked to skate with the zoo crew. We fed the army of kids since they needed energy to compete in a best trick contest, and then let them do their thing. After the winners were picked and schwag was tossed to the crowd, everyone took off Zooed out and stoked. Big thanks to the S3 shop for helping to organize the event and bringing your team to skate with our crew.

Next stops on the ZOO-B-Q Tour are: Granby Skatepark, Granby, Quebec on 7/23 @ 3:00 PM, with an afterparty at Bar Republic @ 10:00. Legacy Skatepark in Ottowa, Ontario on 7/24 @ 3:00, and a skate session at Wakestock @ noon on the Toronto Islands in Ontario.

ZOO YORK'S AM GETTING PAID

Over the weekend, 120 skaters battled it out over the course of three days to get their hands on the $10,000 cash purse offered at the fourth installment of Zoo York's Am getting paid. When all was said and done, Atoine Asselin came out on top for the grand prize of $5,000, Ryan Decenzo came through at 2nd place ($2,000) and Zoo York's own Chaz Ortiz finished out with third place ($1,000). Protec's sponsored best trick contest was won by: Chaz Ortiz, Ryan Decenzo, Mikael O' meara, and Tj Rogers. The energy throughout the event was solid, and these kids are the future of skateboarding - keep your eye on them!

ZOO YORK'S AM GETTING LAID PARTY

After two days of intensive skating, the Ams that trekked to Montreal for Zoo York's AM Getting Paid event were treated to the official Zoo York sponsored party, that has been so dubbed, the AM Getting Laid party. Though it's the night before the finals event - it's the jam that no one wants to miss out on. Dj Numark held it down for the HUGE crowd as everyone danced until the wee morning hours. Also featured at the party were body painted girls for the boys delights. Outside after the party, the streets were filled with rowdy Quebeqoise as far as the eye could see. Shirts were off or soaked, and lines for Poutine (fries with gravy and curds) were out the door. Here's to another year of good fun times with the Zoo Crew in Canada! See you next year, since you know if you missed it this time around you don't want to miss it next time!

SLAM TRICK PICS AND WORDS FROM OUR MAN ON THE STREET ALESSANDRO ZUEK

Organized by Slamjam, Slamtrick is the premiere skate contest in "la terra dello stivale" (the heart of the boot of Italy).

Marina di Ravenna, the place where Slamtrick was born, is famous not only for the "piadina with squacquerone" (kind of a little pizza but very different from pizza!!) but also for this event that every year draws pro riders from across the globe for two days of non stop hardcore skating.

The theme of the event always changes, and this time the theme was "Freak Out" and an artist based in London, named Fergus Purcell (aka Fergadelic) outfitted all the art of the event with a freak theme (and a sticker that everyone in Italy knows as 'the VAGABOND' is the icon of the contest!)

I was speaking with a good friend of mine and we were talking about the power of this event.. of course the massive presence of proriders is key, of course the good organization and the communication is essential... but in the end, we thought the most important thing are the hundreds and hundreds of people that come out every year to fill the seats and keep the energy alive under the hot and beating sun. They make this event as successful as it is!

EURO TOUR QUICK PICS

Big thanks to all the kids across Europe who rolled out to meet, greet, and skate with the crew! From every signing to demo to afterparty you kept the team charging for three weeks straight! Check out the zooyorkvideo page for when the Zoo York Euro Tour 2008 podcast is ready to drop and blow your minds (eurostyle of course!)

ZOO YORK HEADS NORTH OF THE BORDER

New York, NY – July 10, 2008 – Having just returned from a lengthy three-week European Tour, the Zoo Crew is wasting no time as they prepare to embark on the 2008 “ZOO-B-Q” Canada Tour from July 22nd–25th.

A few days before the tour officially kicks off, several ZY Officials will head to Quebec to compete in the 4th Annual Zoo York Am Getting Paid (AGP) contest which runs from July 18th–20th at Montreal’s South Parc Skatepark. AGP is widely recognized as one of today’s most prestigious international skateboarding contests for amateurs only. With a hefty prize purse of $10,000 USD up for grabs at this year’s event, all the rippers will be there including Zoo’s very own Brandon Westgate, Anthony Shetler, Matt Miller, Ron Deily, and Eli Reed.

Once Am Getting Paid is a wrap, the “ZOO-B-Q” Canada Tour will get underway. Along for the ride will be Zered Bassett, Aaron Suski, Brandon Westgate, Anthony Shetler, Chaz Ortiz, and Eli Reed, as well as ZY staff videographer RB Umali who will document all the action for Zoo’s upcoming video, “State of Mind.” Over a four-day stretch the Zoo Crew will hit a handful of Canadian cities to host demos, autograph signings and, as the name suggests, backyard-style BBQ’s with free burgers, dogs and much more.

2008 “ZOO-B-Q” Canada Tour Schedule:

Terrebone, Quebec
7/22 – S3 Snow/Skate/Surf – 3:00pm
Granby, Quebec
7/23 – Granby Skatepark – 3:00pm
7/23 – Bar Republic (After Party) – 10:00pm
Ottawa, Ontario
7/24 – Legacy Skatepark – 3:00pm
Toronto Islands, Ontario
7/25 – Wakestock – Noon

An exclusive ZY podcast of the “ZOO-B-Q” Canada Tour will release this Fall. Find out more at: www.zooyork.com / www.amgettingpaid.com.

ZOO YORK'S EURO TOUR IS ON!!!

The Zoo York Skate Team is now underway with it's almost three week long tour of Europe. With almost two weeks left to go, they recently left the UK and are currently on their way to Amsterdam, so we wish them happy travels as they fly, train trek, drive, and skate their way through the rest of the tour. Check the blog posts below for when they're going to be near you, and go get some zoo york gear, so the team can sign up whatever you want - check the pics and see how some fans of Zoo York let the guys get wild with their signature styles. Check back often for more updates and pics of the Zoo York Euro tour 2008!

Z.Y. STYLES IN GERMANY'S GLAMOUR MAG

ZOO CREW CHRIS BOHM INTERVIEW IN CZECH BMX MAG - LOVE BMX

Check out the very cool eight page interview of BMX rider Chris Bohm in LOVE BMX, an online publication from Czechoslovakia. Learn about his BMX loft apartment and a program he started called "BMX Therapy", where he aids ill children in attaining a happier outlook on life. His show will be on air on the RTL channel (German TV) "Stern TV", starting on the 30th of July, 2008 at 22:15. Check out the article here!!!

ITALIAN ACTOR PRIMO REGGIANO ON NOVELLA COVER ROCKING ZOO

SIRENS REPPPING Z.Y. IN UK'S FOCUS MAG

ZOO YORK SPONSORING SLAM TRICK 'FREAK OUT' 2008

Grab your skateboard, some vintage tees, rock a bandana, and then hitch a ride to Marina di Ravenna, Oasi Skatepark at Taverna Bukowski! It's freak out time!

Slamtrick, freak out edition, will be under the hippie influence of English artist Fergadelic who will give his freaked out point of view to the event. If you're too cool to hitchhike, take your vintage Renault 4 and 2 cheval and make them ready for the road on the 28th and the 29th of june for the freakin’coolest international skateboarding contest.

Here's the format for the event:
-Qualifiers on Saturday 28th June @ 3pm to win a spot into the final contest of invited skaters. Music will be played by Diego from Impact and Strike.
-Saturday 28th at 5pm is a massive beach party at Boca Barranca in Marina Romea for all the freaks with a non stop dj set by international artists as: WAY OF THE ANCIENTS (Thomas Bullock: Rub-n-Tug, Map of Africa/NYC), Daniele Baldelli (Cosmic), Misha (P.A.M./Australia), dj Hendrix, Uovo (pasta boys), Volcov and Fergadelic himself and many other special guests.
-On Sunday 29th June, the event begins at 4pm for skaters to try and win in the following categories: Best trick, Skater of the day, best freak out trick, and The Cosmic trick. Special guest deejaying: Nikki (Tropical Pizza).

Slamtrick 2008 is sponsored by CARHARTT, GLOBE, ZOO YORK, STUSSY, ANALOG, ZOO YORK and TONITE leading brands in the boardriding and streetwear industry, and the usual and successful collaboration with M.Casale Bauer, distributor of FENDER in Italy, who will award the best skaters with an acoustic guitar customized by the artist in a special freaky style.
The event is organized in collaboration with the CITY OF RAVENNA.

Stay tuned into www.slamtrick.com for news and updates.
Info: info@slamtrick.com

Z.Y. X GHOSTFACE KILLAH COLLABO FEATURED IN CLARK MAGAZINE!

Clark Magazine, a street culture, graphic, and music magazine from France is proudly featuring Zoo York's Ghostface Killa skate deck collaboration in their 30th issue. Good look Clark!

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

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.

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!

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

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!