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Zoo York Skateboards

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Zoo York is a very interesting brand. Like Alien Workshop, it was one of the only successful skateboards to exist outside of California. Capitalizing on the grimey urban New York street scene, Zoo York provided a refreshing counter style that really helped diversify skateboarding.

Zoo York has a long legacy too. Zoo York skaters were featured in the 1994 movie "Kids", which has long been hailed a cinematographic master piece and a cult classic. One of the actors in Kids was Harold Hunter, who was also a team skater for Zoo York at the time. Harold Hunter has since left this earth. RIP H.H.

History

Zoo York may have been born out of Shut Skates back in New York in the early 1990s. Shut was a local wood shop that made boards for shops and smaller companies in and around NYC. Shut also had it's own brand but a lot of their riders were leaving New York to ride for California based skateboard companies.

In 1993, Rodney Smith, Eli Gesner and Adam Schatz started Zoo York to bring back a New York flavored skate company to the East Coast. The founders of Zoo York realized that the skateboard industry chews up and spits out talented skateboarders all day long. They wanted to create a skate team where their riders could thrive and flourish.

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Current Reviews: 2

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 March, 2009.

mike n.
07/15/2009

Zoo york boards are amazing. I've had one and it was awesome. Amazing pop and everything, theyre really nice, awesome shape, great quality.They are just awesome. I have never heard any one of my friends thats had a zoo york say they are bad. All of my friends love zoo york and a couple of my friends only buy zoo york, and theyve bought a lot of them. Theyre just great boards overall.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]

issac lopez
05/16/2009

Zoo York - First of all they are amazing, they have gnarly pop for those,"get up there man!,"moments. i personally have been able to get pretty high on my tricks with Zoo York.Second,they have a pretty good flick, meaning the board is pretty easy to get out there for your nollie laser flips n sometimes if your lucky you can bust a switch flip late back heel.I've seen it man...its nuts.And finally i reach my third opinion,PIMP ASS GRAPHICS, Man i've never seen deck graps. as smooth as the Zoo Yorks.Like the green and black Forest Kirby deck.Man that deck is smooth as hell.Well sorry dudes but i've been thru three good points on why you should buy or at least look for Zoo Yorks.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]

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