Zoo York (company)
File:Zoo York Logo.jpg | |
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Nasdaq: ICON | |
Industry | Textile |
Founded | 1993 |
Founders | Rodney Smith Eli Morgan Gesner Adam Schatz |
Headquarters | New York, NY |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Rodney Smith Eli Morgan Gessner Adam Schatz (Founders) |
Products | Apparel |
Parent | Iconix Brand Group |
Website | www |
Zoo York is an American company that designed and marketed skateboards, apparel, sneakers, accessories and a popular VHS mixtape series. The company was founded in 1993 by skateboarders Rodney Smith, Eli Morgan Gesner, and Adam Schatz. The Zoo York brand sold the rights to use its name to the Iconix Brand Group in 2005.[1] The founding partners returned to Zoo York as creative directors for the Iconix Brand Group in late 2019.[2]
Media
- Mix Tape (1998)
- Peep This (1999)
- Heads (1999)
- E.S.T (2000)
- E.S.T 2.0 (2001)
- E.S.T 3.0 (2002)
- Unbreakable: Mix Tape 2 (2002)
- City Of Killers (2003)
- E.S.T 4 (2004)
- Ellis Island (2005)
- Vicious Cycle (2005)
- Welcome to Zoo York City (2006)
- State of Mind (2009)
- Z.Y Field Agent Report (2010)
- the Chaz Ortiz video (2012)
- true east (2013)
- King of New York (2013)
- Eastern Conference (2016)
Zoo York produced a television show on Fuel TV called 'Skate Maps which shows the Zoo York team on tour. In 2007, Zoo York’s team appeared on Thrasher Magazine's cross country skateboarding contest, "King of the Road."[4]
Former team riders
[5] Brandon Westgate, Burton Smith, Harold Hunter, Danny Supa, Quim Cardona, Hamilton Harris, Jamie Story, Vinny Ponte, Zered Bassett, and many others.[6][7][8][9][10]
References
- ^ The History of the Zoo York Mixtape by Aaron Frank, Red Bull Academy, August 1st, 2013.
- ^ Zoo York is Back Under Old Management by Danny Supa, Shop Eat Surf, September 3, 2019.
- ^ "Zoo York skate videos, online skateboarding videos | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com.
- ^ "Thrasher Magazine - 'King Of The Road 2007: Blind vs Zoo York vs Foundation vs Black Label' (DVD)". UndergroundHipHop.com. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ^ "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ZOO YORK?". Jenkem Magazine. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "Brandon Westgate: King of New York Interview". www.thrashermagazine.com.
- ^ "Zoo York Is Back Under Old Management". Shop-Eat-Surf. 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Quim Cardona: Non Fiction 2". Quartersnacks.com.
- ^ Skateboarding, N. Y. (9 May 2014). "Ricky Oyola & Quim Cardona Reminiscing (2014)". NYSkateboarding.com.
- ^ "chrome ball interview #93: vinny ponte". the chrome ball incident. 5 July 2016.