Airing Monday, December 14, at 8:00pm ET/PT, and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase “Vans Downtown Showdown 2009.”

Get ready to see skateboarding’s top pros and ams vie for their piece of $85,000 as the fifth Annual Vans Downtown Showdown presented by Rockstar Energy Drink invades Paramount Studios’ Back Lot. The top teams in skateboarding including Girl, Flip, Blind  (2008 winning team), Creature, Black Label, Foundation, Toy Machine, SK8MAFIA and Zoo York each submitted plans for obstacles and Vans picked the best of the lot for everyone to shred. Top skaters included Brian Anderson, David Gonzalez, Brandon Westgate, Nick Merlino, Nick Trapasso, Billy Marks, and Felipe Ortiz.

Vans Downtown Showdown 2009 Air Dates:
Monday, 12/14/2009                8:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT in Meet & Brotatoes
Monday, 12/14/2009                11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT
Wednesday, 12/16/2009           12:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM PT
Thursday, 12/17/2009              9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT
Saturday, 12/19/2009               2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
Sunday, 12/20/2009                 8:00 AM ET / 5:00 AM PT
Sunday, 12/20/2009                 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT
Monday, 12/28/2009                12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT

For everybody who’s in the area of Landshut tomorrow, Germany… we’re having a VIP Sale there. 30% off the winter 2009 collection of Zoo York. Be there 01.12.09 / 8pm! Get free beer!

We showed you the Cruiser, now get the tee. The Dr. Z & Mr. T Tee Shirt from the ZY INSTITUTE. At officially down shops now.

Edited by: quartersnacks.com

Check out ZY Official, Brandon Westgate in the new Thrasher magazine.

AVAILABLE NOW!

NEW YORK, NY – Zoo York, in association with RA Records, SMC Recordings, TVE and Cornerstone Promotion, is proud to announce an exclusive collaboration that celebrates the November 17th release of Rakim’s highly anticipated new album, The Seventh Seal.

This classic, limited edition skateboard deck features graphics designed by Rakim, Zoo York and NYC artist Dean Nicastro and will come packaged with the new The Seventh Seal CD. It will be available to collectors and fans in December 2009 at select retail outlets, www.zooyork.com, www.rakim.com, and through online promotions guided by the Cornerstone team and Zoo York.

Find out more at:
www.rakim.com / www.myspace.com/rakim / www.zooyork.com

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Today, in our last post of Eli Reed Week, we take a look at Eli shredding through the streets of NYC in our current Officially Down campaign. Check out all of Eli Reed Week here: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3 and Post 4.

Yesterday in Eli Reed Week we showed you how Eli gets it done in the streets with his mass amounts of magazine coverage. Today we show you how he gets it done in contests with a look back at his Manny Mania 2009 win.

It’s getting colder outside and that means skating in layers. This year, make one of those layers the Dr. Z Windbreaker from the ZY INSTITUTE. Available now at officially down shops.

Fabric Content: 2 Layer Microdot Nylon, Waterproof Zipper, Critically Taped Seaming. Also features an PANiQ Wearable User Interface.

We just opened our newest ZOO YORK store in Capetown, South Africa at the Canal Walk.

Check our video from the tour in 2008