ZOO YORK AT THE X GAMES

The Zoo crew killed it at the X Games this past weekend in Los Angeles, CA. Z.Y. Officials Eli Reed and Chaz Ortiz both held it down in the prelims and advanced to finals where Chaz took home 4th place overall!

As for the X Games Real Street portion of the contest, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN and Z.Y. Official Zered Bassett was voted the favorite by the fans!! Watch Zered's winning part below.

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INDEPENDENT TEAM RIDERS TAKE GOLD AT X-GAMES

X GAMES RESULTS

STREET Ryan Sheckler - Gold medal

SKATEPARK

Pedro Barros - Gold medal

Kevin Kowalski - Bronze medal

SKATEPARK LEGENDS

Christian Hosoi - Gold medal

Steve Caballero - Bronze medal

BIG AIR EVENT

Jake Brown - Gold medal

Bob Burnquist - Silver medal

SKATEBOARD RAIL JAM

Bob Burquist - Gold medal

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EMAN HITS UP THE OLD NORTH WEST

Guzman photo blog part 2

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ZOO YORK EDITING CONTEST - KEEP THE ENTRIES COMING!

The ZOO YORK EDITING CONTEST, which launched last week on skateboard.com.au and lushproductions.com, is now well and truly underway. A number of entries have already been submitted, keep them coming!

Entries close on Friday 13 August and will be judged by RB Umali, a name synonymous with NYC skateboarding videos.

Entries will be judged on creativity, best use of the footage and the overall flow of the clip.

The winner will walk away with a massive prize pack, filled with Zoo York goods, a copy of Zoo York "State of Mind", a limited edition Zoo York trophy and a Flip Mino HD camera.

More info HERE.

Check out one of the entries submitted below:

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ZACH FUNK INTERVIEW

See the full interview HERE.

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MORE X GAMES STUFF

The skatepark qualifiers on Friday looked like this with the Indy team riders. Sunday will be the finals.

Indy team riders top 10 qualifiers:

1. Pedro Barros

3. Kevin Kowalski

4. Bucky Lasek

5. Curran Caples

7. Omar Hassan

8. Taylor Bingaman

10. Rune Glifberg

This place again, Trujillo backside air:

This is where all the cool VIP's got to hang out:

Heavy camera cranes to capture the action:

Gavette and Baca. "Where's the beer"?:

Omar channel blaster:

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WEEKEND AT NILTON'S

Me, DAF and Dressen headed down to Oceanside to go see what Nilton's been up to.

He's been slaving away with his new art piece in his backyard:

Nilton recycled all this wood from Bob's mega ramp:

Front blunt in the shallow end:

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