Man you hit it right on the 💰. I started in 89, when i was 12. I had a Monty Nolder, Team Hasoi with a set of trackers and some half coned out Zomba wheels. I loved thise fucking zombie drawings by pushead in those wheels. I had a 2nd or 3rd gen sony walkman and i listened to only 3 tapes for my first year whenever i skated: an Ice T mixtape of rhyme pays and the iceberg, Suicidal tendencies mixtape with songs of the first 3 albums and Metallica ride the lighting. Later on it became almost exclusively Brotha Lynch Hungg. I sent a sponsor me tape to Zoo york when i was 19
RIP to the golden age as well as NYC , Harold Hunter ,Justin Pierce and the Brooklyn banks. All gone but not forgotten!!! It was an amazing time to be young and was so fortunate to have lived it... RIP to the real NYC ...
First skate video I ever seen, my father wore so much zoo york shit, that i searched it up and found this. it was like in 2012. I just used to play this and ride on my bike because i liked the music and the sounds of the skating. A year later I got my first skateboard and my life changed for the better.
Had this on VHS. Reflects the 90s boombap culture better than anything else i've seen. It's like time travelling back to that era of amazing Hip Hop. .
Damn...hate it when the big corporate & profit driven companies buy out these skateboarding entities that made street skating fun and unique like Zoo York! Most of West Coast's companies have gone the same way. All commercial, and profit making machines without originality. R.I.P. Zoo York!
Reminisce...... NYC in the 90's smoking blunts on he streets rap was at its finest when style meant not dressing like eveyone else ... Sk8ing was for the creative.. from polo bear sweaters , Girbauds jeans to ravers with wide ass jeans the 90's in ny is all just a dream.. like partying at the junkyard and the living room. When cops came security would worn kats to hide there weed.. If was skating in the 90's you would definitely know what ny truly means.....
100% bro. That I can never forget. It as a much different animal back then. A lot more tight-knit between skaters because not everyone and their mothers were skating at that time.
If you get a Elgato capture device or a cheap usb 2.0 recording device for around $25 you could record straight from your VCR to your computer using the OBS Studio app. The apps free and I know a lot of people who use it to restore home movies and save them digitally. I use a VHS-C camcorder and it can connect right into the capture device via RCA cables and I don’t even need a VCR. If you know your way around editing, you can even upscale videos from 480p to 720p 60 FPS so you could definitely burn it onto discs.
One of my favourite ever vids, absolute classic, quality soundtrack. I remember first seeing the advert for it featured in Big Brother's video magazine 'Number Two'. We were all fans of the movie KIDS so it also had that Justin Pierce / Harold Hunter connection (RIP). Legends. I also loved the way the street volume went down a bit while skaters were rolling between tricks, so you to hear the music more, a classic Zoo York trademark for me as no other video did it. BOURNEMOUTH represent !
@@RobBob57 That's quality... We used to watch Mixtape then cruise/skate the Boscombe/Bournemouth streets at night thinking we were part of the team! Such good memories
I don't understand why anyone would want to go back to this quality. The latest digital quality is 10xs better in every way. We would've killed to have today's quality and technology in the 90s. Now people are trying to go backwards. WHY? Why would you want to intentionally create something of shittier quality. I want to be able to see what I'm watching with crystal clear quality. Wtf is wrong with people.
@soberpunk Yeah besides the cameras, they couldn't edit on computers either. So it was all linear, tape to tape. If you made a mistake or wanted to change something, you'd have to redub the whole edit from the point of the change on. Needless to say, it made for less cutting and a more raw editing style. I still enjoy this style and use it in my work to this day, although I admit I do like the amazing images from cameras today.
nothing will ever be this real in skateboarding again...specially now that it's in the Olympics, done. i will always keep skating because i chose this Lifestyle NOT a sport!
I've been skating since 94 this was the first video I owned other than the invisible video....I miss invisible and silver star...a team kastel shoes those DC rick Howard's every one is rockin in this video were hella good. And the DC Rudy Johnson's ...and the hook ups targets and the koston 2s
This is back when ppl hated skaters. And you didn't have to do all the flip tricks known to man into and out of one hubba to have a video banger hammer dropping and trick
@@tibortoth1493 you can see ali shaheed Muhammad to the left also, I believe they talked about the story behind the video too on one of the stretch Armstrong and Bobbito broadcasts
My first skate video I ever seen. To this day it's still one of the best and classics of all classics... rip Harold hunter legends never die. Also Justin pierce rip
Sometimes I just play this just to listen to the back tracks. Nah, I sit down and watch it because this video was THE SHIT and still is. Damn, Zoo York really took a whoooooole different path after a few years. That shit still bugs me out, and 90's skateboarding still has a big impact on me, my style will never change but I love what's going on these days too.
I never got into skating, wish I did but remember hanging out with them trading music. they would skate and we would bboy in the same parking lot. what magical times
awesome upload! I use to own this vhs called "goldfish", same genre as this one; hiphop and skateboarding. Being like 10-11 years old it was the best thing i had ever seen and heard in my life. Kept rewinding and watchin it in my bedroom and made me save money to buy my first board, but i sucked XD. BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Miss these times, hip hop and skateboarding, I personally didn't skate board I roller skated on Bauers but we all hung out together as we had a few things in common, getting high and listening to Raekwon Heltah Skeltah Das Efx or some shit
I used to cheif a bowl and put this on every night before I went to bed when I was 13, this shit is sentimental as fuck for me, thank you very much uploader
illest time in history, the 90's . The golden era of hiphop and skateboarding..
Man you hit it right on the 💰. I started in 89, when i was 12. I had a Monty Nolder, Team Hasoi with a set of trackers and some half coned out Zomba wheels. I loved thise fucking zombie drawings by pushead in those wheels. I had a 2nd or 3rd gen sony walkman and i listened to only 3 tapes for my first year whenever i skated: an Ice T mixtape of rhyme pays and the iceberg, Suicidal tendencies mixtape with songs of the first 3 albums and Metallica ride the lighting. Later on it became almost exclusively Brotha Lynch Hungg. I sent a sponsor me tape to Zoo york when i was 19
@@MukesBoy my go to skate music was Tommy Wright III, '00-'02 50 Cent, Cam'ron, Ray Charles, and 70s-80s Dub Reggae
@@ThatMF_Doom Holy Fuckin shit man I forgot all about TR3D. I'm about to P2P all his shit now.
mathice 💯💯
And Graffiti
R.I.P Justin Pierce - Harold Hunter - Roc Raida
RIP to the golden age as well as NYC , Harold Hunter ,Justin Pierce and the Brooklyn banks. All gone but not forgotten!!! It was an amazing time to be young and was so fortunate to have lived it...
RIP to the real NYC ...
i watch this for the same reason. makes me remember i didn’t imagine it all.
I feel that vibe
RIP Harold Hunter and Roc Raida. NYC legends.
I had no idea about Harold Hunter. Damn
bklyncrook and Justin
RIP JP
Justin pierce too
Don’t forget about pioneer Kase2, they sampled him in there. King of styyyyyllle. RIP
First skate video I ever seen, my father wore so much zoo york shit, that i searched it up and found this. it was like in 2012. I just used to play this and ride on my bike because i liked the music and the sounds of the skating. A year later I got my first skateboard and my life changed for the better.
Hope you're still skating man
Fuck yeah...keep rolling homie!🙌🙌🛹🔥🔥
Had this on VHS. Reflects the 90s boombap culture better than anything else i've seen. It's like time travelling back to that era of amazing Hip Hop. .
If y’all haven’t seen “All The Streets Are Silent”… you really need to. So much insight and history. Thank you Eli!
Finally saw it last night, amazing document to a part of history! So much sick footage!!
Damn...hate it when the big corporate & profit driven companies buy out these skateboarding entities that made street skating fun and unique like Zoo York! Most of West Coast's companies have gone the same way. All commercial, and profit making machines without originality. R.I.P. Zoo York!
Brands come and go but skating lives on. Hyped to see Eli and the boys make some money and live good after the brand was sold.
Word up
I lived in the East Village from 93 to 96 & worked in Manhattan all in the 90s. No I don't skate, but Yes, it was the best time & place
Truly love this era in NYC skateboarding.
Reminisce...... NYC in the 90's smoking blunts on he streets rap was at its finest when style meant not dressing like eveyone else ... Sk8ing was for the creative.. from polo bear sweaters , Girbauds jeans to ravers with wide ass jeans the 90's in ny is all just a dream.. like partying at the junkyard and the living room. When cops came security would worn kats to hide there weed.. If was skating in the 90's you would definitely know what ny truly means.....
100% bro. That I can never forget. It as a much different animal back then. A lot more tight-knit between skaters because not everyone and their mothers were skating at that time.
Polo bear sweaters are expensive af
Dee Chi yup u nailed it. I miss them days. Remember Chillin at astor place cube !??!? Nothing like nyc 1992-1998
This video made me focus on doing basic tricks real fresh...big inspiration..RIP Harold Hunter
"I've never landed that trick in my life !"
crazy how dope skateboarding and hip hop used 2 b. really fuckin miss those days
i still have my VHS copy
2024 right here, you know I m saying
that’s whats up
This video was released during the best years of my life. There is nothing else like hitting the streets with your mates and going ape shit crazy.
このビデオテープ持ってました！
ほんと懐かしい。。今見てもカッコいいわ！
RIP HAROULD HUNTER
I can't describe how perfect this is. I wish skating was like this again!
This really is timeless, 1997 and beyond. Rock In Paradise!!! Justin and Harold!!!
This Needs To Be On DVD!!! Brings Back Memories...
@@D-Konstruc Indeed. I’ve Still Got My Original VHS Of Zoo York Mixtape. 📼🛹✌️🥳
If you get a Elgato capture device or a cheap usb 2.0 recording device for around $25 you could record straight from your VCR to your computer using the OBS Studio app. The apps free and I know a lot of people who use it to restore home movies and save them digitally. I use a VHS-C camcorder and it can connect right into the capture device via RCA cables and I don’t even need a VCR. If you know your way around editing, you can even upscale videos from 480p to 720p 60 FPS so you could definitely burn it onto discs.
Amazing video , never gets old . RIP Hunter .
Real New York skate shit at it's finest, combination of hip hop and raw skate boarding equals perfection ahhhh the good old days
One of my favourite ever vids, absolute classic, quality soundtrack. I remember first seeing the advert for it featured in Big Brother's video magazine 'Number Two'. We were all fans of the movie KIDS so it also had that Justin Pierce / Harold Hunter connection (RIP). Legends. I also loved the way the street volume went down a bit while skaters were rolling between tricks, so you to hear the music more, a classic Zoo York trademark for me as no other video did it. BOURNEMOUTH represent !
Just got back from skating btown square. Cruising through town centre reminded me of this video so here I am. Funny coincidence seeing this comment 😂
@@RobBob57 That's quality... We used to watch Mixtape then cruise/skate the Boscombe/Bournemouth streets at night thinking we were part of the team! Such good memories
I wish busta released that freestyle at 21:45. Its not anywhere on the internet :(
Except for right here.
+† DRED † my yote!! Bussabus went nuts.0,.
Dude this freestyle left such an impression on me. Being a 90's kid and Hip Hop at it's eclipsing effect over my life. This mixtape was just the shit!
So talented.
The soundtrack, except for vinnies song, was uploaded on Vimeo without skate sounds. The sound quality is poor, but it’s there.
my god this hits me right in the chest every time real skateboarders know 100 percent skateboarder word up
Back in 99 this was an oh shit moment for me. So raw, I cant get it out of my system. And of course RIP roc raida
RIP Harold 💯 im 40 yrs old watching this 🤣 damn my childhood was great 😎
Brings back so many memories
🛹
Nothing more New York than 90's hip-hop and skate, Meth voice and flow is crazy, R.I.P. Harold.
i still got this on vhs :)))
zoo york for life
...Can't tell you how glad I am to hear that... I was 16 when this came out and remember those days too. I try not to forget my roots... NYC.
somthing so sick about just fucking ripping up the streets, i love the city and just cruising..
You live in NYC
i dont
i wish
same I'm in Los Angeles
la must me pretty cool?
I was 16 when this hit shops. Hard to believe it was 20 years ago.
This vid (and eastern exposure) was everything my friends and I wanted to be.
I was born in ‘96 but I grew up with this VHS. Nostalgic As Fuck
Thanks for uploading this! This is a rare find
Much love and respect goes to all of us old dudes and chicks that skated the banks and skated thru Manhattan from sun up to sundown!!!😁😁😁
crazy how dope vhs footage looks in this day in age. I used to hate this type of quality when it was all we had.
I don't understand why anyone would want to go back to this quality. The latest digital quality is 10xs better in every way. We would've killed to have today's quality and technology in the 90s. Now people are trying to go backwards. WHY? Why would you want to intentionally create something of shittier quality. I want to be able to see what I'm watching with crystal clear quality. Wtf is wrong with people.
@soberpunk Yeah besides the cameras, they couldn't edit on computers either. So it was all linear, tape to tape. If you made a mistake or wanted to change something, you'd have to redub the whole edit from the point of the change on. Needless to say, it made for less cutting and a more raw editing style. I still enjoy this style and use it in my work to this day, although I admit I do like the amazing images from cameras today.
Probably one of the best skateboarding videos of all time if you know you know 😉👌
💯💯🔥👌
One of my favorite videos just for the hip-hop soundtrack alone!
Ill video... Dope skating and the dopest hip hop. Much love for Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito. Woooord
nothing will ever be this real in skateboarding again...specially now that it's in the Olympics, done. i will always keep skating because i chose this Lifestyle NOT a sport!
Thank you for putting this up...from the soundtrack to the raw footage
I miss this NYC. Puts a smile on my face.
Ah man, this takes me back. Thank you for posting this.
30:57 RIP ROC RAIDA, watching this on the 10th anniversary of his passing.
96-99 was so insane in Skateboarding. I was so inspired by these vids, especially this one, Zoo York was so nuts. Hunter was so ill, had such style.
Justin Pierce 11:20
Rip
I'm so stoked to find this on UA-cam. I have this on VHS and I would watch it religiously. Thank you for posting this.
U should sell it on eBay. I’d be down to buy it
I've been skating since 94 this was the first video I owned other than the invisible video....I miss invisible and silver star...a team kastel shoes those DC rick Howard's every one is rockin in this video were hella good. And the DC Rudy Johnson's ...and the hook ups targets and the koston 2s
Caught clean
This is back when ppl hated skaters. And you didn't have to do all the flip tricks known to man into and out of one hubba to have a video banger hammer dropping and trick
Dope AF...I literally only now saw this video. RIP Harold, NYC STAND UP
One of the best skateboard videos of all time.
best era in the history of existence
first skate vid i saw that got me into skateboarding in '98.... and i saw it on VHS
now im watching it for the first time again in 2016
busta rhymes killing it 🔊📣🎵🎵🎤🎤
RIP Brooklyn Banks :)
RIP Harold a great friend
Did you know him?
Still one of my favorite skate video💯😍😍😍😍🇱🇺🛹😇
The skating in this video is up to par with a lot of the skating today. So ahead of its time. Thanks for posting this!
Great era hands down but this era's skateboarding is mindblowing
One of the first videos I seen. Stylish and the music top notch/original freestyles smooth ass skating for the early 90s
It is a true style for all time.
Unique collaboration
Man, loved this Zoo vid back in the day. Busta kills it from 5:30-7:00. Thanks to whoever uploaded this. YT is great for finding old videos.
21:36 love this track
A tribe called quest - Spirit instrumental
@@tibortoth1493 you can see ali shaheed Muhammad to the left also, I believe they talked about the story behind the video too on one of the stretch Armstrong and Bobbito broadcasts
My first skate video I ever seen. To this day it's still one of the best and classics of all classics... rip Harold hunter legends never die. Also Justin pierce rip
This video is a time machine. I miss my youth.
I remember this tape, now reminiscing illest age of skatin. golden
thanks to the uploader and thanks to zoo york.
R.I.P Harold Hunter & Justin Pierce.
First skate video I ever saw still an still one of my favorites of all time.
Now this is the real zoo York damn I miss this era!
21:35 crazy Busta
Nice!!! Miss the days of Hip hop and Intercity skating... Great post...
So awesome! I totally remember watching this video a bunch so long ago
Sometimes I just play this just to listen to the back tracks. Nah, I sit down and watch it because this video was THE SHIT and still is. Damn, Zoo York really took a whoooooole different path after a few years. That shit still bugs me out, and 90's skateboarding still has a big impact on me, my style will never change but I love what's going on these days too.
my pops gave this to me as a kid on vhs
Well thanks for making me feel old AF. Lol. Sounds like a great dad tho
7:15 Anthony Correa part
to me this and cky are my favorite skate tapes
I never got into skating, wish I did but remember hanging out with them trading music. they would skate and we would bboy in the same parking lot. what magical times
Remember watching these in 2010 shred days rip Harold and Justin
RIP ROC RAIDA & HAROLD HUNTER
@Antonio Sandoval Paredes La cancion se llama Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin (Remix)
Damn been 2 years since i commented that busta freestyle goes hard asf
this video is the essence of TRUE street skating...
20 years later, and that back fifty is still live as fuck.
Still here in 2019! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
that feeling - hip-hop played was joyebale, even more then skating showed. feel the real New York street skateboarding atmosphere.
awesome upload!
I use to own this vhs called "goldfish", same genre as this one; hiphop and skateboarding. Being like 10-11 years old it was the best thing i had ever seen and heard in my life. Kept rewinding and watchin it in my bedroom and made me save money to buy my first board, but i sucked XD.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Kids you know you watching the Scarface version of a skate film right?
I been waiting for years for someone to post this!!!!!!
Genial !! Con este video alucinabamos !!
When this shit came out when I was in HS, it blew my fucking mind. Still kills to this day. Thanks for the upload.
Miss these times, hip hop and skateboarding, I personally didn't skate board I roller skated on Bauers but we all hung out together as we had a few things in common, getting high and listening to Raekwon Heltah Skeltah Das Efx or some shit
One of the best skate videos all time
I had this video as a kid so sick
Most epic time and place in the world. 1990s for life!
the dj is grandmaster roc raida-rest in peace
I used to cheif a bowl and put this on every night before I went to bed when I was 13, this shit is sentimental as fuck for me, thank you very much uploader
Back when hip hop was about the music and M C's..and skateboarding was bout skating ❤🙏