Supreme partners with Zoo York for a Spring 2025 collection that reflects a shared origin in street skating and New York City’s downtown culture. The collaboration honors Zoo York’s legacy as the first major East Coast skateboard company and revisits an era defined by graffiti, hip-hop, and raw footage from the streets.
Zoo York began in 1993, when skateboarding remained largely centered in Southern California. At the time, most companies pulled from the punk scenes of the West Coast, shaping their identity around skateparks, zines, and suburban sprawl. Zoo York moved differently. It built its foundation on the streets of New York, shaped by harder surfaces, unpredictable weather, and a culture that tied skateboarding to graffiti crews and rap battles rather than beachside ramps.
In 1997, Zoo York debuted The Zoo York Mixtape, a video that documented this energy with unusual clarity. Filmed by RB Umali and premiered at the New York Underground Film Festival, the mixtape featured skate footage from team riders Harold Hunter, Jefferson Pang, Robbie Gangemi, and Peter Bici. Instead of a soundtrack, the video layered their parts with freestyle clips of Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Busta Rhymes, and Fat Joe recorded on the Stretch and Bobbito radio show. The result didn’t just show tricks, it showed a scene, one shaped by a city moving fast and a generation that made use of what the city gave them: uneven pavement, tight corners, and a rhythm entirely their own.
The Zoo York Mixtape shifted perceptions. It offered a version of skateboarding that didn’t require sunshine or flawless concrete. Instead, it presented weather-beaten surfaces and quick improvisation as the base for something expressive and serious. Over time, that vision traveled. The style, editing, and grit of the mixtape influenced how skateboarding looked and felt throughout the late ’90s and early 2000s, and its relevance continues.
Supreme’s Spring 2025 collaboration with Zoo York draws directly from this period and its sensibility. The collection includes a Soccer Jersey, Hooded Sweatshirt, Baggy Jean, Soccer Short, two T-Shirts, a Camp Cap, Beanie, Skateboard, and a set of co-branded Spitfire Classic Wheels. Every piece reflects the connection both brands have to skateboarding as a street-born movement, not just a sport.
While the collection pulls from the past, it stays focused on the present. Baggy jeans and jerseys recall a time when skate videos passed around on VHS shaped entire aesthetics. Graphic T-shirts and accessories echo the visual language of late-’90s skate crews. The skateboard deck and wheels close the loop, offering tools for a generation who still treat skating as an act of expression and daily practice, not performance.
This collaboration also marks a recognition of Zoo York’s impact. The brand carved space for East Coast skaters at a time when most coverage ignored them. It gave local legends a platform and defined an attitude that continues to influence skateboarding and streetwear alike.
The Supreme x Zoo York Spring 2025 collection releases on June 19 through Supreme’s online store and retail locations. The drop hits Asia on June 21.
