1993 was a very special year, indeed: Bill Clinton was elected, the World Trade Center in New York City went boom, ATF agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips, The World Wide Web is born at CERN, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington D.C., Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín Cartel, is gunned down in Medellín, Prince announced that he was changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol, Wu-Tang Clan releases their acclaimed album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges in a four minute statement that is broadcast live on television, the Crystal Method, Daft Punk and Jurassic 5 officially became groups, Happy Mondays broke up, River Phoenix died of a drug overdose, Frank Zappa kicks it too, the average cost of a new house $113,200.00, the cost of a gallon of gas $1.16, movie ticket are $4.14—and Jenna Jameson launched her career in the adult entertainment industry, and Zoo York was established in New York City. Now fifteen years later, Zoo York and Jenna have collaborated on a skateboard deck illustrated by The CollaBros. Limited to just 500 decks, they will be available through select skateshops only starting at the end of October. $75.00
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