I'm really stoked to hear that Zero is not done. It's one of the few brands that you can say really made a huge impact on skateboarding as far as style, tricks, and filming (whether or not you think those changes were good or bad). As long as we're sharing Zero/JT nostalgia I've got three personal faves. Please forgive the "old man reminiscing" post.
Finding a pair of JT Adio shoes at a thrift store in El Cajon that I'd never seen before and bought them for like 10 bucks. Later saw JT and Erik Ellington filming at SD City College, chief came up to me and asked where I'd gotten those shoes because they were a prototype of his new pro model. I was stoked and wore those shoes way longer than was reasonable.
Nearly getting crushed to death at the Misled Youth premiere at Spreckels and then watching the entire place get destroyed. A lot of drunk industry types responded to the excitement by whipping their dicks out, which I thought was a weird response. Jamie, if you read this, did they make you guys pay for what must've been a ton of damage? I'm pretty sure my fear of large crowds stems from that night. I wish I still had my poster.
When a friend of mine and I drove to Phoenix to see the last demo of the tour at some point in the early 2000's. My friend skated the demo and chief threw him some gas money. I also learned that I never want to smoke weed in 110 degree weather ever again, I could feel each drop of sweat exiting my pores and it was disgusting. We lit off bottle rockets in the Honda CRX on the way back to stay awake, which was consistent with our shit-head behavior at the time.