STATIC IV RAW TAPES: EPISODE 4

Theories of Atlantis brings you Episode 4 of the Static IV Raw Tapes. This week’s episode focuses on Quim Cardona, German Nieves, Jahmal Williams, Pat Stiener, Steve Brandi, Brendan Carroll, Kevin Tierney, Mark Wetzel, Lem Go, Brian Clarke and Chad Muska. You read that right….The Muska. Enjoy.

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TOP TWELVE: TOA FAVORITE BROOKLYN BANKS CLIPS

The TOA Top Twelve is back with a very topical Brooklyn Banks post for your quarantined eyes. Since it’s virtually impossible to make a “Best Tricks” list for a spot so historical as the Brooklyn Banks, we decided to lighten it up a bit and make a list of our favorite clips from the long, long history of the incredible spot. Although a TON of amazing stuff has gone down w/in the property lines of the Banks, we picked the clips that have either been the most memorable to us or were so amazing we couldn’t leave them off the list. And since we can’t ever make up our minds completely, we added an “Honorable Mentions” section so we could squeeze a few more into the mix to make sure we didn’t leave out any classics. Do you agree with our list? What did we forget? Let us know in the comments. – Theories of Atlantis.

In order of appearance the skaters featured are: Eric Koston, Rob Welsh, Tim O’Connor, Brian Wenning, Jamie Thomas, Austin Gyllete, Stevie Williams, Jake Johnson, Zered Bassett, Josh Kalis and Quim Cardona.

The Honorable Mentions featured are: Mike Carroll, Javier Nunez, Mark Gonzales, Quim Cardona, Josh Kalis, Gino Ianucci, Jake Johnson, Keith Denley, Fred Gall and Jason Dill.

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STATIC IV RAW TAPES SERIES: EPISODE 2 – Theories of Atlantis

“Episode 2 covers all 5 Boroughs of NYC, even Staten Island and spans between the years of 2010 and 2013. During this time I was filming for both the Static IV project but also wrapping up the “Welcome to MIA” video at the same time. So Brian Delatore and Joel Meinholz were in NYC a little bit and we all filmed together with the Static crew at the same time. The line-up includes: Kevin Tierney, Ted Barrows, Aaron Herrington, Dustin Eggeling, Jahmal Williams, Brian Delatore, Yaje Popson, Quim Cardona, Jimmy Lannon, Brian Clarke, Jahmal Williams and Joel Meinholz. Dustin Eggling was still a pretty young kid in this time frame, and you can really see it in some of his clips. Brian Clarke was a late addition to the Static IV project but his footage is all so solid that he ended up having one of my favorite parts. This episode shows some of the first clips Brian started to get that made me want to include him with his own section. We are all over the place at this time, bouncing over to Staten on the ferry, training up to the Bronx and we even got a little session in at the JFK banks.” – Theories of Atlantis.

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STATIC IV RAW TAPES EP 1

Bringing back the Raw Tapes feature to help keep you sane through these wild times. Theories of Atlantis dug deep into Josh Stewart’s DV tape vaults to capture some never before seen clips, second makes and weird moments behind the scenes of filming for Static IV & V between 2007-2014. Episode 1 focuses just within the borough of Manhattan and features a lot of TOA’s favorites from the Static series. TOA will be releasing a new episode weekly so stay tuned and enjoy. Featuring Brendan Carroll, Joel Meinholz, Jahmal Williams, Kevin Tierney, Quim Cardona, Billy Rohan, Dustin Eggeling and Steve Brandi.

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ELKIN RAW TAPES: EPISODE 1 (FALL 2010)

Introducing a new weekly series on TOA, the Jeremy Elkin Raw Tapes Episodes, presenting raw footage and outtakes from Elkin’s archives from the making of The Brodies, Poisonous Products, Static IV, Polar Skate Co’s “I Like it Here Inside My Mind Don’t Wake Me This Time”, 5Boro’s “Join or Die” and more. This episode features Aaron Herrington, Quim Cardona, Leo Gutman, Jack Sabback and German Nieves…….enjoy!

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