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Quartersnacks Sports Desk — Back To The Banks 2025 Preview
Our correspondents Joel Popeteur, Big Hen Dawg & Father Bop preview the first Back To The Banks contest since 2008 — happening on October 4, 2025 @ 1 P.M. at the Brooklyn Banks. This installment is presented with support from Wip Energy.
Quim Cardona’s 47th Birthday at The Brooklyn Banks – Clearly Faded
This weekend the Clearly Faded crew got to celebrate the 47th birthday of a true East Coast legend—Quim Cardona. The Cardona brothers helped write the history of the Brooklyn Banks in the early 90s, bringing style, finesse, and energy that shaped generations of skaters in New York City and beyond.
We don’t wait until our legends are gone to honor them—we give them their flowers while they’re here, and Quim earned his.
The celebration was real: Jeremiah came up from Atlantic City, Chris Landry pulled through, Clearly Faded captain Jay Klotz was in the mix, Eli repped from Staten Island, and TJ from Philly—better known as Old Dirty Bastard in Hulu’s Wu-Tang series, our brother TJ Atoms—joined the session.
Moments like this are why we do what we do. Skateboarding isn’t just about tricks, it’s about culture, community, and honoring those who paved the way.
To keep that energy alive, our new Clearly Faded skateboards are officially available in 8.25 and 8.5—built for the streets, built for the culture, and built to keep this legacy rolling. Grab yours now on the website and ride with us
Go Skateboarding Day 2025 at the Brooklyn Banks
Jon Edwards takes you to the Brooklyn Banks reopening for Go Skateboarding Day 2025 with a contest hosted by Vans, the Skatepark Project, and Steve Rodriguez.
Cash was handed out for best tricks around all the classic spots. Featuring Zion Wright, Kyle Walker, Ryan Hamburg, Jiro Platt, Daiki Hoshino, Devin Flynn, and others from the Vans and Red Bull teams.
2025 GO SKATE DAY | BROOKLYN BANKS | VANS
Truly a Go Skateboarding Day for the books! New York never fails to show up and what a perfect way to celebrate the return of the big banks. Vans thanks their partners at Gotham Park, The Skatepark Project and VFC Foundation for helping bring this event to life and returning the banks to Skateboarding. Much love to the Vans skate team and everyone who came and skated, enjoyed the music, grabbed a slice, or just watched all the action.
Brooklyn Banks ‘Back-to-School’ Event & Supply The Ride Gear Giveaway – The Skatepark Project
In early September, The Skatepark Project held a Back to School gear giveaway and event at The Brooklyn Banks in partnership with the Super Skate Posse, Vans, Gumball 3000 Foundation, and community-based group Gotham Park!
One hundred kids received free skateboards, helmets, Vans shoes, and tote bags filled with fun items and school supplies. The day featured skate lessons from pros, yoga for skaters, and a whole lot of stoke.
Brooklyn Banks 9 Stair Contest 2024
Checkout the footage behind the Brooklyn Banks 9 Stair Contest!
Back to The Brooklyn Banks 2008 Skateboarding NYC
The bottom line is this: Back to the Banks 2008 was an event that felt like skateboarding should feel, so hats off to Steve Rodriguez from 5Boro, for stressing out and doing the generally thankless job of running a skateboarding event. It’s one of those raw deals…feeling like real skateboarding. So thanks, Steve. The Contest was broken down into four different sections: Bank-to-wall, bank-to-ledge, tranny-spine, and stairs/rail.
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.
Nike SB | Lacey Baker
LA, New York, office jobs, skateboarding and more. Dive into Lacey Baker’s world in the latest from Nike SB.
RYAN SCHMALZ – NUGG OF THE WEEK
Ryan Schmalz skates the iconic Brooklyn Banks in this Nugg of the Week filmed by Rich Whitehead. Submit your NOTW by #SkateNugg on Instagram or emailing us at skatenugg732@gmail.com for your chance to be the next!
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SKATEBOARDING NYC BROOKLYN BANKS 4K/60P
Some 4k 60fps skateboarding test footage filmed on the Panasonic GH5 at the infamous Brooklyn Banks in NYC. Featuring Ron Deily, Spencer Fujimoto and Akira Mowatt. Canon 8-15mm f/4L fisheye and Canon 24-105 f/4L zoom lens with Metabones Speed Booster Ultra (Not XL). – RB Umali.