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
Venango TF with Kevin Taylor, Quim Cardona, Jay Bertsch, Sergei, Mike Hagerty & More
The adults go out to play skateboards and have fun. Probably well over 150 combined years of skateboarding in the room that day, nothing but fun and good vibes with this crew! – Arjun Shah
ILP X CLEARLYFADED Collaboration Collection
Skaters in order of Appearance: Bryan Leddy, Nasir, Tom Hernandez, Quim Cardona, Jason Klotz, and Jason Fennell. Pick up the collaboration HERE.
Quim Cardona x ICON Series Teaser – DESTRUCTO
Quim Cardona snippet for the first installment of Destructo’s ICON series paying homage to the true originals who paved the way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
CITY ON FIRE – A Newark Skateboarding Short Film
Featuring Alik Staley, Elijah Best, Russel Floyd, Quim Cardona, Tommy Cuba, Dan Vodges, and Sean Cotes.
Mike and Quim Cardona 411VM Compilation
Come classic footage of New Jersey’s Mike and Quim Cardona from 411VM.
Fred Gall & Friends Rip Shorty’s Place DIY
Check out Uncle Freddy Gall and his crew at the one and only Shorty’s Place DIY in Newark, New Jersey. Featuring Fred, and Andrew McLaughlin, Phil Jackson, Vinmo, Theo Korkidas, Adam Benson, Chris Cusmano, Quim Cardona, Mike Covello, John Cruz, Pickle Dick, Dan V, Sean Coates, Rafael Gomes, & John Gardner.