When Quim Cardona entered the professional skateboarding circuit in1996 at the age 16, he never knew that his personality and presence would be embraced by the world of extreme sports and more. Featured in videos; (411 issue's #9, #39, Eastern Exposure, Real's Non Fiction, R.B's "Rivisited"and EST. Danny Minnick's "The Blvd" in 2005 covers Quim's experience living los angeles. Harif Guzman's "Compost" of new york city. The Kayo Corp., "It's Official"in 2006, Morita Takahiro's On the Broad (far east skate network video in japan 2006), and Chris Hall's "Get Familiar"2006, would influence so many young people of today to skate, to not give up their goals. "Believe in yourself, and and there is no such thing as failures." "Acapella with a hurt Patella."Carried out with an attitude of determination, discapline, and confidence Quim managed to circulate his image through all major skateboard publications, and also able to self-promote as a skate celebrity in The Source, Vice, Frank 151, Complex Magazines. As an example. His first skateboard graphic was designed by Mark Gonzales for Real Skateboards. Real also ran a limited edition created by his twin brother Mike Cardona. The life of Mike Cardona, an artist and a great skater with so much character will always be remember. Skateboarding for the kids in the suburbs compared to the innercity always had it's differences. One that kept skaters in touch with being healthy and staying out of troubles, was skating itself.

The Brooklyn Banks, located under the brooklyn bridge in Manhattan, blocks away from 911 is the trademark of skateboarding in New York City. Brooklyn banks contains thousands of mistold stories but it was a stomping grounds for skaters from all over the world.His first skate graphic for Zoo York in 2000 was of the brooklyn bridge. Documented in Ari Marcopoulos’s book “Out & About”, Larry Clark’s “Punk Picasso”,and “Dysfunctional captures the brooklyn bank's most exciting times. Harold Hunter, Justin Pierce, Keenan Milton, Huf, Mike V, Chris Pastras, Ducky, all of the others had no idea they help to make a skate spot as historical as the bridge itself. Picture a Playground made of dirty brick waves, for dirty ghetto kids to come out and play.

Quim repped Zoo York after they dropped Mixtape and everyone basically left. Danny Supa, Quim, and Harold were the ones that kept it alive. One day while he was traveling in australia for billabong at that time he received an email that he was released from the team for not deciding to take on zoo clothes. Around the time Marc Echo bought out Zoo York. It's didn't take much time figure out what was best and so he made the move to work with Karl Watson to skate for Organika 2002. The Kayo Corp put on their first East Coast Grind King. Just as Stevie William decided to move forward with his career to start DGK and Gold Wheels. Gold's first video includes music tracks that were produced by Quim. In 2003, He established his own Wheel Company called Sushi. In 2006 Sushi resulted in a break up with the partnerships.

“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this” Henry Ford quotes.

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