History of Quamen?

[Stereolab]

About ten years ago, Quamen seemed to come out of nowhere...they sponsored the riders who got the most exposure at the time (Kuoppa, Penonzek, Cerra), and tons of riders bought their frames.  Flatland Fuel wasn't around yet, but the first Quamen frame was available at Dan's.  Quamen frames are still great now, but it seems like a different company now.  What changed over the years?   What was "Dig-It" (didn't that used to be the name of the company and "Quamen" the name of the frame?)  Were the frames always American made like they are now?  What about Camacura and other names associated with it, were they the same people?  I am interested in knowing more about the company, just because flatland-specific companies come and go, and it's admirable that the brand has been going for at least ten years now, with the same logo and everything (although I'm interested to know whether ownership has changed over the years)

[Furball]

This has been discussed already. At least 800,000,000,000,000 times, I guess.
Once upon a time... there was a guy named Richard Zabzdyr (R.I.P.)...

[Johnny Gordon]

From memory..........Well, from what i was told years ago, could be way out....

Quamen........,Quarry-men

Quarry-men was a term used for grave diggers, hence Graveyard and dig-it


 

[kabirun]

Quamen= Merry man's instrument or mask (in Japanese)

[Stereolab]

I am not asking about the name, I am just curious about the company and how it's changed over the years.

[SIN]

Frame: O.G. 1st Gen. Quamen Clad
Bar ends: CamAcura
Grips: ODI
Bars: Graveyard T.I.

Front brake: Dia Compe 990 (Quamen stainless "Low Boy's" soon to be mounted)
Brake levers: Tech 7
Brake cable: Odyssey Slic

Stem: CamAcura 1st. gen. Macross
Gyro: soon to be, SST
Headset: Dia Compe Tank
Forks: GT Show

Front hub: Nankai
Spokes: stainless
Front rim: CamAcura Dough Boy

Cranks: Odyssey Black Widow
Bottom bracket: Odyssey
Sprocket: Odyssey Battle gear 28t
Chain: KMC
Pedals: Odyssey PC

Seat post clamp: CamAcura
Seat post: Primo Rod
Seat: Odyssey 99er


Rear brake: soon to be Dia Compe 990
Brake cable: soon to be Odyssey Slic

Rear hub: Nankai w/Quamen stainless Bomber nuts
Spokes: Stainless
Back Rim: CamAcura Dough Boy

Tensioners: 1st. gen. Quamen Pop's

Pegs: GT Show

Tires: Primo Walls

[flt trix rider43]

Zenta owns the company and always has
as bmx flatland has not taken off as much as he had hoped
he has ventured into other things like mountian bikes stuff
and road bikes.

i known Zenta for a long long time and quamen still makes
one of the best bikes out there for flatland

cam-acura is the parts department and dig-it is it's distributor
for getting all quamen and cam-acura parts out to the world.

so to straighten this out and i have ridden quamen stuff and still
so in a quamen cyphr frame, lolli pops etc and so do many here
in nor-cal.............

[griOt]

Guys get the quamen interview in Cream #35

Mutt you should come down to the hollywood jam next week 

[riding]

I've loved Quamen since I started, but I wasn't riding in the early days.  I don't know much about who the good riders were back then that were shredding on the new Quamen stuff.
Who were some of the first riders, outside of Quamen, to get flow and represent?

[flt trix rider43]

HEYA ANTHONY

I HOPED TO GO DOWN FOR THE HOLLYWOOD SESSION
BUT I CANT AS I AM BUSY THAT WEEKEND AND I AM
STILL SICK AND GETTING OVER ALL THIS CRAP THAT
ALMOST KILLED ME.....................


ANTHONY KNOWS I SUPPORT QUAMEN  AND GRAVEYARD
WAS STARTED BY MY GOOD FRIEND RICHARD Z. WHO
PASSED AWAY TRAGEDY....



I WENT BY TRENT'S HOUSE TONIGHT AND THE FIRST TIME
I BEEN OUT AND ABOUT IN ALMOST THREE MONTHS AND
I THINK TRENT WAS PRETTY SHOCKED TO SEE ME STILL
ALIVE!

THERE WAS ALSO OTHER COMPANIES IN LALA LAND LIKE
LOVEGOAT, MORALES ETC..................... AND I CAN TELL
YOU THAT I REMEMBER THEM ALL..........

BUT QUAMEN HAS STAYED AROUND AND WILL STAY AROUND
FOR A LONG TIME.

[katobmx]

Can someone give me a little info about graveyard its owner and his death ive been very curious about it for awhile

[Furball]

Can someone give me a little info about graveyard its owner and his death ive been very curious about it for awhile

He died in a car crash while returning from York Jam.

[TGK]

.....And what's even more scary , is that Jesse stayed in York, but was going to go home also. 

[flatlandpercy]

Quamen was always like magic to me, a big mistery.
They had the BEST parts for flatland, still do.
I remember I once got this little cardboard sheet
with one of my orders, and I drooled over all the
parts they showed; they were "CamaCura," I coudn't
believe how awesome they were, and I'd never have
seen them if I didn't get the cardboard from my order,
which was a long time ago, maybe flatlandfuel.
But I used to dream about Quamen parts on my bike.

[TJ Perry]

I think I could better explain the history if I just got a colonoscopy and showed you the pictures.