John Saxton Archives

Top 5 Craziest Ramp Builds with John Saxton

July 9, 2018

John Saxton has built some real crazy ramps in some interesting places…

There’s a handful of ramp builders out there that have done some amazing builds over the years. Vital BMX caught up with John Saxton from Skidmark Parks to talk about a few of his craziest builds from ramps on the back of semi trailers to flying to India to build some ramps in a sketchy setup, to building ramps out of salt and Kevin Robinson’s park. This is real interesting, so hit play and check it out!

“World-renown ramp builder John Saxton discusses the five craziest projects he’s ever taken on. From using dilapidated wood in India to building an entire skatepark out of salt in Bolivia, Saxton has a wild résumé.” – Vital BMX

Woodward VIP – John Saxton

December 9, 2016

Woodward East dropped their latest VIP video! This time around John Saxton goes to work cooking up some creative tricks and lines while trying to avoid kicking his own ass too much. The end result was really good, though! Check it out!

“The belt sander is back! When John Saxton isn’t building parks for everyone to skate and ride, he’s bringing his unique bag of tricks to Woodward. Click play and enjoy this one.

Filmed and Edited: Dan Foley.”

John Saxton – Raw Footage

July 15, 2015

John Saxton has been on FIRE lately with the videos! Here’s his latest gem featuring a ton of raw footage from sessions he has had over the years at Wooward East, The Animal House, The Unit, a handful of other skateparks (was there even some footage from an X-Games course?), garage ramp set ups, basement ramp setups, street sessions and more! John has a huge bag of tricks that he puts to good use throughout this entire video from big flips and fufanus to Vander rolls and hand jams. You really don’t know what to expect with each clip and that’s what kicks so much ass about this video. Hit that play button because this BMX video does NOT disappoint.

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How To – Footjam Variation

July 6, 2015

Here’s a quick video John Saxton graced us with that gives us a VERY interesting look at a foojam variation we’ve never seen before. A little help from a 2×4 with a shoe and you have yourself a… Well, we don’t actually know the name of this one. Check out the clip and see just how they did it!

“This video has bmx pro Marcus Tooker and Shea Nyquist show you how to do a new Footjam nosepick variation on a Bmx bike. This way shows you how to not only learn yourself, but also how to teach your friends to footjam. Let us know how it turned out for you.” – John Saxton

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Shea Nyquist and the Double Tall BMX Bike

July 2, 2015

Shea Nyquist is one of those guys who has fabricated some crazy shit in his day. We’ve seen a few things from him, like the Tall BMX Bike Jousting with one of these double tall BMX bikes before, but today John Saxton uploaded this old footage of him trying, and succeeding, in riding it at the Unit in Greenville! We can only imagine how hard it is to drop in on that thing let alone do an icepick stall! Oh yeah, we’re definitely counting that!

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Leftover Goodies

June 29, 2015

Now this is what we call a compilation. Check out a TON of old footage John Saxton was sitting on of John Parker, Alistar Whitton, Andy Buckworth, Ben Hittle, Brian Hunt, Zak Earley, Cole Tedorovich, Daniel Dhers, Drew Bezanson, Jamie Bestwick, Jeremiah Smith, John Rodgers, Marcus Tooker, Mike Spinner, Ryan Nyquist, John Saxton, Scotty Cranmer, Trey Jones, Shea Nyquist, Ty Morrow and Vinny Vasquez from sessions at Woodward East, The Unit, Rye Airfield and a few other places from what we’re assuming is the last 10-15 years? Not really sure… But this video definitely has a few guys like Marcus and Vinny making us wonder what ever happened to them and where they are today. Either way, this is amazing and is filled with a lot of fufanus and crazy riding you won’t want to miss.

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Woodward East – VIP: John Saxton

August 25, 2014

This is awesome. Woodward East dropped this video of John Saxton throwing down a ton of dialed riding you just don’t see in videos these days! There’s a lot of creativity and originality in this which makes for a real good watch! Enjoy!

“BMX pro John Saxton doesn’t just roll up in style, he keeps the dream alive all over camp with some of the most creative tricks we’ve seen this summer. ”

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John Saxton Visits Rampworx

June 23, 2011

“John Saxton is the man behind some of the best skatepark designs in the world, so it only made sense for us to fly him out and talk over some ideas.

Over the last 14 years we have been constantly trying to improve our skatepark and we have no plans of slowing down.

We sat down with John whilst he was over in Liverpool to give you an insight into his career and passion for skateparks and BMX. John also managed to fit in some riding time at the skatepark, check it out.

The future is bright!

Filmed & Edited by Richard Johnson

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