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Kanode Knows – Nate Wessel

November 26, 2024

Nate Wessel gets on a video call for the Kanode Knows Podcast!

The latest round of the Kanode Knows Podcast from Bobby Kanode has arrived. This week he has the one and only Nate Wessel on telling his story of his riding career that turned into his crazy ramp building career that he has been doing all over the world. This is a super good listen, so you will not want to pass this up!

“Nate Wessel is a professional BMX rider and ramp builder extraordinaire from Ohio. His BMX career speaks for itself and the ramps he’s built are second to none! I’m grateful I got to talk to him and I hope you enjoy this episode.

Bonus life update from me at the end!” – Bobby Kanode

Woodward East’s New 30,250 SQ FT Park “Town Centre”

May 26, 2021

If you’re planning to go out to Woodward East this summer, you’re going to be in for a treat because they just dropped the news that they’re in the process of building out their new “Town Centre” park that is a massive 30,250 square feet of concrete goodness! Check out the full details, along with more angles of the design by Nate Wessel below!

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Fox “Expendable 3” – Full Video (2002)

March 26, 2021

Snakebite coming through with another classic for you to start your weekend off right! Here’s the full Fox Racing “Expendable 3” video that has an absolutely legendary lineup of riders! The video was released back in 2002 and features riding from Ruben Alcantara, Fuzzy Hall, The Shadow, Dave Mirra, TJ Lavin, Colin Winkelmann, Alan Cooke, Chris Doyle, Taj Mihelich, Brian Foster, Bruce Crisman, Luc-E, Mike Laird, Josh Harrington, Chad Kagy, Colin Mackay, Nate Wessel, Ronny Chalk, Punjab and more! This ha a little bit of everything from street to park, trails and flatland. Needless to say it’s a damn good watch, and I personally can’t even count the number of times I watched this one when it came out 19 years ago.

Build Woodward – The Cage Rebuild

May 11, 2018

Woodward East recently replaced the legendary Cage with a new cement bowl…

It’s always amazing seeing what goes into building something new to ride, especially when it’s at Woodward Camp and Nate Wessel is the guy running the show. Hit play to see how this place was built from the initial demo of The Cage all the way through the build of the bowl to finish! If you like seeing how things are made, this is one you won’t want to skip.

“Out with the old and in with the new! The Cage, originally an XGames qualifier BMX street park, has been completely demolished and it’s time for Team Pain to come in and begin construction on a brand new concrete park. Despite dealing with torrential rain, the crew manages to get the concrete poured and the park completed before camp starts” – Woodward Camp

Build Woodward – The Woodward Riviera Maya Pump Track

January 25, 2018

Let Nate Wessel take you through the build process of the Pump Track at Woodward Riviera Maya!

Here’s one for the builders and the guys that like to see how things are made! Woodward Camp caught up with Nate Wessel and his crew to get a behind the scenes look at the amazing Pump Track that they built for Woodward Riviera Maya! The build is crazy and the end result is amazing… Nate and his crew have done it again!

“Woodward Riviera Maya build, the pump track. Nate’s original concept was fairly straight forward, but they threw that out the window and started fresh. The result was one of the most unique pump tracks in the world.” – Woodward Camp

Nate Wessel Discusses Building Woodward Riviera Maya

October 22, 2017

Get some insight on what it took to build Woodward Riviera Maya from Nate Wessel.

When it comes to ramp building, there’s no doubt that having Nate Wessel at the head of the project is always a good idea. Here’s a video where Nate discusses what it took to build the new Woodward Riviera Maya down in Mexico! It wasn’t as easy as some of you might think!

“World-renowned visionary Nate Wessel discusses how a Woodward in Mexico came to be, the immense difficulties he encountered while building, and even breaks some news regarding future Woodward locations!” – Vital BMX

Red Bull – If Wessel Built It, They Will Come: Nate Wessel Bio

August 25, 2016

If there’s a gnarly BMX contest, there’s a really good chance that Nate Wessel had something to do with the course. Over the years, Nate has had his hand in building out incredible skateparks from Chenga to all of the Woodward camps, countless Red Bull events, the annual Simple Session contests, X-Games, The Unit, ramps for Travis Pastra’s backyard, ramps for the Bikes Over Baghdad tours and more… In short, there’s a REALLY good chance you have seen his work somewhere and some time. Red Bull dropped this badass bio on Nate talking about his work, how he got his start all the way up to today. Hit play and check this out!

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Nate Wessel Talks About Designing Simple Session Courses

March 21, 2016

As you should know by now, some of the best contest ramp setups and even some parks and places like Woodward are designed by the one and only Nate Wessel. The crew over at Simple Session caught up with Nate to talk about designing the courses and the city of Tallinn, Estonia as a whole in this new video. Take a peek! You better believe Nate is cooking up something awesome for Simple Session 16, too!

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