Nate Wessel Archives

Build Woodward – The Cage Rebuild

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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T1 Memories

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Nate Wessel dropping a banger that’s only been waiting about 13 years to see the light of day.. Or the internet. Check out some amazing footage Nate put together from a trip to Australia he took with the Terrible One crew to go along with a song from Sense Field that Nate wanted to pay tribute to their recently deceased singer. Hit play to take in some gold from Nate, Ruben Alcantara, Joe Rich and Garrett Byrnes that does not disappoint.

“This was one of the last BMX edits I ever put together. I think in 2003 a few days before I broke my leg on the T-1 tour and flew home to have emergency surgery. I have not looked at the video since it was made. This footage was edited to a Sense Field song “Fun Never Ends”, the singer Jon Bunch of Sense Field passed away on Feb. 2nd 2016. I post this in tribute to Jon Bunch and family for the inspiration that he has given to so many people. Thanks to everyone that also made this tour happen and the life long memories. Thanks to Etnies, FOX Racing, Terrible One, Taj Mihelich, Joe Rich, Garrett Byrnes, Ruben Alcantara, John Povah, Big Island David Quesada, and all of the amazing friends and family we met and stayed with throughout this tour. “Fun Never Ends”!”

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Chad DeGroot’s Bikes Over Baghdad Recap

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For the past few years, the Bikes Over Baghdad crew have been making trips over to the Middle East to spend some time hanging out with the troops, doing BMX demos and just getting a look at what it’s like over there. With a heavy crew of guys like Chad DeGroot, Drew Bezanson, Rob Darden, Anthony Napolitan, Mykel Larrin, Nate Wessel, Keith Mulligan, Morgan Wade and a few others, things are bound to get pretty wild. Chad dropped a full report from his trip over on the DECO BMX website, with 4 videos (like the one above) and a bunch of words from the day to day journal he kept. This appears to have been one hell of a trip… Check it!

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