Ray's MTB Archives – BMX UNION

Johnny DelBalso – 35 For 35

December 21, 2022

Johnny DelBalso celebrates 35 with a banger!

This is awesome. Johnny DelBalso celebrated turning 35 by going to work at Ray’s MTB by putting his deep bag of tricks to work all over the park. Over the course of the session, he stacked clips with 35 tricks, making for a super diverse edit. Hit play and check out what he stacked for clips!

“Pretty simple concept. Spent my 35th birthday filming 35 tricks in a single session. Some new stuff, some old stuff. The goal was to meet the quota and encapsulate how I enjoy riding my bmx bike.
This ended up being way more stressful than anticipated with the realization that a single fall could jeopardize the project(and just about did).
Can’t thank my friend Cody Duff enough for sticking out the day filming this thing. Glad we got it done.

Film- Cody Duff
Additional Filming- Matt Pandy, Paul Radosevich
Editing- Johnny Delbalso

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Music
Electric Citizen – Ripper”

Johnny Del Balso Shreds Paul’s Boutique

May 11, 2022

Shred BMX coming through with a fresh one featuring Johnny Del Balso getting some time in at the Paul’s Boutique section of Ray’s MTB in Cleveland. Although it’s a smaller and tighter section of the park, Johnny came up with a bunch of wallrides and lines for you to check out. Get on that play button!

““I’d rather crash and get hurt than go home not doing it.” – Johnny Del Balso

The Shadow Conspiracy – Gage Sharp & Jamie Thayer Ray’s Sessions

February 10, 2022

The Shadow Conspiracy coming through with a fresh one featuring Gage Sharp and Jamie Thayer throwing down at Ray’s MTB! Both of these guys have deep bags of tricks that they aren’t scared to put to work! Hit play to check out all the clips they stacked all over the park!

“The midwest winter is brutal, but Gage Sharp and Jamie Thayer didn’t let that hold them back. These two used these cold times to ride indoors and put the hurt on RaysMTB.
Gage and Jamie both have a deep bag of tricks that are both big and tech. Rays makes for an amazing spot for these two to showcase it all.

Filmed and Edited By: Dylan Thayer” – The Shadow Conspiracy

Gage Sharp – Out The Window

June 13, 2021

Here’s a fresh one featuring Gage Sharp getting a bunch of weekend session at Ray’s MTB for your viewing pleasure! Gage has a deep bag of tricks and he put the whole park to work for this one, so get on that play button and take a look at what he stacked for clips. This is a real good watch.

“Gage Sharp and I shared some messages about filming a video a while back. Neither of us really clarified when till I just started showing up at rays on weekends. After a few sessions together I started pulling out the camera and then it felt like a race to finish before the season was over. Stoked to finally have it all put together, hope y’all enjoy!!” – Dylan Thayer

Filmed and Edited by Dylan Thayer

BMX Scene Builders – The Halahans Meet Paul Rad

July 6, 2020

The Halahan’s hit the road to Ohio to spend some time riding with Paul Radosevich at Ray’s MTB and getting to know him a little better with some random questions mixed in throughout the video! As expected, these guys deliver in the riding department, and it’s good to get to know Paul a little better. Hit play to check it out!

“scene / `sen : the place of an occurrence or action
builder / `bil-der : one that builds

Motivated by their own DIY ethos, the Halahan boys take a closer look at Paul’s Boutique in Cleveland, OH. Long time friend and mentor Paul Radosevich walks the boys through what it took to make it happen. The unique spot fits Paul’s riding style perfectly. Tight transitions, lots of lines and safety hazards in a hide away locale that connects to Rays Bike Park.

Film and edit: Murphy Lee Moschetta” – DIG

Owen Meyer At Ray’s MTB Cleveland

March 31, 2019

Brant Moore hit us with a link to a fresh video he put together featuring Owen Meyer throwing down at Ray’s MTB in Cleveland, along with a little bit of street, trails and footage from other parks for good measure. This has a mix of riding and Owen talking a little bit about why he loves Ray’s, some of his other favorite local spots and why riders should come to Ohio. Hit play and check it all out!

“Owen destroys everything he touches and has a really great attitude towards life and BMX. Get to know him a little more or meet him for the first time in this video!

Owen Meyer is a 16 year old shredder from Cleveland Ohio and the first person featured in a new series I’m tentatively naming the Ohio Rider Spotlight.

Follow Owen on instagram! – @owenmeyer_

Additional filming from:
Matt Pavlas, Chris Gates, Zack Pflueger” – Brant Moore

Odyssey x QBP at The Wheel Mill and Ray’s MTB

May 10, 2018

The Odyssey team made their way to The Wheel Mill in Pittsburgh and Ray’s MTB in Cleveland.

Here’s a rad video Odyssey put together from a trip they did with QBP to get some riding time in at The Wheel Mill and Ray’s MTB. This video is packed full of clips that the guys got in during their time riding. Needless to say, it’s all good and this is one video you won’t want to pass up! Check it!

“With the help of our favorite US distributor QBP, we took Odyssey’s top ramp riders – Tom Dugan, Gary Young, Justin Spriet, Broc Raiford, and Preston Okert – to two of the best indoor parks in the country, the Wheel Mill and Ray’s. Naturally, with these guys ripping those parks, we came back with a killer video. Enjoy!”

Scotty Cranmer – Worst Crash of 2018

January 14, 2018

During a session at Ray’s Cory Berglar set the bar for the worst crash of 2018…

The footage from the trip to Ray’s MTB that Scotty Cranmer, Cory Berglar, Big Boy, Matty Cranmer, Dom Simoncini, Vinny Mannino, Ricky Hofman and Brooklyn took continues. This time around we get a bunch of footage from the session in the bowl area and street area of the place. There was a bunch of dialed riding that went down, but Cory Berglar set the bar for the worst crash of 2018 two weeks into the year around the 6:30 mark. Hit play and check out what the guys got into.

“In this video we ride the bowl ramp at Ray’s Mountain bike park and everyone was having an amazing time and everyone did some awesome tricks! Cory was riding really good and the session was getting hot and Cory decided to ice pick the wall in the bowl! After almost landing it he was determined to get it he went up and his bike missed the wall and he free fell backwards and landed on his back and hit his head pretty hard.. But Cory is the toughest guy in the world so he got right back up and continue to ride!” – Scotty Cranmer