Filmed around Lisbon, Paris, Athens, Southport, Liverpool, Lyon, Reunion island, Oléron island, La Rochelle & Saint Jean de Monts.
Directed by AK, cut and colour by me.
In the first episode of the season, Nate Wessel and the Build Woodward crew recreated the most iconic ramp in the history of skateboarding, the Animal Chin Ramp. The legendary ramp was constructed in the back corner of what was once just an ordinary tennis court. To complete the transformation from tennis court to skatepark, Nate went to work on designing a concrete street park to surround the Chin Ramp and brought in the boys from California Skateparks to pour some concrete and complete the project. Foreman Santiago Lopez takes us through the creation of two specific features in the new park: a steep corner-quarterpipe and a cantilevered bump-to-bump with some cool concrete finishing touches. Once the concrete is dry and the park is complete, Jake Hayes, Ronnie Sandoval, Peter Hewitt, Vincent Alvarez, Tom Knox and Adrian Adrid from the Dickies Skate Team stop by to check it out and shred.
Introducing Woodward Riviera Maya - EP2 - Build Woodward Presented By Dickies. Woodward's world renowned ramp builder Nate Wessel has always had an idea for an "urban center" facility, a concept that placed all that is Woodward inside of a single building, optimizing the use of every square inch of space. Today, thanks to an exciting new partnership with Hard Rock Hotels, Nate's vision will soon become a reality. The second episode of Build Woodward takes us south of the border to the beautiful Hard Rock Riviera Maya in Mexico, where we join Nate in the early stages of construction of the world's first Woodward urban center. Nate takes us on a tour and gives us a first look at the design of Woodward Riviera Maya.
When Tony Hawk calls Woodward to discuss the idea of reconstructing the Animal Chin ramp, we listen. Woodward Build Crews have been on the forefront of every new ramp idea and every inch of the facilities at all Woodward locationS. Veteran builders Nate Wessel, Ron Kimler, Ryan Corrigan and Kris Sherry work together with one of the most iconic builders of all time, Tim Payne, to re-create the legendary Animal Chin ramp. See what goes down at Woodward West and how a tennis court can be transformed into the newest and most anticipated ramp of all time.
In this episode of Build Woodward, we’re diving deep into the history of The Cage, a massive wooden skate park built in 1998 at Woodward PA. The Cage was originally designed for a street contest as part of an XGames qualifying event called B3 which was short for “bikes, boards, and blades” and featured BMX, skateboarding, and inline skating. The massive Wooden park was built on top of an old tennis court at camp and its name “The Cage” was inspired by the 12-foot fence that surrounded the area.
Back in Mexico, ramp builder Nate Wessel and his crew get to work on the most unique area of the 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.
Filmed in La Rochelle, Bordeaux & Pessac Special thanks to Joshua Renton for the exclusive music track, Victor Sellier from L'INDÉ production for the filming, and Dickies Life for all the help and the project.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.