Woodward Riviera Maya Grand Opening Weekend

The brand new Woodward Riviera Maya down in Mexico at the Hard Rock Riviera Maya resort. To kick things off, Woodward flew in top pros from around the world to break in the new facility and celebrate with us. Including Aaron Homoki, Alex Sorgente, Andy MacDonald, Anthony Napolitan, Austin Raye, Brighton Zeuner, Chase Hawk, Chris Cole, Clay Kreiner, Daniel Dhers, David Loy, Elliot Sloan, Felipe Gustavo, Garrett Reynolds, Jake Johnson, Julian Diagre, Karen Jonz, Kevin Peraza, Kriss Kyle, Leticia Bufoni, Neal Hendrix, Sandro Dias, Tom Wallisch, Tony Hawk, Van Homan, Vincent Alvarez and Zach Wallin. Props to our homies at GoPro, The Boardr and CA Rampworks for all the help with the event and a big thank you to everybody that came out to the celebration.

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Skating for The Thrill of It | Manuel Stiefvater Interview

Local Spaniard Manuel Stiefvater made the short journey from his hometown Madrid to Barcelona. Hence his ability to rip in the street like nobody ‘s businesses. As seen in his winning Am Search submission video, Manuel approaches handrails with confidence and enjoys gapping over them too. Skating for nothing more but himself, we believe Manuel will make it far in skateboarding. Check out his interview above from Dew Tour Am Series Barcelona!

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The Cage Demolition – EP4 – Build Woodward Presented By Dickies

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. After almost 20 years, the park has started to deteriorate and keeping it safe to ride each year has become a challenge. Under the guidance of Woodward Brand Manager and skate legend Neal Hendrix and our ramp builder Nate Wessel, the decision was made to tear down The Cage and build a brand-new concrete skate park in its place. In this episode, we pay tribute to the historic Wooden park, take a sneak peek at the design of the new concrete park and then absolutely demolish The Cage.

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