Brad Gibbs celebrated his 4/20/2020 by rolling up and rolling out in the streets of Pittsburgh with Chase Bucci behind the lens to capture all the days’ sessions. Brad puts in a solid days work in this quick exclusive for Gold Leaf Fonta.
Support For The Wheel Mill
The Wheel Mill has partnered with Vans through their new ‘Foot The Bill’ initiative, which aims to support small business partners with their operational costs during the COVID-19 crisis with custom-designed Vans footwear. The net proceeds from the sale of each pair of these very special Vans Customs will go directly to our small business partners. The shoes were designed by Mason Ritter and can be customized through the Vans website. You can pick-up and design your pair of customs by clicking here.
The Wheel Mill has also teamed up with Ink Division to raise money for the park through the sale of some shirts designed by Murphy Moschetta, Mason Ritter, and Mark & Mike Potoczny. You can check out all the shirts by clicking here.
The Wheel Mill – February Winter Warmer
This one slipped by us, but for the sake of good archiving, we couldn’t let it pass us by entirely. Filmed by Murphy Lee Moschetta at The Wheel Mill during the month of February. The video includes riding from a bunch of the parks locals including Brad Gibbs, Harry Geyer, Linus Pietrusza, Mason Ritter, Ryan Connelly, Murphy Moschetta, Matt Hordubay, Jakai “Spoon” Frazier, Chris Adamson, Freddy Reisker, Johnny Zoppelt, Lil’ Jon, Mike & Mark Potoczny, Chris Doyle, Colin & Zach Shafer, Eric “Zoolander” Miller, Tyler Valentik, Lukas, Nathan & Shane Halahan.
Ride Like A Girl Weekend
“Ride Like A Girl is a Weekend to inspire and instruct women and non-binary riders in all things biking at The Wheel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pa! The event takes place on March 21st and 22nd. With legendary instructors including Carley Young, Nina Buitrago, Cory Coffey, Kathi Krause, Hillary Marques, Karen Brooks & Sally Sherman, riders can learn skills from fundamentals to expert BMX and Mountain Biking. We close the park down until 2pm to the public to help riders have room to grow.” – Michael Potoczny
Read More “Ride Like A Girl Weekend”Stink Pit 5 – Full DVD
The fifth full-length video from the Stink Pit crew has been uploaded to the DIG BMX YouTube channel in its entirety. The video features full sections from Dan Conway / Eric Capone, Fran Meehan, Marty Moore, Nick Bott, Shilo Staniech / Eeshond Kirk, Ryan Evak, Dan Kelleher ‘Gannwear’, Ryan Serrano, and Justin Care / Jeff Purdy.
Merritt BMX: Philly
In the latest web offering from Merritt, Brandon Begin and Anthony Catlow link up with Jim Borio in Philly to ride a handful of spots during the unseasonably warm weather. Filmed and edited by Scott McMenamin.
2020 Winter Welcome Jam
For seven years, the Winter Welcome Jam has served as a platform for a great time with bikes, music, and friends. The 2020 Welcome Jam was held on Saturday, January, 18th at The Wheel Mill. DIG has released a new installment in their “In The Cut” series from the jam filmed by Rob Dolecki, which you can check out above. The DIG website also has some photos from the jam shot by Murphy Moschetta which you can check out by clicking here. In addition, The Wheel Mill website also has a gallery of photos shot by Murphy that you can check out here.
TRA Double Cross & Dirt Jump Comp Recap
The TRA BMX website has been updated with a recap video from the 2019 TRA Double Cross & Dirt Jump Comp that took place last September at the TRA compound in Macungie, Pennsylvania. The video was filmed and edited by Troy Zeigler (Elevated Visuals). Click play and check it out.
Beaver Meadow Trails 2019
Justin Mitchell put together some footage from the 2019 trail riding season at Beaver Meadow trails. Although we don’t have a lot of information to accompany this video, it’s easy to see that the locals that maintain the trails had a great season full of laps and good times.
Defgrip Gallery – Tasha Lindemann 2019
Tasha Lindemann has a gallery of her photography from 2019 posted up on the Defgrip website. The gallery contains images from the Catty / Posh trail riding season and some previously unreleased photos from Florideah Swampfest, the FBM X DIG DIY World Championship at the Lost Bowl, and the TRA Double Cross Dirt Jump Competition.
PA Woods 2019 Unreleased Footage
Jess Grinager spent the 2019 trail riding season documenting countless hours of riding at Posh and Catty Woods. While Jess has released several videos throughout the year focused on the annual events at the trails, his latest is a year-end video of unreleased footage primarily focused on the riding that takes place during everyday sessions in the woods. Click play to check it out, and don’t forget to subscribe to Jess’s YouTube channel for more.
The Winter Welcome Jam 2020
The Winter Welcome Jam is going down January 18th, 2020 at The Wheel Mill Bike Park. The day is full of events from GT Bikes Street-ish Jam, Circuit BMX Lap Challenge to Profile Racing Best Whip and much more. Coming back this year is the Subrosa Rail of Doom with Trey Jones. Make it to the end of this beast of a rail and you’ll with $150 and a free entry into Swamp Fest. Join us for some high fives and bikes at The Wheel Mill in Pittsburgh, PA.