Gabe Weed: I was born and raised in Walnut Creek, CA. It is about 30 miles east of San Francisco.
Gabe Weed: I got my first real bike in the summer of 1987. I saved up money from my paper route, went to the bike store and bought a GT Performer, not knowing it was a freestyle bike. I had no idea what the pegs were used for, so I bought a BMX Plus magazine and studied it and tried to duplicate the tricks in it. I pretty much rode the first year by myself in front of my house.
I got some friends in my neighborhood to start riding with me. Then I met Andrew Arroyo and Jeff Tsai at my school.
BAY AREA.
I was really lucky because there were some amazing pros in the Bay Area that got together every sunday for a session at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. After watching some savvy links from names like Aaron Dull, Carly Garcia, Eric Emmerson, Pete Brandt, Drob, and Joe Paluci, my friends and I were all stoked to go home and ride hard all week.
2nd place 14-15 intermediate @ AFA Masters finals, LA.
1st place stuntboys flat @ BS finals, Chicago, november 1992. Stunt Boys were about as hard to judge as it gets. The big comp was between points leader Chad Degroot and Gabe Weed. Gabe took the win for the day, while Chad took second and the Stuntboy flatland title for the year.
Gabe Weed: I turned pro in 1993.
BS SHIMMERVILLE.
3rd place stuntmen flat @ BS round 2, Shimerville, Pennsylvania, april 1993.
FIRST PIC IN A MAGAZINE.
Gabe Weed, www.facebook.com, february 2014: My first magazine picture! June 1993 issue of Ride BMX. I don't think I can even do this trick anymore! I called it the Vise.
2HIP.
July 1993, Gabe is riding for 2Hip/Wilkerson Airlines.
BS OKC.
6th place stuntmen flat @ BS round 3, Oklahoma City, september1993.
Wilkerson Airlines' new flatland frame called The Vice as designed by Gabe Weed should be out.
Ells Bells, Release the Grease video.
BS VIRGINIA.
6th place stuntmen flat @ BS round 2, Hampton, Virginia, july 1995.
BS OKC.
7th place stuntmen flat @ BS round 3, Oklahoma City, OK, september 1995.
OFF 2HIP.
Gabe left 2Hip.
PRIMO.
Gabe is riding for Primo.
EUTHANASIA.
Infection 2, Euthanasia video.
I decided to move down to Southern California in the summer of 1996 to persue my dream of riding my bike for a living. Within a few months of relocating to Huntington Beach I got my first big pro sponsorship from GT bikes. I traveled an average of 200 days a year doing bike shop, NBA, NCAA, CBA, county and state fair, corporate and many other shows across Canada and the US with GT under Woody Itson's program. I did this until 2002 when most of the team moved over to Giant bikes.
6th place stuntmen flat @ BS finals, Oceanside, CA.
3rd place pro flat @ 2hip Burning Bike Festival, Arizona, november 1998.
6th place stuntmen flat @ BS round 1, Louisville, KY, april 1999.
8th place stuntmen flat @ BS round 2, Richmond, VA, may 1999.
Video Explorations (Bobby Carter)
BMX PLUS! COVER.
Gabe Weed on the cover of BMX Plus! july 1999.
1999 X-GAMES..
13th place pro flat @ X-Games 1999.
8th place stuntmen flat @ BS/B3 round 1, Lake Havasu, AZ, march 2000.
Gabe Weed has been riding a lot this winter. He had quite a few new moves including a forward rope to gliding lardyard turbined backwards. From there he steps over the head tube, kicks the tire forward and rides out on the opposite side.
16th place stuntmen flat @ BS/B3 round 4, Nashville, TeNnessee, june 2000.
Video Intrikat, Infinite Pieces.
21ème place stuntmen flat @ BS/B3 round 2, Edison Field, Louisville, KY., april 2001
Interview: BMX Plus! july 2001.
Gabe Weed, www.facebook.com, december 2013: FINALLY!! CHEAP GOODS BMX HAS A STORE LOCATION!! NEW COSTA MESA STORE OPENS TODAY!!!