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1974 Date of birth: 23 avril 1974
Gabe Weed: I was born and raised in Walnut Creek, CA. It is about 30 miles east of San Francisco.
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1987 GET STARTED RIDING BMX.
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.
1988 FRIENDS.
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.
1989 AFA MASTERS FINALS.
2nd place 14-15 intermediate @ AFA Masters finals, LA.
1990
1991
1992 BS CHICAGO.
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.
1993 PRO.
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.
1994 THE VICE.
Wilkerson Airlines' new flatland frame called The Vice as designed by Gabe Weed should be out.
1995 RELEASE THE GREASE.
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.
1996 NorCal flatlander Gabe weed has joined the GT freestyle team after leaving 2-Hip Bikes.
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.
1997 Video Graveyard, Novocaine.
1998 4th place stuntmen flat @ BS round 3, Woodward.

6th place stuntmen flat @ BS finals, Oceanside, CA.

3rd place pro flat @ 2hip Burning Bike Festival, Arizona, november 1998.
1999 Gabe Weed bio in Ride BMX US #38 february march 1999.

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.
gabe weed bmx plus! july 1999
2000 10th place pro @ AFL round 1, Harbor City, CA., march 2000.

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.
2001 18th place stuntmen flat @ BS/B3 round 1, Edison Field, Anaheim, CA., march 2001.

21ème place stuntmen flat @ BS/B3 round 2, Edison Field, Louisville, KY., april 2001

Interview: BMX Plus! july 2001.
2002 Gabe is riding for Giant.
2003 At the start of 2003, I decided to switch back to riding for GT. I travel constantly doing shows for GT, ASA, Got Milk? Gravity Tour and other various freelance.
2013 CHEAP GOODS STORE.
Gabe Weed, www.facebook.com, december 2013: FINALLY!! CHEAP GOODS BMX HAS A STORE LOCATION!! NEW COSTA MESA STORE OPENS TODAY!!!