Catty Woods Halloween Jam 2018

The annual Catty and Posh Woods Halloween Jams were held this past weekend on October 20th and 21st in the woods of the Lehigh Valley. Earlier today, Jess Grinager released a new video on his YouTube channel which he filmed during the Catty Woods Halloween Jam. The video includes footage from the 3rd annual Swantz Best Trick Contest, the first ever High Air Contest on the Boomer step down, and much more.

Women’s Weekend In The Woods (Part Two)

Earlier this morning, Jess Grinager released the second video he produced from the second annual ‘Women’s Weekend In The Woods’ on his YouTube channel. This time around, the video is composed of all the bangers that went down over the course of the weekend. Once again, a big round of thanks to Jess Grinager, Tasha Lindemann and Taryn Hipp for their help in staging, organizing, and providing us with coverage from the event. We’ll be looking forward to next year. Click play and check it out!

Photo Gallery: Women’s Weekend In The Woods 2018

Photography & Captions by Tasha Lindemann
Words by Taryn Hip

The 2nd Annual Women’s Weekend in the Woods took place September 22 and 23rd in the woods of Pennsylvania. A simple idea that came together during the cold Northeast winter months last year has proven to be a success yet again. With the support of our jam sponsor T1 and all of the companies that sponsor the trails including S&M, Fit, and Empire BMX, we were able to give women a weekend to come ride trails knowing the woods would be full of other girls. With more women coming out to ride the trails this year than last, it was an awesome weekend where riders of all ages and skill levels could come together to enjoy riding bikes & roasting jumps.

Women’s Weekend in the Woods is a low-key, low-pressure event where girls can come and ride Catty and Posh Woods, two legendary trails spots within driving distance of one another. There are no contests, no clinics, no rules. Just come hang out in the woods and get stoked on trails. Women brought their families, their dogs, their infectious positive energy and for two days nothing mattered but BMX. 

Friendships that were created last year grew stronger this year, as women from all over the world came to ride, many of which were jumping higher and going faster than they had last year. There were also women there who had never ridden BMX before but wanted to try it & Women’s Weekend in the Woods provides that safe and supportive environment to send it for the very first time. I am forever grateful for the women’s BMX community and the locals who came together to make this event happen as well as everyone who supports Catty and Posh all year round. See ya in the woods!

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Women’s Weekend In The Woods (Part One)

The second annual ‘Women’s Weekend In The Woods’ was held on September 22nd and 23rd at Catty and Posh Woods. The event was organized by Taryn Hipp and brought together women from all over with the shared passion of riding BMX for a weekend of trail riding stoke in the woods of Pennsylvania.

Jess Grinager was on hand to document the event and released the first of two videos on his YouTube channel earlier today. Keep an eye out for part two and don’t forget to subscribe to Jess’s YouTube channel for more videos.

Catty & Posh Woods Halloween Jams

It’s that time of year again! Grab a costume, jump on your bike, and get spooky at the annual Catty & Posh Woods Halloween Jams. The Catty Woods “Hey It’s Halloween Jam” will be held on Saturday, October 20th and will include the 3rd annual Swantz trick jump contest, TRA fastest lap contests, the first ever High Air on the Boomers step-down, best costume, raffles, and more. There will also be an after party at Fossils Last Stand Pub & Grill (all ages, minors must be accompanied by an adult). Then, Posh Woods will be hosting their Halloween Jam the following day on Sunday, October 21st. Make sure you check out PA Woods for more details and updates.

Second Annual Women’s Weekend In The Woods

Flyer by: Mo Malone

The second annual Women’s Weekend In The Woods is taking place at Catty & Posh Woods on September 22nd and 23rd. Taryn Hipp, the event organizer, has an in-depth interview on the Magnolia BMX website about last years jam and what to expect for this years. Head over to Magnolia’s website and read the interview which includes photography provided by our own Tasha Lindemann as well as a video provided by Bette White.

Posh Woods High Air Contest

The third annual Posh Woods High Air Contest was held this past weekend despite a rainy Labor Day weekend forecast. The jam was pushed from Saturday to Sunday, September 2nd, due to some rain that lasted through Friday night into early Saturday morning. For the locals, Saturday’s postponement provided a last-minute opportunity to fix the damage caused by the storm and get everything running smoothly for the following day.

This year a ‘Best Whip’ contest was also added to the mix with the jam kicking off at 10 am Sunday and the contest portion at 1 pm. In the end, Ever Peacock emerged as the 2018 High Air Champion, clearing over fifteen feet of air on The Butcher Jump as well as taking first in the ‘Best Whip’ contest. Congratulations to all the winners and a huge thank you to Jess Grinager for filming and editing the above video as well as the Posh locals, from whom none of this would be possible without.

Catty & Posh 4th Of July Jams

Photo: Brian Barnhart

Catty and Posh Woods held their annual ‘4th of July’ jams on Saturday, June 30th and Sunday, July 1st. Brian Barnhart was on hand during the event and captured some photos for the PA Woods website which you can check out by clicking here. A video from the event has also surfaced online that was filmed and edited by James McInerney which you can check out by clicking here. Don’t forget to stay tuned to PA Woods for more details on their upcoming events.

Top 12 Videos Of 2017

Jeff Purdy – Rail Hop during the final Street Series.
Photo: Kyle Dipilla

With only a few days remaining in 2017, it’s time once again for our annual year end list of the top videos from the past year. Take a look back with us at some of the videos that we felt made the strongest impression on our viewers and the scene as a whole. The list is in no particular order and is not based off of any web statistics or analytics. Simply put, there are no winners or losers. With that in mind, we invite you to sit back, re-watch and enjoy.

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Catty Woods Halloween Jam 2017

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The Catty Woods annual Halloween Jam came a little early this year in a successful effort to combat some of the fall weather conditions that have effected the jam in years past. The jam was held on Saturday, October 14th, and thanks to near perfect weather, yielded one of the events biggest turnouts to date. Yesterday, on the heels of “Stranger Things” weekend, a “Stranger Things” themed video from the jam surfaced online through the PA Woods website. The video contains nearly four minutes of footage from the jam and also provides some additional footage from the Swantz Best Trick Contest.

First Annual “Women’s Weekend In The Woods”

The first annual “Women’s Weekend In The Woods” was held on Saturday, September 30th at Catty Woods and Sunday, October 1st at Posh. The event was organized by Taryn Hipp (@ladyteeth) and united 30+ women from four different countries for a weekend in Pennsylvania to ride some of the world’s most renowned trails. Bette White (@bettebmx) documented much of the weekend and turned out the subsequent recap video posted above. Click play and check it out.

Catty Woods Halloween Jam

The annual Catty Woods Halloween Jam will be held on Saturday, October 14th. The event will be hosted earlier this year in an attempt to avoid any inclement weather and allow for a rain date as a safety net. As a result of the weather through out the season, Catty and Posh have struggled to raise the money needed to secure the trails insurance. You can always donate to helping keep these legendary trails alive and running by clicking here.

Catty and Posh have also opened up an online store and are having a sale on their new line of soft goods which includes both short and long sleeve shirts as well as hats.