The 2014 Flatmatters Year End Award Nominees Announced!

It is about that time with great pleasure that I announce the nominees for the 2nd annual Flatmatters Year End Awards! Thank you to the hundreds that voted this year, a vast improvement on our 1st year end award votes! Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated, what an amazing year 2014 was for Flatland!

The Flatmatters 2014 Year End award winners will be announced Sunday January 11th!

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Editorial Votes:

Rider of Year:

Alex Jumelin
Moto Sasaki
Dominik Nekolny
Jean William Prevost
Yohei Uchino

Edit of Year:

Alexis Desolneux – You are Your Path
Pete Olsen Less More
Bombarderos Martti Kuoppa & Viki Gomez
Moto Sasaki 2014 Part 2
Matthias Dandois Flat Side of Things

Readers Choice Awards:

Rider of the Year:

Alex Jumelin
Dominik Nekolny
Jean William Prevost
Yohei Uchino
Shintaro Misawa

Edit of the Year:

Bombarderos Martti Kuoppa & Viki Gomez
Alexis Desolneux – You are Your Path
Matthias Dandois – Flat Side of Things
Simon O’Brien – Colony 2014
Heresy – Beneath

Brand of the Year:

DecoBMX
QuestBMX
Heresy
igiBMX
Autum

Innovation of the Year:

Battle in the Rockies video contest for free flight
igiBMX peg design
Martti Kuoppa’s Stem Tricks
Quentin Pelorson’s one hand 1/2packer varial
Yohei Uchino’s upsidedown manual g-turns

Contest Run of the Year:

Mathieu Bonnecuelle at BMX Cologne Finals
Dominik Nekolny at BMX Cologne Finals
Dub VS Ucchie Battle at Flatark
Jason Plourde vs Alex Jumelin “Real City Spin”
Viki Gomez Final run Voodoo Jam

Most Progressive rider:

Martti Kuoppa
Mateus Beckmann
Shintaro Misawa
Alex Jumelin
Jean William Prevost

Breakthrough rider of the year:

Dez Maarsen
Benjamin Hudson
Quentin Pelorson
Matthieu Bonnecuelle
Martti Kuoppa

5 thoughts on “The 2014 Flatmatters Year End Award Nominees Announced!

  1. So weird than a big group of readers said that “Battle in the Rockies video contest for free flight” is the innovation of the Year, as video contest for free flights appeared before in Flatland with Ground Tactics in… 2010

    https://www.flatmattersonline.com/moto-sasaki-wins-groundtactics-final-stage

    I mean, absolutly no disrespect for the organisers of BITR coz that contest seemed of course one of a badass contest and that initiative to pay flight tickets is still very great, huge respect for the organisers to made that happen. Like everyone, I hope something like this could happen at each contest.

  2. DECO is the hot shit right now, but Heresy is the REAL shit! Total underground creep status. If you don’t know, now you know! Much love to DECO though, bringing the gospel to the masses. Most cats ain’t ready for that Heresy!

  3. @lona, it should be the most insane rider of the year award. That way we can poke fun at the crazies directly. I love messing with people who have mental problems.

  4. @r Effraim wouldn’t have written it if people didn’t say it. I can imagine lots of people saying It because there has been very little obvious innovation this year. Standing on the stem was prevalent in 2013. Capped end pegs started a long time ago etc. I left that vote blank because I struggled.

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