Art Thomason – 45 years

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Two back to back birthday edits, not often that happens here on Flatmattersonline. Art Thomason just celebrated his 45th birthday and quickly through together this edit shredding front and back wheel in his back yard riding spot. Happy birthday Art! You know what to do…

5 thoughts on “Art Thomason – 45 years

  1. Great riding as usual Art and happy b’day. You’ve definitely progressed from your brakes to brakeless easily it seems.

  2. Very nice flow and style Art!It could be awesome putting again your front brake,you were killing those 360 barfliips to hitchhiker juggler!ha!What happened to that BigDaddy frame you were rocking??If you dont want send it over here Greece to me!!!ahaha!Happy Birthday Art,keep rolling!

  3. Another new edit Ive been studying like crazy , watching it on my phone @ random times through the day / night ……..THIS cat right HERE……..ARTHUR THOMASON , hailing from Ponca city , Oklahoma …..by way of Pearland T.X. ……and N.A.S.A. !!!!! As Jayson Forde stated , it REALLY screams volume when a rider can totally keep up with the progression ./ times of the DAILY evolution of flatland these day . Art done just that , TIMES 7……since 1996 ……when spinning into, bar flipping into , and AROUND THE WORLDS into hitchhikers were the rage………yes , Art had on lock . When spinning , pumping , cliffhangers hit the scene……yes , Art had em on lock . No matter where the direction of new school tricks , multiple variations has been ……..Art ALWAYS learned , dialed , linked , and even CRATED using any / all of the concepts / techniques , with zero hesitation and ALSO made them look so smooth / effortless ……that it makes said trick / combo look to be easy , hahaha…….THEN you get on your bike , try something that hes been using combo wise …..and realize …..its NOT , haha……he just make it appear to look easy with his ZERO sketch / struggle riding style ! This and a million other things is just why Ive been a HUGE fan of his riding SINCE 1996 …..waaaaaaaay before I met him in person . I mean , he was rolling bars BIG crack packer , step over to half packers, with ……ZERO scuff @ the FIRST E.S.P.N. x-trials , in South Padre T.X. , spring break week , 1996 !! He flew right past me in a loooong ALL ROLLING link ,as my friend ,Steven Centeno were doing our SCUFFING wheelchair to butter slip funky chicken lines , hahaha…..we both were like , hes riding in EXPERT ?! W.T.F. ?!! Hahaha…….anyway……..Arts MULTIPLE boomerang …..YES……MULTIPLES to spinning , pumping cliff hanger…MID-LINE , his MULTIPLE whiplashes , catch to PEDAL five , to START the link , forward rope , butter slip to double foot back yard roll …..ZERO scuff ……AND that LAST back wheel line involving inside circle pumping rockets …..CROSS footed ……..via pivots to junk yard rolls , dumped to ice cream , X-LEG cross overs to PEDALS time machine , pivots from gerator rolls , etc ,etc ……EVERY link …..he JUST LEARNED the sections to em , RECENTLY………..THEN linked them to combos , pulling them for the FIRST time in THIS edit ! Not getting them dialed enough for months……THEN nailing the combos on film ,when youre comfortable enough to film them …………NO , this cat just rolled the dice , took the rhino by the horn , SENT IT , and went for every link ON FILM , in hopes of pulling each one for the FIRST time……..don’t know about yall…….but that’s some CORE -Kuoppa / Intrikat filming -circa 2001 , type mentality , stuff there , haha…….Art friggin SLLLLAAAAAAAMMMMMZ down his personal progression , 24-7……..THEN……..EVEN……….BUST OUT ……..his BRAND NEW links……IN…….C O N T E S T S , like a month later , full on EDIT moves in C O N T E S T S runs ! Happy Birthday , campeon ! Its been so rad watching you level up , evolve your riding ….since 1996 , haha…….Funny thing is ……..most riders , maybe a few like Giannis , myself , Charlie Hawkins , Matt Gipson , Cory Stratychuk ……REALLY know……….you have a HUGE bag of tricks tucked away that you unleash when ya get the urge , haha……..to go BRAKELESS …….THEN in less than 2 MONTHS , start hammering ALL your stuff , AND learning NEW stuff …….while STILL being present in TODAYS modern flatland contest scene is something that not many can say……..YOU CAN , Art ! As with Giannis , his edits…….your edits are my GO TO , before a riding session to work on my own WHACK ass -1998 type stuff , hahaha……Im very into watching loads of other riders who are WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more skilled / better than me…….to motivate / push my own BUNK links / tricks , haha……..you’ve ALWAYS been one of THESE riders , Art ……SALUD , and YES ……Id do anything to do your OLLLLLD 1998 stuff …..that you forgot about………MANY moons ago , hahaha……..like your Karl stall , to staple gun stall-360 bar flip variation , that ya CREATED in early 1997 , hahaha. ALAWAYS wanted that one………guess I will have to settle for my Cobain scuffing variation , instead , hahahaha……….I ll be watching THIS new edit AGAIN for , like the 17th time , on the way to work , bruva !!!

  4. and………….DAMN …….THAT LAST back wheel combo ! STYLISH , TECHNICAL , FLOWING , LONG ,and….. SMOOOOOTH …….so digging it ,as I am with EVERY line in this edit ! Again……..those BRAKELESS boomerangs , MULTIPLES ……..climbed over to spinning , turbine cliffhangers ………MUTIPLE whiplashes to PEDAL five , drop down to IMMEDIATE fire haul turbine …….really EVERY combo just hits HARD , Art . Loving watching new school flatland riding , like THIS …..these days . Gracias , Effraim / Art for the upload / post !!

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