A.R.T. BMX Magazine editor talks with the folks over at Sparks Your life in London about the move from print to the digital world, good interview, hit the link!

http://www.sparksforyourlife.com/2013/sparks-for-your-life-dirty-skills-music-and-milk-interview-alain-massabova-takes-a-r-t-mag-into-the-digital-world-12576

It’s hard to believe Simon won the X Games ten years ago! Time flies, and Simon is now 33 years old, and looking for new challenges in his life, hit the link to read his interview! And of course the edit we’ve been sitting on for a while, Simon is the man!

http://xgames.espn.go.com/bmx/article/9251061/former-x-games-bmx-flatland-gold-medalist-simon-obrien-join-australian-navy

Matthias Dandois en exclu pour The Rider Post by TheRiderPost

Matthias Dandois kindly sent in a couple of recent interviews he has on the rider post website, sadly no english subtitles, the riding shots speak for themselves though! Here’s what Matthias had to say:

“The first one (link below) is a video interview for the new very good website “the rider post” that talk about action sport news daily. I talk about my recent trips, Flat-street and my move from Ares to Haro. There is also some riding in Paris. It’s pretty cool since this interview is also gonna be showcase on national french TV in the show called “Riding Zone”.

http://theriderpost.com/articles/matthias-dandois-balance-tout

Intro/Interview: Effraim
Photos: Shintaro Misawa.

Shintaro’s recent back wheel progression has been inspiring, very quickly Shintaro took his “jedi” front wheel skills to the back wheel and there’s no telling where this will go in future. A few of you like me were curious, if there was anything more than just hard work behind this progression. There’s a lot to take out of Shintaro’s insight during this interview. Read on.

Recently your back wheel progress has been well documented, and it is amazing, as I have been following your progression, it seemed like from your video descriptions you have some kind of basic theory behind this progression (you have basic tricks then you add to it), can you explain what you are doing and trying to do and how you go about it?
I learned how to make consistent from competition experience.. It is mostly hard.. I mean.. iteration practice, speed control, learn for each surface, bike setting etc..
No need take a long time for just learn trick on own spot and condition. A few hours, days, months.
I just doing only this process. That’s why looks quickly. But actually these are very barely flows actually.

The reason I ask about a theory is I noticed on your videos discussed numbers and the titles, there seemed to be some logical format for you to progress?
How to know the level of combo. I mean how-to I choose learning next steps. I learn from another riders riding.
(of course depend on each riders skills). I think not so hard level..
If I take move into a long link, that move is become basic move for me. If showing looks well.
example..
So I am thinking like this. Only one or two hard switch (trick) in the each link.
It in case of a competition, I must learn without those part of hard move.
I have almost completed those.

Next.. I make some original move, this is hardest for anyone..
Then I arrange to some basic link later, I can see “only basic” and “only original” sometimes.
But with this style it is difficult to win in the competition.
Only basic.. judgement know that, only original.. judgement don’t know level..
So I mix these two tastes.
Sorry i talking about usually things..

I never thinking easy.. the move of the Mr.Steve (Editors note: Steve Mulder?)
Here in Malaysia I am riding only one surface. I have some experience about riding different types of floors, that’s why feeling which combo or bike setting I have to choose for next competitions.
But, anyway not nice conditions now..
Can’t be thinking about heat..haha

Interesting…So a new back wheel combo comes to mind, perhaps your latest one you learned wherever that is. What was the process you went through to learn it? Do you learn combos in stages?
About tricks. You may notice I only choose only clockwise now. This because coming the same “wall” if do practice same move in both side. I felt those in front tricks previously. And it is just my opinion.
Most many riding style is clockwise/forwards, people can image “how is feeling of riding” maybe.
That’s why I choose clockwise and back wheel, back wheel tricks also people can image easily..
And.. here (Malaysia) is not like Japan, here it is not so important “original” taste yet.
We still need skillful riders, people want see simple and easy,many trick variations by flatland.
I have to change for that too. I don’t know i can or not..
Because I am riding bmx for me basically.

One thing is for sure Shintaro, Theory or no Theory you progressed a lot during the past months on the back wheeel, how much are you riding per day out of curiosity?
You mean each day riding times? I am riding about 3 hours when i can riding. 5 or 6 days par week..
During my practise time I focus only one combo until I have made it.
But I am changing combo, if can’t make it within 3 days. Then must go back to there after few combos.

It’s debateable that you are now as good on the back wheel as you are on the front wheel that are you famous for?
I was really interested to backwheel tricks actually. I want to be master if I try seriously, but.. my I am not tall, very short! 164cm so it’s almost impossible to make some tricks previously.
Death Truck etc..
So that is reason I choose front wheel tricks a lot. Hard ride, good life.. I lost interest in backwheel tricks for a while, about 10 years to be exact..
Just impossible.. doing other things under recent conditions. The move to the back wheel naturally came.
I can’t long combo by surface and heat, even completed move also, feel so tire.
I just get frustrations if do previous front combos I have done. Because.. so feel hard..
Back wheel (new) trick is i don’t know “good or bad conditions about me”
that’s why.

You talk about heat, does riding in a hot climate in fact help your fitness?
My life is totally moved to Malaysia now, living in Mersing town, Johor state. It is very hot weather every day, I haven’t found a nice riding spot unfortunately. This makes it hard to do practice for being consistent. It is possible of course, but efficiency is bad under recently situations, so it is nice to try new tricks for me. I see it as a chance to change it.

So what’s next in terms of riding style Shintaro?
Of course I want to build new riding style. it is not sure yet, only back or front, both side??
Anyway just keeping ride hard. That is the answer for getting naturally your own style.
And.. i have confidence, I can do any trick if someone made already. Because we are not so different.
That’s why i haven’t yet found “my original trick”, still just copy. But copy is no good “word”..
I am respecting to each teachers when I learn from them.

Any plans to compete again on a worldwide scale?
I want attend a lot of international competitions again, but I can’t attend for a while or forever. My wife is delivering baby on this August. have to prepare a lot.
btw i following the backwheel progress program to baby 1.2.3..
so i spent all money to house and business for new life. it house include own riding space and guests room, I can arrange riders sessions later hopefully. when built.. will be open bicycle shop and home stay.
Malaysia also has international competition “FLAT dev” on end of year coming the next one. I will be attending there. Back to competition scene..
I have interesting to BMX products also. on the way with friend, we will produce Malaysian original brand in 2014. I am testing some sample for that already.
Thanks to great rider “Ucchie” we can learn trend move from his style a lot. Thanks to “COLONY” they made for me 17 inch TT frame in 2010. It makes possible the Death truck!!

Thanks for the chat Shintaro, so there you have it ladies and gentlemen. Sometimes in harder conditions, focussing on one particular style can be worthwhile and the rewards are there for all to see. Shintaro you are a true jedi!

Thanks chatting to me Mr.Effraim.

No problem, Shintaro that was fun catching up with you. Looking forward to more back wheel progression. For now check below in the related links for a reminder of his progression.

Related Links:

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/shintaro-misawa-777

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/shintaro-misawa-the-sixth-sense

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/shintaro-misawa-5

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/shintaro-misawa-the-force-month

Subtitled interview with Mr Hyper himself, Chris Bohm, enjoy this one!

Intro/Interview: Effraim.
Photos: Mike S.

They say that good things come to those that wait! And in this case, that saying is totally on point, this interview with Mike has pretty much taken a year to complete. One of the all time flatland’s greats, the stylish Michael Steingraeber, or “Mike S” as many of you now know him, has been killing it on the scene forever. Nowadays he would considered a contest veteran, always in the finals at the major events when he competed regularly and more often than not on the Podium, add to that Multiple X Games medallist, amazing parts on Props Groundwork, and the Intrikat videos. With that in mind, I felt it was well and truly time we did an interview! Respect!

When I look at the flatland scene in general Mike there’s not many that have been riding steadily as long as I have, but you have been around since I can remember, I think the Trier Worlds 1991 was the first time I met you, when did you first start riding? Give us some background about how you got started
Yeah, I guess you’re right about that: I have been riding forever!
I first stumbled across BMX in 1983. For some reason or other I started riding 20″ bikes that fall, not yet BMXs. I had inherited what we called a “Bonanza Bike” from my older brother and just started having fun with that. The younger brother of my brothers girlfriend at the time had a BMX and that’s been my first experience with a real BMX. Mind you, BMX was very popular at the time, E.T. Had just come out at the movies, you’d see pictures of racing on cereal boxes and the occasional article would pop up in a mainstream magazine. So I started to hang out with my new friend with a BMX, we rode everything we came across and all I wished for for Christmas that year was a BMX bike. I guess I must have been a good boy, because my wish came true. Luckily my brother understood my passion for BMX right away and gave me an issue of the German BMX magazine at the time, BMX Speed as a present. It had a “how to” in it: front wheel hops! So I tried that over and over. It was quite difficult to be honest! But I never looked back, bought issue after issue of that magazine, tried to learn all the tricks they had how to’s of and just lived BMX. I still do I guess…

Can you remember when you started, if there was much of a contest scene, and did that help your riding progress?
Where I grew up, a small town of about 10000 people, an hour north of Hamburg there was not much. No ramps, no race track, no contests or jams. It was three riders for the most part and a school yard. That’s all there was. No videos, no Internet, nothing. So we tried to collect everything we could find, watch every sports program on TV just to make sure we didn’t miss that one show where they’d have a report about something BMX related.
I did once make it to Hamburg to watch a GT BMX demo with Eddie Fiola and Dave Breed. And it got rained out. What a disappointment! However, that show had been organized by the same bike shop that would later start Dranonfly, one of my first sponsors. Pretty cool actually.
And I finally met the Hamburg locals at some point, met Christoph Huber for the first time and started riding with him and the other Hamburg locals. A big city an hour away was a long way away at the time, but I tried hanging out with them as best I could, tried to be part of the scene. My first trip to a contest was with those Hamburg locals, too: 1987 or 88 I think, we took the train down to Cologne for one of the infamous Jugendpark Contests. What an adventure that was, and I finished second in the beginner flatland class. Back then you’d get a trophy if you finished top three, so that was the first of many to come! Good times!

Who was your first sponsor?
My first sponsor was Mutation Clothing, followed by Dragonfly shortly thereafter. I’ve had a couple of shoe hook ups through Mutation, then finally ended up with Vans in 1998. They’ve been pretty good through the years, still giving me the occasional pair of shoes. 

What year did you start using the no stem handlebar combo? 
Not sure! I think I’ve had it in 1995. Went to The USA in 94 for The first time and changes my bike setup after that, running my bars way backwards. Then I made the first pair of my handlebars the following year.
Throughout the whole time you have been riding, was there a point when you felt most inspired?
Most inspired in which way? I’m sure it’s safe to say I felt very inspired by the Dorkin’ in York videos by the Plywood Hoods, late 1980s to mid 1990s. Then I guess even though I always feel like Kevin Jones laid the foundation for the tricks I do, Edgar Placencia’s part in “Wheelies” gave my riding a certain direction and pushed my style.

Throughout my years competing, I always remember you would make funny hand gestures at the crowd, they always made me laugh, brought across your personality to the contest run, did you use those gestures to relax yourself, I always curious about that, had to ask!
It felt right at the time…When you ride in a contest, in front of a crowd, you are not just a competitor, but also a performer, an entertainer of sorts. People watching you shouldn’t be bored. I guess it was part of me trying to be entertaining.

When I think of you Michael, and all the memories, certain things spring to mind, Trier, funky chicken whip to switch foot locomotive, Aalborg Denmark 92 the elephant glide whips sitting on bars, the X Games in Philly when you were in the lead until Martti’s last run, and when you took your riding “Switch”, all combos both ways? What moments stands out to you, over your riding career?
You remember well! Trier in 1991, a flawless run if I remember correctly, finishing off with probably my first original switch, chick whip to x-footed locomotive. That felt great! And the X-Games silver medal in 2002, leading after the first run, watching everybody else do their second runs and not beating my score. Such a strange feeling sitting there thinking: “Oh, I’m guaranteed 5th!”, then 4th, 3rd and…second. Couldn’t beat Martti’s run. But silver was great!
Looking back I’m just really stoked I got to do all the things I did, competing all over the place, seeing the world, riding my little bike. 
I haven’t made too many bad choices, really, always been free to do what I like, not too much pressure from my sponsors. Most importantly staying real, just riding a little kids bike having fun!

How long did you ride for Dragonfly for?
Phew, a long time! I guess they picked me up when they were a distribution in Germany, not even really a bike company. I believe that was in 1995. They have supported me for a long, long time, and I basically stayed until they were gone. I started talking to Christoph at Mankind about riding for him, designing a frame in 2010. That’s when I officially didn’t ride for Dragonfly anymore. They had basically left the scene a year or two before that. No more new products, oh well! About 15 years then, pretty cool. I’ve always tried to build good relationships with my sponsors, not going from one to another all the time. It’s pretty hard to believe a guy telling you his bike is the best, then next season another brand is the best and so on. That’s just not my style!

Moving onto sponsorship Modern day. How are things going with Mankind?
I love riding for them. Christoph Huber, the Mankind boss has been a friend of mine since the late 1980s and he gave me the chance to design a frame the way I like it, no questions asked. He doesn’t put any pressure on me as far a competing goes. I just ride and have fun using his products. I love it!

When did you make the move from Hamburg to Köln? Why did you move, I heard a rumour that it was purely for the Hyatt riding spot?
After all these years travelling the world I thought I should try a new place in Germany as well. I thought about moving to Koblenz to hang out with my good friend Frank Lukas a lot more. I stayed at his place for two weeks, started looking for a room and tried riding his local spots. And what happened was that I wasn’t happy riding any of the spots in Koblenz and hopped on the train to ride LVR in Cologne a lot. Then I found a room in Cologne pretty easily and that’s how I ended up here. So yes, LVR played a big role in my choosing Cologne as my home spot. That was in 2007, coming to 6 years in Cologne now.

That’s a good story Mike. Let’s go back to the “Switch” riding, what inspired this direction? And what was the time period to learn combos both ways?
There are different aspects to my riding switch. One of them is that as a flatlander, maybe more so when we were scuffing all day long, you stand on one leg a lot and use the other leg for scuffing or balancing a lot. And it’s always the same leg you’re putting all your weight on. That’s not very healthy and my lower back started to act up. So I figured I should try to do my tricks switch. The other reason was that I was trying to figure out the direction Flatland was heading, or which direction I wanted it to head to. I actually really liked the tricks I was doing at the time and I didn’t want to learn a different style of tricks. So I tried learning the same tricks switch. This is a bit strange, but I actually thought I was doing what should be done and that I would be the best teacher doing the same tricks I already did, just switch!

Anyway, it was a long process, when I first started trying a few scuffing tricks, like a lard yard, or a caboose, it felt really difficult. Kind of like when you start riding. But it was a lot of fun, too. I was living in Hamburg at the time, riding the Kunsthalle spot and I would try some basic tricks switch. Then someone wold walk past and ask how long I had been riding, probably expecting me to say a few weeks, and I’d say something like 15 years or so and it would make me look pretty bad at what I was doing. It was funny to me back then! Anyway, once your legs understand what they are doing you start learning tricks a bit quicker. But it still felt strange doing tricks switch. And I loved it, because it felt like a totally new accomplishment!

So aside from your lower back, have you had any other injuries? You always have seemed in good shape, you don’t drink do you?
I rolled my ankle badly falling on a surfer to bar ride attempt in the late 80s. I had to have surgery and was out of riding for about half a year. I’ve had a broken hand in the early 90s, but nothing serious. Wore a cast for a while and that was it.
I know you can get injured riding Flatland, but to me it’s more the mental aspect that makes it so difficult. It just wears you out spending all those hours on your bike, year after year, trying to learn tricks that shouldn’t be possible in the first place. If you want to compete you’ve got to try to dial them in and then pull them off under pressure. It feels great when you do pull it off and it feels horrible when you don’t. Once you start playing mind games with yourself it’s getting a bit too much and might be time for a break.

It always seemed like you placed better in the US then in Europe, particularly with the X Games, how did you feel about that at the time if you can remember?
I didn’t do too bad in Europe, but I guess you’re right, I got even better results overseas. Maybe part of it was me being from overseas, and being the new guy, too.  And judging was a bit different at the big contests in the US. You HAD to be very consistent over there.
What I liked about that judging was that it was consistent: you knew how the judges were going to judge and it was always the same. You can’t forget that those big ESPN contests were not just contests, but a mix of that and a TV show. I liked the organisation over there, and I liked the contests in Europe as well, a bit more wild, a bit more real BMX in a way.

Now you don’t compete as much, has your riding style changed much at all? The way you practise?
It has changed a lot. I don’t make money riding my bike so I have to go to work and I don’t have as much time to ride anymore. But it also means there is no pressure to prepare for such and such contest, and I really enjoy to just ride for the sake of riding. I still find myself going through the same links as if I was practicing for a contest. Old habits die hard I guess.

What’s a typical day like for Mike S in Köln?
M.: Right now I’m not back to work, so I just chill through the morning, have a coffee at a cafe, surf the web and if it’s not too cold I go for a ride. Usually I go to work at a photo lab, either early morning shift starting at 6am or late shift working until 11pm. Not the best, not the worst either. Then ride in my free time.

Martti Kuoppa called you the most dialled contest rider in a Flatmatters article about contest preparation, what work did you put in before contests?
Well, I guess first of all thanks Martti! I’ve always tried to be consistent in my riding, just doing my links and combos over and over, not changing them around too much. I do enjoy riding okay in a contest, but the preparation required sometimes took the fun out of riding for me. That’s one of the reasons why I’m not keen on competing anymore.
Come to think of it it’s actually pretty funny that I would try to do my links three times in a session, and it would take a while depending on my balance that day, or my focus. And that’s all, no three in a row, let alone 5 in a row. So I basically never felt very consistent in practice, but it worked for me to be consistent enough in my contest runs. Sometimes anyway…

You’ve had a fair few classic video parts over the years, which part are you most proud of?
Being in Groundworks was great! I guess that’s the one that meant the most to me!
But being in the Intrikat videos probably did the most for making a name for myself. I’m very glad I met Chad and that he wanted to film with me!

 
Yeah for sure. Now of course you competed last year at the OG Contest in Hungary and you don’t compete much anymore, why did you choose that event? And congratulations on reaching top 3, how did that feel?
It was quite simple: András Pentek told me he had that event coming up and asked me  whether he could invite me to be one of the international riders. I hadn’t been to Hungary before and had always meant to go there once. And once I had agreed on riding in the event I felt the old fire again, changing my riding a bit, going back to working on consistency of my links and tricks. I enjoyed that, but I don’t need it all the time. Once at the event I was pretty nervous, as usual. But I pulled a few tricks, and it felt like some of the other guys didn’t really try to do well. Anyway, I was a bit surprised and very happy about finishing on the podium.
The funny thing was that I left a few guys behind me who I was going to judge at Circle Of Balance the following week.

What was your experience like judging the Red Bull COB?
It was great, actually! You know, I had competed in the first three COBs, now I was still able to be part of it, just without the pressure of having to perform. Well, they made us judges come out into the arena doing a trick to introduce ourselves. I chose a simple trick and couldn’t even pull that. Good thing I was “only” judging.
While judging is hardly ever easy, I find battle style contests to be easier to judge than runs. It’s just either one guy or the other. No points, no thinking about how much better was this guy so how big a gap in points does he deserve. And no 25th rider where it becomes difficult to remember the first rider and his run.
And just to have mentioned it: I prefer judging a battle style contest, but I do prefer to ride contests with individual runs. It’s the true form to me!

Besides judging, you did a lot of stuff beside the scenes for the Rebel jam? Do you see yourself doing more of this kind of thing in the future?
I’ve helped out at contests before, helped building the contest area, helped running events, and been judging. I feel like my experience can be helpful and I love doing it. I will always try to be in touch with Flatland as much as I can and try to push it. If you need help, need an experienced judge, hit me up! 

We talked about style a lot during the Rebel jam weekend, what is style for you?
To me it’s quite simple: smoothness is a good starting point. Once a rider knows his tricks well, he will start to work on his style. Or he might just have it. To me it’s a matter of not just barely pulling off a trick, but doing it easily…and with style. It’s actually difficult to put in words for me. Just one example: at the Eindhoven Rebel Jam we judged style as well, and one of the judges told me he loved one riders sketchiness and thought it was extremely stylish. While I was highly entertained and very impressed by that particular rider actually pulling his tricks even though it looked like he would fall off, I would never in a hundred years call that stylish. That’s why it’s such a difficult category to judge. And that’s where as an organizer of an event you have the responsibility to chose good judges!

Besides riding, I recall you do take a lot of photographs, and you work at Photo place. Can you see yourself doing this in the future perhaps as a full time profession?
I do want to take more pictures and hopefully have more published. I love photography, but it’s a difficult field to make a living in. We’ll see what’s going to happen! 

Any final words of wisdom or thanks to finish this up Mike?
Where to start? The way I’ve come to know BMX I have to say I just love it! I’ve traveled the world, met riders everywhere, slept on people’s floor or couch. People gave me lifts to contests or sessions, people let me take their picture. It does feel like one big family! I sometimes wish there was more connection between Flatland and other disciplines, like in the old days. It’s all BMX to me. But it’s also all good the way things are. We have big
events, great pros, good up and comers. What else do we need?

I have to thank a few sponsors that supported me along the way: Vans, Dragonfly, Mutation, Eastpak, JYKK Japan,
and currently Mankind, Vans, Atmosfair Clothing, KHE bikes, People’s Store. Surely I forgot someone…
Thanks to my friends who ride with me, thanks to flatmattersonline for this interview!

As always: do what you like to do: want to ride front wheel only, do that! Backwheel only? Do it! Both wheels, street, park, dirt? Do it!
Whatever it is you want to do on your bike, just go for it. And if you don’t want to ride for a day, for a week, or a month: just don’t ride. The need will come back, and if you push yourself too hard you’ll destroy it!

Ride on!

Thank you Mike! Was amazing to catch up with you! Hope you all enjoyed this one!

Related Links:

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/throwback-thursdays-with-props-groundwork

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mike-ss-red-bull-circle-of-balance-flickr-gallery

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mike-s-just-exercising-at-lvr

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/intrikat-mixt-online

Going to X-tremes – The Billy Borys Documentary from Terry Proveda on Vimeo.

“At only 14 years of age Billy Borys left home and began a quest to become one of the best flatland BMX riders in the world. After a few years of riding, he got sponsored by one of the biggest BMX companies at the time, started entering pro class at competitions, and moved to the states to pursue his dream. ‘Going to X-tremes’ gives a glimpse into Billy’s life; from growing up with nothing to being on top of the world living his dream- and then having everything stripped away from him again. But one thing that will never be lost is his passion for riding. It doesn’t matter to Billy if he has a bed to sleep on or not, all that matters is that he can ride his bike.”

Great documentary by Terry Proveda.

Text: Effraim.

Photo credit: Red Bull.

Down to the final part of my review of 2012! If you have been following the reviews, you will know they are pretty detailed, and true to form, it doesn’t change here!

September kicked off with some contest news, Lee Musselwhite won the UK Championships for the second year in a row in Bristol. Over in Budapest, Adam Kun won the OSG 3 contest which looked like one of the best events of the year, great to see Mike S on the podium, go back and look through the trailers and contest footage, great contest in all aspects. This is of course served as the warm up to the biggest contest of the year, the Red Bull Circle of Balance in Kyoto, Japan! This was definitely my highlight of the year, flatland on the big stage, and of course I had the honour of hosting the live feed to all of you at home.
When Andy Zeiss, “Hey E, do you think you can talk about flatland for two and half hours with Frank Lucas”. I laughed to myself and thought that is not a problem at all, I planned a loose show taking into account Frank had previously rode in the Circle of Balance event. Unfortunately Frank was unable to make it, so after a few meetings at the event we invited a few guests (The US Haro Team were in the house! Ryan Nyquist, Dennis McCoy were chosen, and a few riders as they would drop out of the contest, and I proposed inviting people to tweet into me with shootouts and thoughts on the events, to give it that interactive feel. The build up to the final show you all watched was incredible, the Haro team put on an epic show outside of the event. It was role reversal in Japan, Flatland centre stage, Park riding as a warm up. Then I started to have doubts, “shit two and a half hours is a long time on your own”, as it turned out, the show honestly felt like half an hour, when your having a blast like that, it’s easy to see why!
Thinking about the event now still gives me goosebumps, and I still have visions of standing up for the last final battle and screaming my lungs off with Dennis and Terry thinking we were going going fall off the top of the bleachers. Flatland this night definitely went to a higher place, congratulations once more to Viki Gomez, achieving his third COB win over a ten year period, something I do not think will happen again. Hosting the show was a total blast and something I will never forget, thank you Andy, Red Bull, and flatland!
The aftermath of the Circle Of Balance was quite rightly taken up with tons of videos from the contest, I especially liked Deep Bmx’s take on it, who toured Japan, and showed that tour vibe, with lil’ parts showing the contest. I also did caught up with the winner Viki Gomez that is well worth a read again, great hearing his perspective and emotion at winning for the third time. Once again if you check the bibliography after this article and can you scroll through each video as you so wish.

Getting back home and back to reality, and the jetlag even though I was only in the land of rising sun for 4 days, was hell for a week. I got back home and remember the first video that I watched was a trailer featuring Shuichi Osada one of my favourite riders from japan, a feeling hit me, why did I come home? Then dropped Aki’s video, right after the COB! This was largely slept on, I’m guessing due to the timing of its release…

September 13th was an awesome day for edits and news! Long Beach’s Sean Fontenot dropped a crazy “Never give up” edit with some mind boggling xfted cab stuff and took the harshest slams, this dude has that fire, go back and watch this one! Dedication to the cause! 2012 was a great year for Jean Francois Bouilainne, and he deserves his hook up with Flatware, a few days later JFB teamed up with Sevisual to bring you his “Welcome to Flatware edit!”!
The FlatWeb TV guys gave so much to flatland last year, aside from the regular shows which is enough work, I really thought there individual edits stood out, and the edit from Vancouver stood out, so good to see some fresh Cory Fester footage! The day finished with the Nora Cup Nominees being announced, with many people speculating as always, it was for sure between Ucchie and Dominik.

On September 17th, one of the most underrated riders on the planet in my opinion, Thomas Noyer dropped a crazy edit entitled “Pieces of Combos” that further enhanced his rep in flatland circles. I expect big things from this man in 2013! Pete Brandt and the crew featured in a tight “Clocktower jam SF” edit on the same day. Always get good vibes watching the SF jam edits, makes me want to go back someday!
A day later and Red Bull released a really tight edit from the COB event, the event already had mad amount of coverage, but this came over as being fresh, which is amazing in itself after how much coverage came out.
On the 21st, Yohei “Ucchie” Uchino was voted as the Nora Cup Flatlander of the year! Winning the first two stops of the Word Circuit and a banging 430 part. A part of me does feel this award goes out to early in the year as there still were a few months to go, but hey, it might not have made much difference anyway…

As the month began to wind down, the edits/news didn’t, JFB was on a high from the FlatWare hook and took the win at the FlatDance 2012 event in Slovakia.
I’m always looking for the next “big rider”, and this kid might well be it, all year he released progressive videos! If you do not know the name “Mateus Beckmann”, type his name into the search bar, and watch a young kid enjoying flatland progression, it is beautiful to watch unfold!
Alberto Moya enjoyed a great 2012, released his 360 bar flip Cliffhanger, entitled “Aoosttt” as well as yet another scene video featuring the riding of Moya, Guelo, and Varo Hernandez. Like Thomas Noyer, I expect big things from Moya this year!

Two of the best edits of the year dropped on the 26th and 27th. And in a way summed one of the great things about 2012! Diversity. Matt Wilhlem’s “At home” edit has all cringing at screen with “that slam”, and amazed as always at the speed of his riding! James White “Whitelines” edit follows a calmer route in riding but equally impressive, and his “bikeflip” surprised the flatland world. The term “Must Watch” was seeming to overdone, but was truly worth it. I imagine these two edits played on repeat at many a flatlanders house over the rest of the year!

Jean William Prevost killed it at the Red Bull COB, and was a name now everybody was talking about. His Interview with Marked Mayhem was perfectly timed, talking about his riding, his travels, and contest experience. Another guy to look out for this year, how would he follow up the success of Japan. Toronto is fast approaching…
On the same day I caught up with Flatland legend, Kerry Gatt to discuss his COB experience, this actually turned out to be one of my favourite interviews of the year. If you missed this one, hit the bibliography, great read!
The month finished with a couple of sweet edits from Jesse Puente “Welcome to Wrung”, Davis Dudelis 60 meter Nose manual, and Mike S exercising at LVR! What a blinding month to the growing list!

In October, the edits were still going from the Red Bull COB. This was one was on a different tip though, and focussed documentary style on Deco owner and rider(s) Chad Degroot and Kerry Gatt! Take a peak back at this one, great edit by Hiroshi!
A day later Tom at Sevisual released a dope black and white edit from the The bridge jam in Vienna, great riding from Markus Redlburger, Sebastian Grubinger, amongst others.
On October 4th I was out in Tossa del Mar, an hour north of Barcelona to judge the Rebel jam. Sunshine, beaches, and beautiful postcard views for a week. As always the Rebel jam is run entirely different. And actually made judging flatland a lot easer, if you had to pick winners from the weekend that would be Jesse Puente who had the run of his life, Matthias Dandois, and Alexis Desolneux who hit two of his hardest moves. But the Rebel jam is all about the BMX experience, I hope to go back to this venue one day. Beautiful.
The worst thing about the Rebel jam was the wi-fi, painfully slow which made updating the site very tricky and time consuming more than usual. Whilst all eyes were on the Rebel jam, there are still amazing edits dropping worldwide. Case in point, the Huntington beach edit featuring Terry Adams, Bobby Carter and Sean Fontenot, this edit captured that HB vibe from the 90′s, and whilst it wasn’t a throwback edit at all, it took many of us way back to that time when HB was the capital of the flatland world.

On October 9th,the Flat WebTV guys dropped an amazing post Red Bull COB show, that featured great insight from the winner Viki Gomez, the MC Scott O’Brien, myself on livefeed, Mike S from judging perspective, plus many more. Well with going back and watching this one!
Two days later, Jason Plourde dropped an intense edit entitled “Liberate”, last year it really felt Jasn had found his way, destroying the back wheel with Raphael Chiquet like pivots, and multiple footjam decade variations mid combo, mixing them into whoppers, amongst other tricks. Amazing!
A week after Rebel jam the focus shifted to the other side of the world. Austin, Texas. And the Texas Toast event, plenty on the line for the year end AM Flat titles, TJ Perry took the win in am, we interviewed him shortly after which caused quite a response! Todd Carter was right behind Tj and took the year end title, congrats Todd! (hit the bibliography for interviews with TJ and Todd!) And in Pro, Dominik Nekolny dropped a hammer last combo, that had many saying the hardest line every done in a contest. One thing is for certain, after a bad start to the weekend with the Pralex car getting broken into and Dom’s bag getting stolen. Winning the event, and the year end title in pro, improved things! What a year for Dominik! Texas Toast along with the Rebel jam took a great deal of the coverage during October!

Some of UK scene headed to Bristol (who has one of the best scenes in the UK) for Mayko Lee’s birthday jam, and as well as the Bristol crew putting on a sweet jam for Mayko Lee, they dropped a tight edit a few days after the event, and we caught up with Josh to see what work went into putting the day on! Hit the bibliography if you missed this one, or refresh the mind maybe.

October 17th was another great day for flatland! Any footage of Steve Mulder is awesome, multiple hanggliders are relatively unheard of in this day in age of peg to peg boomerangs, Mulder completely smashed it with 5 brakeless! To my knowledge thats a record, unless he’s beat it himself? Steve?
Luis Elias Benavides published Part 1 of his Radio interview with flatland legend, Chase Gouin, they discussed his recovery with fungal/mould illness, how he got into riding, his passion for flatland riding, of particular interest to me was the question about judging, where he talks about variety, trickiontary, originality. So much more. Great interview!

I told you the 17th was a good day, and Alex Jumelin teamed up with Fat Tony to bring you a welcome to freegun edit, filmed in Las Vegas, whilst Alex was in town for the Nora Cup ceremony.
What a year for Jim McKay, fast becoming one of the best filmers in the game, another Must Watch from the pre jam for the Texas Toast at the infamous OG spot, such an amazing vibe comes across watching this edit.
Three days later and another great day for flatland edits. What I especially liked about this day was the variety of different types of edits coming in, as you will see if you go back and watch these.
Martti Kuoppa back on a bike! A great day if nothing else, and just messing around with a mega spin full whopper to mega spin decade out! That was enough for me, but the day continued! Jeff Scheer released a really good edit full of different techniques I hadn’t seen in years, but really brought a smile to my face seeing this edit! And holy shit, Sietse Van Berkel in the second half of the year seemed to just elevate to monster status riding wise, absolutely smashing it in his September 2012 edit, great style and tricks from this shredder from Holland. Big future for this guy! Anthony Buglio rounded up a cracking day with a brilliant show from the Texas Toast, really digging the shows isolated to one topic, whether interview or contest, on this occasion, great interviews and riding footage! Top marks FlatWebTV!
On October 22nd, Mr Hyper, Dez Maarsen dropped a sick downside whip to rollback rolled clip! A day later, Chase Gouin Part 2 of his radio interview with Luis Elias discussing his health, signature frame, taking part in contests, favourite riders, suggestions to beginners, and influence of flatland in his life. Definitely worth going back and listening to both interviews.

As the month started winding down, surprise surprise the edits did not! Jim McKay dropped a great short edit with Holland’s Michael Van der Kroft,who went down a similar route to Alex Jumelin with his riding, not touching the seat. It will be interesting to see in 2013, what he gets up to!
Remember the name, Kensuke Hamai! His riding is a mix of Raphael Chiquet, and Yohei Uchino, killer back wheel flow! Big future for this guy if he keeps shredding like he did in 2012! On the same day, Scott Powell released a dope edit entitled “Let the bikes in”, even though it was old footage, I was still amazed at the double foot jam combo in this one! Timeless. Over in Spain, Adam Kun won the MiraFlow contest in Sevilla!

We ended the month stoked on two edits, from Charles Paty and that name again, Adam Kun! I can already hear people saying, oh yeah that edit! Charles Paty killed it in his Superb frames testing edit, killer nose manual combos. On a different tip, Adam teamed up with the Hungarian bank, to film one of the most professional looking edits yet. Both equally awesome edits for very different reasons! A great end to yet another great month!
Now you would think, November.. The weather starts turning bad, nights drawing in, less edits! Wrong! November started like it was the middle of summer in terms of content. I remember thinking wow, this is non stop work! Four amazing edits dropped from the Texas Toast, Dax Wolford, Pete Brandt, and Guelo and Moya, hit the bibliography to watch throughout them.
A few days later, Dax was back with a dope triple turbine edit. York Uno released a really nice edit with “Doke in Kobe”. Joris Bretagnolles won the Vibration Urbaines contest in France. And Jim McKay released “A tips on making better flatland edits” article from TCU, firstly good news the TCU are finally covering flatland, and also good it was someone who knows what they are talking about! Lot of helpful tips to consider on this topic, as we of course flatlanders not film makers.

There then seemed to be a lil’ down time for the first time I can recall all year, of 5-6 days of chilled edits. Then on the 11th, things started to fire up again! Dane Beardsley enjoyed a great year, and took a well deserved first place at the Trans jam in Greenville. Anthony Brogden was spitting feather son the mic during Dane’s run! Go back and watch his second run for one hell of an incredible back wheel line.
Pete Brandt had numerous dope edits throughout the year, but this “Clocktower tales” edit really stood out for me. An inspiration to us all, the man is on it more than ever!
It didn’t seem like Jim McKay was far out of the limelight this year, and on the 12th he released the “Must Watch” edit from Texas Toast. On the same day, Fat Tony released the 2013 flatland calendar with Dane Beardsley on the cover, and Team Pralex on the back. Thanks to fat we had a couple of exclusives on the calendar behind the scenes, hit the bibliography for the juice if you missed these.

S&M made some big statements of intent this year, not only Chad blowing up and dropping one of the best edits. But Peter Olsen delivered a hammer part for us all to drool over, this edit swept across every flatland and bmx website that knew what was up that day, and on repeat for days to come. As it turns out arguably the top 3 edits of the year, were all from S&M riders! Like I said, a real big statement!!

4 days later was all about Matthias Dandois! On this day he won the Com’in Lyon contest and released a really well produced and thought out whiplash how to, that set the standard for how-tos in this digital era. Amazing quality and insight into the trick!
As November wound down as I busy getting articles ready to celebrate 4 years of Flatmatters! Rather than just an edit this year, I wanted to have exclusive content dropping all week to celebrate, and we featured during that week, two part rider perspective on 2012, a interview with the master of the foot jam decade, John Yull, a two part huge interview with Viki Gomez! We announced our media partnership with BMX Union, The Merged, Freecoaster.com, and Can I Dig it? And also during that time Alex Jumelin had a dope TCU interview, Sietse Van Berkel continued his amazing year with another banging clip.

As we rolled into the last month of the year. A few sponsorship chains were happening, firstly Yohei Uchino signed for Red Bull, and Matthias Dandois quit Ares Bykes.
On December 6th besides the part 2 of the rider perspective article dropping, Kenshiro released a sick quad decade clip, that had many of us talking! Most notably, Flat Web Tv held their 2012 awards show, and I was truly honoured to be considered for the lifetime achievement award, let alone to take the award. Watch the show above to see who else won what, if you missed it!
Now we don’t see a great deal of Brian Tunney, but when we do it is always a treat, classic rolling style, and his edit on December 7th was a Must Watch! Also on this day, the KOG organisers released an amazing expert class edit, and Sergio Balu from Brazil “amazed us! Sorry couldn’t resist, in reference to title before you ask!

December 8th was another good day for edits and even though it was towards the need of the year, the edits and sheer volume didn’t slow down hardly at all. One of the things I will take most from the year would be that fact alone, pretty amazing when you think about it. Anyway, on this day, it was great to see Catfish release a “world-wide” that reflected his travels, different cultures, wild partying and the odd amazing flatland move here and there. Thats a good watch! Com’in Lyon also released a tight edit from their contest. And over in Tokyo, Yohei Uchino narrowly beat Viki Gomez for the top spot at the G Shock Real Toughness event.
On December 12th, the news that Same Thing Daily 3 was in the works dropped. Sietse Van Berkel dropped a clip in 0 Celsuis, Ciaran Perry released some amazing old footage of himself from 2008, and Tyler Gilliard’s Welcome to FreeGun edit dropped, hopefully we will see more from this guy this year!
After much speculation, the news dropped that Matthias Dandois was riding for Haro Bikes! And would be riding Dennis Enerson’s signature SD frame. In a random bit of news related to this, I just got word today from hare manager, Colin McKay that his Welcome to Haro edit will be dropping anyway! So hold tight!

December 17th was a great day for flatland, both Sam Foakes and Matthias Dandois released sick edits, that reminded me of old times those two going head to head, anyone else notice these guys seem to have a habit of releasing edits on the same date. Also on this day, Scott O”brine put down the mic, and let us see him shred in New Orleans, dope vibes from the City Park riding spot!

On December 23rd, Adam Kun released a Must Watch edit from his last session of 2012! And whilst many of us were occupied with Christmas. In japan, the KOG/WC Finals were going down, for me it was a shame that due to the scheduling of this event, no one from outside of japan was there. It kind of diminishes all their hard work thats gone on in previous rounds. Nevertheless as we all know, the riding at the final event of the year was absolutely mind-blowing, with Hotoke taking the win, Yohei Uchino taking the World Circuit, could Dominik Nekolny have taken it? We’ll never know. And Moto Sasaki finished 3rd with a dope 1 minute long combo that on any other day would be enough. Go back and watch this edit again! Pure fire!!

Things slow down on Christmas day? Hell no! On Christmas day Alex Jumelin and Jim McKay released “The style the life” with some of AJ’s best riding to date! And FlatWebTV interviewed Chad Johnston and Peter Olsen who both won awards respectively.

On Boxing day, the KOG edits were in full flow, and ESPn released a really dope interview with Simon O’Brien. early stoked to see more of SOB shredding in 2013!

On December 28th we broke the news, that James White as on S&M! And fittingly the year ended with James White teaming up with james smith to bring you his Welcome to S&M edit! Not to forget on the same day a dope flashback edit from Waldemar Fatkin, expect big things from this stylecat this year.

And that as they say is a wrap! What an incredible year that I hope I’ve done some justice if you can be bothered to read through it all! I hope more than anything that this article in its three parts acts more of an archive that you can refer to! Big respect to every flatlander on the planet that has brought content to all of us worldwide, and kept the scene moving forward! 2013 will have a hell of a job trying to top that!

I’m off to ride!

Thanks for supporting Flatmatters!

September

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/lee-musselwhite-wins-uk-flat-championships-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/adam-kuns-wins-osg-13

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/uk-flatland-bmx-championships-2012-bristol-pro

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/bmx-worlds-haro-old-school-show

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/repo-king-of-southsea-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/phil-dolan-flatland-life-begins-at-40

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/red-bull-circle-of-balance-day-one

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/osg13-flatland-top-5

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/moto-sasaki-qualifies-first-red-bull-circle-of-balance

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dutch-session-with-dez-maarsen

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/vans-rebeljam-goes-spain

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/red-bull-circle-of-balance-livefeed-4

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/viki-gomez-wins-red-bull-circle-of-balance-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/akihiko-takahashi-summer-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/red-bull-circle-of-balance-final-4-battle

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/deepbmx-tour-stories

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/3edge-works-ls-trailer

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/official-red-bull-circle-of-balance-highlights-video

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/viki-gomez-interview-red-bull-circle-of-balance

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/josh-briars-prague-august-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/deepbmx-japan-2012-tour-stories-3

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/clocktower-san-francisco-scene-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/sean-fontenot-never-give-up

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jean-francois-boulianne-on-flatware

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/vancouver-jam-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/2012-nora-cup-nominees-are

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/stephan-hearn-bikecheck-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/deepbmx-tour-stories-part-4

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/aleksi-ritsila-adidas-promo

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/art-thomason-episode-1-5

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/thomas-noyer-pieces-of-combos

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/takuji-kasahara-bikecheck

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/deepbmx-japan-2012-tour-stories-5

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/sf-clocktower-jam

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/official-red-bull-circle-of-balance-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/paula-callery-summer-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jean-francois-boulianne-welcome-to-flatwareodyssey

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/zizai-final-cm

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/yohei-uchino-voted-nora-cup-2012-flatlander-of-the-year

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jean-francois-boulianne-wins-flatdance-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mateus-beckmann-brakeless-session

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/flatmad-madrid-crew-moya-guelo-varo-sept-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/percy-marshall-lords-journey-into-the-whopper-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/alberto-moya-clip-aossssttttt

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/flatdance-finals-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/sean-parker-day-smith-clocktower

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-matt-wilhelm-at-home

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-james-white-whitelines

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jean-william-prevost-video-interview-for-marked-mayhem

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-friday-interview-catching-up-with-kerry-gatt

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jesse-puente-x-wrung-welcome-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/davis-dudelis-bmx-nose-manual-60-meters-196ft

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mike-s-just-exercising-at-lvr

October

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/bestride-bmx-worlds-2012-euro-tour-paris-france

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/decobmx-memories-chad-degroot-kerry-gatt-hiroshi-uehara

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-zizai-final-cm-4-yu-ki-fumiya-shinde-ozimax-ill

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/takuji-izumi-2012-summer

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-the-bridge-jam-vienna-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/adam-kun-2010-satoraljaujhely

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/chase-gouin-update

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/day-1-rebel-jam

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/huntington-beach-sessions-terry-adams-bobby-carter-rich-slezak-sean-fontenot

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/andrew-wickham-summer-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-qualifies-1st-at-rebel-jam

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/21170

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/2012-rebel-jam-complete-flatland-finals

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mizo-5

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/markus-redlberger-backwards-g-turn-manual-to-nose-wheelie-g-turn

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/texas-toast-hype-jody-temple

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-jason-plourde-liberate

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-stephan-kornely-flatware-japan

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/alexis-desolenux-rebel-jam-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/art-thomason-backyard-jam

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-qualifies-1st-texas-toast

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/ross-smith-2008-2009

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dominik-nekolny-wins-texas-toast

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/todd-carter-wins-amflt-year-end-expert-title

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dominik-nekolny-final-run-highlights-texas-toast

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/steve-mulder-opp-hanglider-ride-out

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mayko-lees-birthday-jam-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/repo-mayko-lees-birthday-jam-w-josh-briars-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/tj-perry-interview-texas-toast-am-flat-winner

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/steve-mulder-5-brakeless-hangliders

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-listen-part-1-chase-gouin-radio-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-alex-jumelin-welcome-to-freegun-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dominik-nekolny-wins-pro-year-title-am-flt-series

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/texas-toast-flatland-prejam-at-the-og

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/todd-carter-interview-am-flt-year-end-champion

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/martti-kuoppa-freestyle-spirit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jeff-scheer-last-thirty-of-thirties

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-sietse-van-berkel-sept-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/texas-flatland-roundup-8-flatwebtv-post-game-show

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/tomooaki-yoshimura-more-back-wheeel-treats

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dez-maarsen-downside-whip-to-rollback-rolaid

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-listen-chase-gouin-radio-interview-part-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/michael-van-der-kroft-welcome-to-gorilli

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/kensuke-hamai-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/scott-powell-let-the-bikes-in

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/adam-kun-wins-miraflow-contest-in-sevilla-spain

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/terry-adams-bike-check

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/didier-genet-and-alberto-moya-madrid-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-charles-paty-superb-frame-testing

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/adam-kun-stars-in-hungarian-bank-video

November

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/texas-toast-pre-jam-o-g

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/pete-brandt-2012-lmb-day-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dax-wolford-oct-12

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/guelo-moya-new-tricks

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/nene-flatland-fest-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/oground-series-flatland-bateria-b

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dax-wolford-triple-turbines

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/york-uno-doko-in-kobe-japan

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/joris-bretagnolles-wins-vibration-urbaines-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/tips-on-making-better-flatland-web-edits-by-jim-mckay

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/shintaro-misawa-in-tokyo

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/grow-jam-2012-vol2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/luke-malone-fall-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/scott-powell-bikes-over-baghdad-practice-session

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/camilo-gutierrez-autum

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dane-beardsley-wins-greenville-trans-jam-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-pete-brandt-clocktower-tales

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-texas-toast-highlights-by-jim-mckay

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/free-2013-flatland-bmx-calendar-presented-by-dk-bicycles-now-available-at-flatland-fuel

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dane-beardsley-1st-place-transjam-2012-greenville-nc

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/brandon-fenton-warming-up-the-back-wheel

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-peter-olsen-welcome-to-sm1664

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/julius-salo-progression-at-elisa-spot

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/adam-kun-wins-flatland-expressions-in-madrid

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-sosh-episode-4-how-to-whiplash

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-wins-comin-lyon-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/aaron-frost-wins-king-of-slab

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/shintaro-misawa-21-17

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/behind-the-scenes-–-2013-flatland-calendar-presented-by-dk-bicycles-part-1

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-matt-wilhelm-dans-comp-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/markus-reich-in-gravity-ii

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-ground-astronauts-autum-bicycles-in-japan

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/takahiro-ikeda-wins-u23-contest

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/yasushi-kajiwara-wins-down-underground-finals

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-tomoaki-yoshimura-yorihisa-shiota

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/richard-reichel-by-marek-svancara

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/alex-jumelins-35th-birthday-jam-edit-by-rad-dad

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/behind-the-scenes-–-2013-flatland-calendar-presented-by-dk-bicycles-part-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/viki-gomez-flatmatters-exclusive-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/onelovejam2013-promo

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-mateus-beckmann-ederson-ferrreira-master-bikes-sampabmx

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-shuichi-osada-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/chenga-jam-edit-by-tony-schneidewind

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/2012-highlights-riderindustry-perspective-part-1

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-john-yull-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/sietse-van-berkel-pedal-to-pedal

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-takayuki-g-iwate-team-raize

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/alex-jumelin-tcu-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-friday-interview-viki-gomez-part-1

December

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/introducing-flat-matters-bmx-union-the-merged-free-coaster-can-you-dig-it-and-flat-matters

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/yohei-ucchie-uchino-signs-for-red-bull

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-off-ares-bykes

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/rebel-jam-edit-by-jean-bulhon

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/omari-cato-in-the-rubble

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/2012-highlights-riderindustry-perspective-part-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/kenshiro-quad-decade

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/year-end-flatwebtv-awards-show

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-brian-tunney-flatland-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/kog-2004-expert-class

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/sergio-balu-amazing-flatland

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-catfish-2012-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/comin-lyon-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/yohei-uchino-wins-tokyo-g-shock-real-toughness

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/joe-cicman-danny-sirkin-24-cruiser-flatland

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/alberto-moya-wins-la-traba-contest-in-madrid-spain

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/long-beach-marina-jam

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-viki-gomez-interview-part-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/same-thing-daily-3

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/sietse-van-berkel-0-degrees-celsius

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-ciaran-perry-2008

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/tyler-gilliard-welcome-to-freegun

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/toronto-2012-japanese-documentary

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/prasheel-gopal-mark-kuhlmann-twofourflat-crew

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-on-haro-bikes

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/michael-steingraeber-40m-nose-wheelie-hyde-park-sydney

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-sam-foakes-manchester-november-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-sosh-episode-4

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/scott-obrien-at-city-park-in-nola

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/g-shock-real-toughness-tokyo

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/overground-2012-jvm-video-part-3-pro-class

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/kevin-nikulski-remember-summer

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/bristol-sep-dec-2012-uk-flatland-bmx

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/colorado-flatland-jams-short-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-friday-interview-bizhouses-shawn-white-discusses-the-rachet-sprocket

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-adam-kun-2012-last-session

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/hotoke-wins-kog-finals-in-yokohama

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/yohei-uchino-wins-2012-world-circuit-title

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-alex-jumelin-the-style-the-life

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/chad-johnston-peter-olsen-flatwebtv-interview-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-simon-obrien-espn-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-kog-2012-final-mini-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/james-white-on-sm

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/2012-by-valentin-flad

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-g-shock-real-toughness-tokyo-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-king-of-ground-2012-round3-yokohama-expert-class

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-waldemar-fatkin-2012-flashback

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-james-white-welcome-to-sm

BMXUnion is fast becoming one of my go to sites every morning/afternoon to see whats new in the world of BMX! Today they have posted an exclusive interview with the man behind one of the leading companies in BMX, and of course Flatland! Jim Bauer! Hit the link to read what goes on behind the scenes, and a lil’ history to for good measure!

http://www.bmxunion.com/blog/blog/through-the-lens-company-check-odyssey/

Text: Effraim.

Part 1 if you missed it: http://www.flatmattersonline.com/flatmatters-review-of-2012-part-1

Sit down with a cuppa, OJ or whatever your are drinking this morning or evening, and spare yourself an hour to go through the year 2012, May till August FM style, hit the extensive bibliography for relevent links!
If you already read my Part 1 review of 2012, you will know the format. If not, hit the link above for what you have missed!

Spring was in full mode, perhaps not in England as it rained a lot just for a change, nevertheless the month of May started with some incredible news that I feel helped drive the positive vibes throughout 2012.
We began May with the Posse Up scene deadline and some great edits came in from scenes like LA, Baltimore, and the eventually winner, Athens, Georgia! The concept from the One Love Crew was great, I hope to see much more of this kind of thing in the future.
Also on this day, the trailer for the 430 DVD trailer was released, and certainly wetted the appetite for what was to come from Japan.

On May 2nd, arguably the biggest news of the year was announced. The legendary Red Bull Circle of Balance contest was back, and scheduled for Kyoto, Japan in September. The feel good factor was felt across the flatland world. Events worldwide seemed to gain energy as a result of the news.

Quentin Pelorson released a serious progression edit on May 3rd, this guy really stood out for me in 2012. He may or may not get much credit in broader terms, but right here he earned a ton of respect from me, the spinning ck flip to xft halfpacker in this short clip was no joke at all!

Three days later, Viki Gomez won the Bike Days contest in Switzerland, a contest that seems to be gaining in popularity every year. The podium shot seemed to cause quite a stir here on FM.

On May 7th arguably one of the best contest edits of the year dropped, a little known contest outside of Japan, called the “An Cup” the edit featured back to back hammer combos unedited and totally flawless from Yohei Uchino, Hiroya Morizaki, and Yoshiki Uchino. Remember this one people? Go back and watch this one again!

2012 was quite a year for Jason Plourde, on May 10th Jason released a sweet clip pulling a double footjam decade, a trick he would further explore during the year. On the same day we broke the news that Viki Gomez had just landed a nice sponsorship deal with Levi’s. The good vibes were flowing.

On May 11th I started hyping up one of the most important events on the flatland calendar, the Voodoo jam! The hype began with a whole bunch of interviews with the likes of Mark Kuhlmann, Todd Carter, Bryan Huffman, Ron Monis, and of course Terry Adams and Scott O’Brien (who also had a great interview drop on ESPN on may 18th) , the term “hype” seemed to go down well with the flatland community, and a few days later Dominik Nekolny dropped a savage multiple xfted whiplash combo using the term as a title.

On May 20th Alex Jumelin won the Fise contest in Montpelier, France, before moving countries to the USA. Quite fitting for Alex to win his last contest in his home country. The year kept getting better and better for him.

FlatDev went to new heights last year, one of the best branded events, ton of promotional material, and in my eyes seemed to stand out from the pack in terms of professionalism. Edit after edit, interviews, qualifying videos, and perhaps a new standard for events to reach. Hey, if you want to put on a event, you could worse than check out these guys and what they have done. Top marks to the organisers!

Now let it be said, I am a big Hotoke fan, and on May 24th when Jim McKay released the “Hotoke at JomoPro 2012″ I was hyped, and the whole flatland community were too. With Jim’s editing and filming skills, and Hotoke’s bike mastery, the edit was a sure winner. Go watch this one again for a sweet reminder. (I wonder how many times I will say that throughout this article).

On May 27th, It’s always amazing to see what Aki is up to, I admire riders who go in their own direction. And Aki’s backwards pumping technique had reached a whole different level with regard to technique and smoothness, I remember hitting the rewind button about five times before I even posted it! That ladies and gentlemen does not happen very often – no offence! Hit the bibliography to watch this one again!

Three days later, Dane Beardsley dropped a monster part for ESPN, teaming up with his good friend Brian Tunney. There were so many combos to marvel at, but the backwards xfted halfpacker to steam stood out to me, not just for how hard that is, but the angle of his foot as he pivoted from the backwards xfted halfpacker to steam, absolutely insane!

The month of May finished off with a really well produced edit from FlatDev (yes that name again!) with Mr Buttery himself, Shintaro Misawa. And lastly but not least, a name we don’t hear from too often from, Travis Collier produced a sweet part for a competition called “My Steaz”.

I feel like we have enough for year already, but we haven’t even got to summer yet!

June started off with the rider list being announced for the Red Bull Circle of Balance in Kyoto, Japan. As usual plenty of discussion about who should and shouldn’t be invited. In the end, there are only 16 spots, somebody is going to be disappointed, it is awesome for flatland the event came back, and I certainly feel like it shaped the second half of the year.

In my eyes and I have no doubt many others, one of the best bits of news came on June 2nd. Chase Gouin making a recovery from his severe illness (hit the bibliography for details) and back riding, with a few photos documented on the Odyssey website. After having three years off his bike, the news Chase was back riding, certainly brought a spring in my step and i’m sure many others.

On the same day, another flatland legend, West Coasts Jesse Puente announced a “originality” contest to win his signature Premuim lagger KHE frame.

On June 4th we continued the “Voodoo jam Hype” with a interview with Prasheel Gopal, and that same day Waldemar Fatkin and Stephan Kornely dropped a Must Watch edit shredding the spot in Koblenz. Good to see that friendship vibe come across, and those guys do it perfectly.

Denes Katona is a name you don’t hear too much of, but sometimes less is more! And in this case that certainly applies right here, everybody knows Denes is one of the best riders on the planet, and visiting good friend Mizo over in Ireland, Denes doesn’t disappoint and delivers some impossible whiplash combinations. Sadly this was the last we heard of Denes from 2012. Hit the bibliography watch this one again!

June of course meant, the Voodoo jam in New Orleans! And a ton of edits came out throughout the month and indeed are still coming out now in January 2013! Check the bibliography for all the best edits, especially Jim McKay’s edit below.
As always Scott O’Brien and Terry Adams put their heart and soul into putting on the best possible event. All eyes were on New Orleans that weekend. As the event wasn’t part of the World Circuit, not all the heavy hitters were there (Matthias Dandois, and Yohei Uchino both previous Voodoo jam winners spring to mind).
In the AM class, Canadian Mark Kuhlmann took the win and immediately turned pro (with reference to Scott O’Brien Flat Web TV interview) this was a great idea!, Mark only just missing the cut on his first attempt. We interviewed Mark shortly after on June 13th, to talk about his Voodoo jam experience. The pralex guys were flying the flag this weekend!
In prelims, Matt Wilhelm threw down to take the top spot into the final battles. In the end, Dominik Nekolny stomped to a first place finish. Why this event, wasn’t part of the World Circuit I have no idea, but that’s a whole different topic!

On the same day as the Voodoo jam, Jason Plourde who had an amazing year dropped a banging “Transformer freestyle” edit, if anyone is going to break into that group of elite riders that place top 5 at every event, Jason could be that guy. Style, speed and aggression in abundance!

Pockets of edits seem to all come in at once, this happened numerous times throughout the year. And on June 14th, two amazing edits from flatland legend Pete Brandt at his second home, the Clocktower in SF and Trevor Oleniuk’s visual diary of the Voodoo Jam swept across every flatland blog and website on the planet.

The end of june wrapped up with entries coming in for Jesse Puente’s originality contest, great edits from Russia, Thomas Noyer, David Nagy and Brazilian riders Lisias Taberelli and Bruno Zebu. Lisias took the win, and collected his frame at the BMX Masters! Congratulations once again Lisias.

July is always a huge month for flatland, edits come in so fast, that at times it is hard to keep up, and quite often last year, I’ve held edits back to give other edits time to be viewed and taken in.
Calvin Tan is one stylish mofo, and July 2nd he dropped a “Must Watch” edit, riding the back wheel in a unique way, his riding style screamed “fun!”, go watch it again for a reminder of what this guy brings to the game.

July 3rd was another good example of the “Pockets of edits” comment I previously made, amazing edits dropped by Gabe Kadmiri, and two from Madrid, the Flatmad crew Part 1 (& Part 2 a few days later) and James Smith teamed up with Viki Gomez to bring you “Lots and found” also filmed in Madrid, needless to say but Viki’s skills are incredible, and when you put them together with James’ filming and editing talents, your onto a winner! July 3rd was a good day!

Two days later and another amazing day for edits, with an absolute treat from The One Love crew with Dane Beardsley, I feel like people are finally coming round to how awesome Dane’s riding really is, and this “Shaka Brah” edit definitely did not disappoint. Sebastian Grubinger stars in a lot of Dane’s videos nowadays, and on this day he teamed up with Tom @ Sevisual to bring you his Heresy “Ascend” bars promo, this was a “Must Watch” edit, Steamboat whiplashes, and whiplash to infront of bars whips and back spring to mind.
A day later, and Aleski Ritsila and Bert Ribul brought another “Must watch” banger edit, two stylish cats with a big future! Really enjoyed how this edit was put together, a definite must go back and watch! Good vibes!

July 9th may well have been the best day for flatland/news edits of the year! Don’t believe me! Check the list, and then go watch them all:

Must watch – Voodoo jam edit by Jim McKay!

Botak Raziff wins Flat Dev 2012! Final Battle edit!

Dez Maarsen/ Michael van deer Krost Summer weekend Session

Hiroya Morisaki wins stop 2 of G Shock Real Toughness

York jam 2012 edit by York Uno

Red Bull COB teaser

Edit overload! And they just kept coming and coming!

The BMX masters is one of the biggest contests on the calendar. Last year it was run as the World Championship, and on July 15th Matthias Dandois took the title that had eluded him for a long time, and added to his list of contest wins. Pretty much winning every event on the planet at some point in his career. The highlights edit dropped a few days later, and as always with the Worlds/BMX masters, this event gets lot more attention and comments than any other edit pretty much.

July 16th was another great day in a list of many last year! Both Alex Jumelin and Sam Foakes dropped banger edits, even though Sam didn’t realise he was having an edit filmed at the Flatmatters jam in Manchester. Flatland is quite nice like that sometimes! Alex continued on his personal rampage, having one of the best years of his long career, both edits and riders have been hugely influential this year.
July 20th was another amazing day for news/edits, kicking things off with Russia winning the Real Toughness contest in Osaka, Jesse Puente signing for Wrung Streetwear, we dropped an exclusive interview with Joe Miller to help hype up Round 2 of the AM FLT series, and two great great edits from the BMX Worlds 2012 by Freedom BMx and Deep BMX!
The next few days were taken up with the news of the return of the legendary Aggro Rag ‘zine and Yohei Uchino continued his winning streak, winning the 2nd round of the World Circuit and looking on course to win the World Circuit title in Berlin…
On July 25th, I dropped an exclusive interview with japanese stylecat, Keisuke Tanigawa, one of my favourite riders currently. Who later went on to win the No runs contest in Saga, japan later in the month.
Over in Austin, Texas, John Yull continued to light the fuse, dropping another Must watch edit for one of his sponsors, Tempest Brand. Flatlanders worldwide were taking notes on his creative foot-jam decade combinations.

The Olympics were in full fever around this time, and a whole load of BMX riders were due to perform at the opening show. Johann Chann teamed up with James White, Jason Forde, TGM Maz, and Keelan Phillips to bring the world a lil’ snippet of their routine as last minute the decision was made to axe the whole BMX show. Quite what effect that show would have had on future generations we will never know.

The month of July ended with flurry of edits, The name Pedro Melo is not heard enough on Flatmatters, so you know when an edit drops, it will be amazing. And his “One too hot hour” was a Must Watch for the flatland community.
Lisias Taberelli dropped an amazing “Outside BMX Worlds” edit, that captured the Koln vibe really well. The Brazilian energy came through loud and clear.
The OG crew put on dope events, and released an amazing trailer for the Offline Sports Game contest in September, this looked like being one of the best events of the year.

Summer holidays in flow, and a busy month for me organising the King of Southsea contest at the end of month. A ton of edits dropped in August and Laszlo Tivadar & Steve Mulder started the month off nicely, with a tasty 5 combos edit and 5 brakeless hanggliders respectively!
The exciting news that the Dew Tour were holding a flatland contest was announced on August 4th, the contest scheduled for August 19th in Ocean City, Maryland was invitational only with 4 riders, Matthias Dandois, Alex Jumelin, Terry Adams, and Matt Wilhelm were confirmed. Another positive for an amazing year for flatland!
A day later JF Boulianne won Round 3 of the AM FLT Circuit, in Anderson Indiana, the contest got rained out, but fortunately there was an indoor spot that looks like a reception area to get the contest done, and the ranking points proved to be hugely important.
On the other side of the world, Yohei Uchino won yet another contest, this time the G Shock Real Toughness event in Sendai, Japan, and along with the World Circuit was looking like he was going to take the G Shock Real Toughness Series also.

On August 7th we returned to these “Pockets of edits” I mentioned earlier, Dylan Worsley’s xft backwards halfpacker clip was a timely reminder, not only that he’s still got it, but that he’s still out there shredding hard, stoked to see this! Jason Plourde, Matt Wilhelm and Dane Beardsley all had Must Watch edits on this day, all totally different styles, which is a good point from the year, 2012 seemed to me to bring more diversity than recent previous years. jason and Matt are both fast paced but yet totally different styles, and Dane’s Cross Country edit in Portland, Oregon was at the opposite end of the scale yet of course equally as hard. Flatland is beautiful!

Three days later, and Jason Plourde was most def on a roll with the multiple decade concept, go back and watch this absolutely hammer short clip!

On August 11th, the King of Ground dropped the Official edit from Round 2. And Naoto Tamaru released this must watch edit that seemed to go underneath the radar, featuring Nauto, Kenshiro Ojma and featured an jaw dropping back wheel combo from Yohei Uchino, two footed death truck to out opposite side backwards peg time machine flip to xft upside down wheelie, absolutely nuts!

August 19th was another great day for flatland. With great edits from the One Love crew, Lisias Taberelli, Prasheel Gopal, and the news that Matthias Dandois won the Dew Tour flatland contest in Ocean City, Maryland!

August 25th was one hell of a busy day for me, actually that whole week was! King of Southsea was in full flow. The FM house was full of riders, Prasheel Gopal, Alberto Moya, Navid Saleki and friend, Johann Chann and Trevor Lacey. KOS saw the return of Sam Foakes to competition after a few years out, and as many expected he did not disappoint, taking the win, with Romain Georges in second place. Prasheel took the win in Expert. Whilst all that was going on, Phil Dolan who wasn’t at King of Southsea tut tut, continued his solo mission, with his latest clips exploring the figure of 8 concept. And Trevor Meyer dropped an insane Summer 2012 edit that had the FM house stoked in between numerous viewings of the new 430 DVD!

Two days later I released Sam Foakes winning run rom the KOS. Dez Maarsen won the Chuncheon Cup, and Chad Johnston dropped one of the best edits of the year hands down! Pegless riding at its very best that seemed to utilise all techniques in flatland into one. Mind blown. Chad is a beast!

August as you would expect in the height of summer, finished with tons of edits. Actually that slowed down all year but anyway, it seems busier when your finishing up summer season at the skatepark, and trying to ride and run the website. On August 29th, Argentine shredder Gonzalo Bellanti released a really nice “Post BMX Worlds Hype” edit that documented his progression, this kid has a bright future. Fresh off the Chuncheon Cup win, Dez Maarsen dropped a sick brakeless edit, the man was looking ready for the Red Bull COB. And last but not least, even though the footage is old, one of the best edits of the year, was this Lost Footage edit of Matthias Dandois, shot arguably in his prime. Seriously go back and watch this!

Phew!! A lot happened as you can appreciate from May till August, argueably the busiest months of the year! Stay tuned for Part 3, coming soon….

Bibliography:

May

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/posse-up-baltimore

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/posse-up-los-angeles

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/430-dvd-trailer

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/the-red-bull-circle-of-balance-is-back

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/quentin-pelorson-progression

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/viki-gomez-wins-bike-days

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/yohei-uchino-yoshiki-uchino-hiroya-morisaki-an-cup

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jason-plourde-double-decade

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/viki-gomez-on-levis-streetwear

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mark-kuhlmann-voodoo-jam-hype-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/ron-monis-voodoo-jam-hype-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/athens-crew-win-2012-posse-up-video-contest

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/scott-obrien-terry-adams-espn-behind-the-scenes-at-voodoo-jam

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/dominik-nekolny-voodoo-jam-hype-combo

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/todd-carter-voodoo-hype-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/alex-jumelin-wins-fise-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/bloody-shins-deep-bmx-webstore

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/flatdev-2012-–-trailer-for-interview-session

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-hotoke-at-jomopro-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/bryan-huffman-voodoo-jam-hype-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/akihiko-takahashi-holiday-frame-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-dane-beardsley-espn-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/flatdev-2012-–-shintaro-misawa-interview-session

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/travis-collier-my-steaz

June

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/2012-red-bull-circle-of-balance-rider-list-announced

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/chase-gouin-is-back-riding

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/originality-1-contest-win-a-khe-jesse-puente-prototype-frame

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/prasheel-gopal-voodoo-jam-hype-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-waldemar-fatkin-stephan-kornely

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/denes-katona-irish-edit

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matt-wilhelm-qualifies-first-at-2012-voodoo-jam

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/voodoo-pre-jam-pictorial

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/jason-plourde-transformer-freestyle-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/flatdev-2012-–-mat-dagu-interview-session

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-miyata-yorimitsu-mostly-true

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matthias-dandois-new-bmx-style-street-flat

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/mark-kuhlmann-voodoo-jam-expert-class-winner-interview

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/pete-brandt-clocktower-represent

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/voodoo-jam-trip-by-trevor-oleniuk-2

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/toon-welcome-to-dc

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/nankai-freecoaster-rebuild-maintenance-guide

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/voodoo-jam-2012-by-anthony-crespo-art-mag

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/freedom-bmx-voodoo-jam-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/voodoo-pre-jam-2012-extended-edition

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/terry-adams-slu-oak-tree-session

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/john-yull-bikecheck

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matt-wilhelm-breaking-new-ground

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/a-style-jam-by-shinde

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-david-nagy-alone-in-gyc

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/shayne-khajehnoori-bikecheck

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/originality-1-contest-khe-bikes-lisias-tabarelli

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/gonzalo-pola-bellanti-la-rocka

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-reveal-yourself

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/must-watch-bruno-zebu-originality-1-contest-khe-bikes

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/prasheel-gopal-june-18th-2012

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/originality-1-shinishi-kiba-aka-russia

http://www.flatmattersonline.com/matti-rose-bikecheck

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July

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