Repo: UK Flatland Champs / Dreamlands Kent

Text: Effraim.
Photography: Jim Cossey.

Round 1 of the 2018 UK Flatland Championships took place last weekend in Margate, Kent. Margate is a seaside town about an hour and half from central London for all of you reading this outside of the UK. Matti Hemmings once again is the man behind making the event happen, this year a different location and a better set up. Dreamlands, an amusement park smack on Margate seafront which somewhat bizarrely to me, goes in land rather than out towards the sea, two years ago we sat on the seafront having fish n chips after the Wheels and Finns festival and wondered what Dreamlands was. A great use of space and in terms of planning, this place is epic. You wouldn’t know this amusement park was even there, if you drive along the seafront road.

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Matthias Dandois wins Bike Days 2018!

Matthias Dandois celebrated his 29th birthday in style winning the Bike Days 2018 contest in Solothurn, Switzerland followed on the podium by Dustyn Alt who had an amazing run and banger trick, Dustyn was followed by Dominik Nekolny on the podium. It’s been a great weekend in Switzerland, one of the best contest floors of the year and always good vibes.

Jean William Prevost wins Toronto Flatland Unlimited 14

2018 starts off with how we left 2017. Jean William Prevost on top taking the win at the 14th Toronto Flatland Unlimited contest followed by Dominik Nekolny and Cory Fester. Really psyched to see Cory on the podium! Here’s what Dub had to say about the win:

“I can’t express how happy I am to get 1st at #FU14 Toronto International Bike Show Flatland Contest. This contest starts the year off for me and on the right foot. Thanks Dom Nekolny for coming and motivating our scene always, killer riding! And Cory Fester you were totally missed all these years, please never miss it again! Congrats !!!!!”.

Pro Class.

1st Jean William Prevost
2nd Dominik Nekolny
3rd Cory Fester
4th Jason Plourde
5th Jean-Francois Boulianne
6th Bo Wade
7th Joe Cicman
8th Rob Shaw

Expert Class.

1st Etienne Bergeron
2nd Shaun Lapsley
3rd Adrian Furniss
4th Ron Monis
5th Joey Kyllo
6th Bertrand Williams
7th Craig Gaudet
8th Evan Derushie

Veteran Class.

1st Danny Sirkin
2nd Steve Lapsley
3rd Al Box

* Thanks to Steve Lapsley coming through with Expert and Veteran results/podium photos!

World Circuit BMX Cologne Compilation 2017

Kevin & Els just dropped this nice compilation from the BMX Cologne contest this year featuring great riding from the likes of Dominik Nekolny, Jean William Prevost, Dez Maarsen, Masato Ito, Alex Jumelin, Kevin Nikulski, Thomas Noyer, and more…

BMX Cologne 2017 – Flatland Pro Final Highlights

BMX Cologne 2017 – Flatland Pro Final Highlights from Global Flat on Vimeo.

Missed this great highlights edit by Martin over at Global Flat from the recent BMX Cologne contest. So much good riding in this one from the likes of Matthias Dandois, Alex Jumelin, Jean William Prevost, Thomas Noyer, Dominik Nekolny, Kevin Nikulski, Dustyn Alt and more.

Watch the Top 3 at BMX Cologne 2017 – Dominik Nekolny, Matthias Dandois & Masato Ito

BMX Cologne went off yesterday, Congratulations to Dominik Nekolny who took the win, you can check out his run and lookout for the last trick! Matthias Dandois jamming to Linkin’ Park lit up the crowd (his run is blocked world wide on YT, Kevin & Els did a lil’ mix over his run to get it published!) Matthias took second and the 2017 World Circuit title, and Masato Ito brought his powerful style and delivered a solid run to take the third place spot, you watch the runs right here! More runs and content to follow throughout the week, for no enjoy the top 3. Good times here in Cologne, meeting the flatland family once again, stay tuned for updates.

Video credit: Matti Hemmings.

Watch the Top 3 from the 2017 iBMXff World Championships!

Watch the top 3 from the 2017 iBMXff World Championships, Matthias Dandois and Alex Jumelin both threw down flawless runs in the Somerset sunshine at the Nass Festival, followed in third by Dominik Nekolny! Congratulations once again to Matthias, Alex and Dom, really good weekend!