Hello everyone!
Great response to voting this year for the 2018 Flatmattersonline Year End Awards, this really is a labour of love for me and my chance to really give back to the content that I post throughout the year and also reach out to you the readers of Flatmattersonline. Thank you to all the readers that took the time to vote, this years voting was really interesting. A definite shift towards how you decide and who you vote for. Let’s get right to it..
– Effraim Catlow / 10 Years of Flatmattersonline.
Editorial Vote:
Rider of the Year:
Matthias Dandois
Yu Katagiri
Jean William Prevost
Alex Jumelin
Sietse Van Berkel
Edit of the Year:
James White – Stop the World
Benjamin Hudson – Done Deal
Matthieu Bonnecuelle – Riding Waste
Jean William Prevost – Puro Flat #2 Spring
Denes Katona – Rolling Stone
Most Progressive Rider:
Jean William Prevost
Sietse Van Berkel
Alex Jumelin
James White
Yu Katagiri
Outstanding Contribution:
TBA ON ANNOUNCEMENT DAY.
Line of The Year:
Austin Luberda – 3:05 from the Autumn Flow edit.
Jean William Prevost – 3:52 End Line Puro Flat 2.
Yu Katagiri – Bikeflip line at 3:00 from the Yu Katagiri 2018 edit.
Sietse van Berkel – Final Round Entry from Master of Creativity 2018.
Dominik Nekolny – Best trick from Sport Zone contest.
* Go back and search and watch these! Incredible…
Reader Choice:
Rider of the Year:
Yu Katagiri
Ryo Katagiri
James White
Jean William Prevost
Sietse van Berkel
Edit of the Year:
Jean William Prevost – Puro Flat 2 Spring
James White – Stop the World
Denes Katona – Rolling Stone
Yu Katagiri – 2018
Joe Cicman – The idea in brief
Most Progressive Rider:
James White
Sietse Van Berkel
Ryo Katagiri
Yu Katagiri
Jean William Prevost
Contest Run of Year:
Dominik Nekolny BMX Cologne Finals
Jean William Prevost Fise Chengdu Finals
Ryo Katagiri BMX Cologe qualifying
Dominik Nekolny Hungarian contest
Yu Katagiri BMX Cologne Finals
Breakthrough Rider of the Year:
Mates Tucek
Sietse van Berkel
Julian Baron
Austin Luberda
Kio Hayakawa
Year end award winners announced:
Friday 11th January.
Honorable mention: Dom’s Belgium contest run. He was riding Frank Lucas brakeless bike!!!
That was a great memory from the year. Took Dom less than an hour to adapt to Frank’s bike and riding brakeless, although if you watch Dom’s riding closely he doesn’t use the brakes all that much so….
Didn’t know / hadn’t seen THAT ,Cato ! Would love to see it . Ahhhhhh, bruv , bummed ……..I had Giannis Caternellis , Joe Cicman and Nick Watts in there / my votes , buuuuuuut I also had both Katagiri brothers in there as well . Rad that they got some props . Their runs @ the Cologne Masters were so progressive and flowing . Ive watched em several times ! Thanks for the yearly awards , Effraim . Look forward to it EVERY year , hermano !
Thank you brother Rodney for your vote!!You support me 4 years now cabrone and i will never forget that…your vote is not wasted.I will prove it soon.Keep riding hard mi hermano!FREESTYLER FOREVER!!
Thanks heaps Rodney! Stoked to get your approval mate. It means a lot from you my man as you are clearly one of the main guys in the know of what’s going on in the scene. I’m loving your dedication to the flatland cause! Damn!!…I’m really starting to wish I didn’t take a 15 year vacation now…I maight have learnt some new stuff..hahaha.