Here are the results from Pro Flat JomoPro 2012! This year the contest ran with a two run format, 2.5 mins x 2, best run counts! Congrats to Ucchie, Dominik, and Moto rounding out the top three! Check out the clip of Ucchie busting! Wow!
Pro Flat
1- Yohei Uchino
2- Dominik Nekolny
3- Moto Sasaki
4- Matthias Dandois
5- Viki Gomez
6- Takahiro Ikeda
7- Terry Adams
8- Alex Jumelin
9- Matt Wilhelm
10- Jesse Puente
11- Yoshiki Uchino
12- Jean William Prevost
13- Jean Francis Boulainne
14- Andrew Cooper
15- James McGraw
16- Art Thomason
17- Koit McIntire
18- Bo Wade
More photos from prizegiving on : http://www.jomoproflatland.com/
brilliant! congrats ucchie
Yep killer back wheel! Look forward to seeing the runs!
WOW ! Crazy tricks from Ucchie,congrats to him 🙂
keep up the good work at voodoo hiroshi
i am sure huffman and degroot will do the same
seems like he had a luggage problem in the states
http://www.yoheiuchino.com/blog/
good thing his bike made it to jhomopro no prob
look forward to seeing these guys at voodoo waldemar included
must of been a tight group Bo Wade got beaten by Koit McIntire
north america did not make it to the top third
on the other hand south america could possibly
it was good more local riders participated though
Interesting point, but in general it seems the US scene is on the up again. And events such as the JomoPro and now the Voodoo jam back, can only help hype riders up, get them riding. In many ways I do feel like we are starting again, 18 riders is not a bad turnout at all, thats a pretty heavy list of riders. Expert was well attended. 14 in Vet Class is good also too. Novice you would expect more, that needs to be the focus it would seem.
America is a huge country, it is hard to get around easily, props to people like the pralex crew, who regularly attend all the events and travel for hours and hours then go back to work life. Not easy.
he’s the best internacional rider ever for me
tks uchie
brazil
Totally agree with Effraim but I have one small correction, America is a huge *Continent!
Totally correct misterpola…. America is a Continent, and sure it ain’t just the United States it’s a comun misconception / but anyway this is flatland we’re speaking here not “global domination”
ooo the controversy has started ,lets all get a map out haha
Point taken misterpola, was merely making a point. The other point I wanted to make, and this is a small thing but quite important in the bigger picture, its good to see a podium with people smiling, (ref. Simple Session and other events), top three is awesome!
why are you refering to the simple session? Were the podium-winners there not smiling?
surprised by the outcome, had wished hotoke higher but congrats to uchie and all the others
cant wait to see the contest runs to motivate me for riding!
Simple session was first thing that came to mind, amazing riding during the contest, and what you see is guys pissed off on the podium. How does that look? So it was good to see these guys look stoked to be top three at JomoPro.
http://twitvid.com/XE5YM
http://twitvid.com/9DY35
No Bo edit? Gat dammit!
JUDGING CRITERIA
Difficulty: Score up to 100pts
Originality: Score up to 85pts
Consistency: Score up to 75pts
Maximum Total Score: 260pts
Each judge will score each rider on all three categories. Scores are calculated to give a final average that is intentionally weighted to encourage progressive riding while valuing pulled tricks and tricks in links.
guess they did weight more for style
check out martti’s final bid on e-bay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120894641589
I predicted that he ucchie would have won since friday so funny he won ha! congrats
Judging wasnt good at all! But I dont judge the judges, they were not pro riders so for them must be so hard!
But Uchie deserves the 1st place and Hiroshi made a good scoring as I spoke to him after. Anyway, time to move on and ride hard!
hold on controversy ,Viki on judges its started
where are the vids? the jury is still out
who better to have judge than a recently retired pro legend
from fat tony enterprise AKA jomopro
http://www.fattonyenterprise.com/jomopro/2012-jomopro-photo-gallery/?show=gallery&pageid=308
Dont want to get into a huge discussion over this but I had to use this system for Judging Expert class and I did not like it. Although the result seemed to go well the system was not something I was crazy about.
Just my thought. Move on and get ready for the next session and contest.
Peace
that part is hard
check out fat tony riding.. he will post up a vid on the jomopro site soon
http://youtu.be/1Ovwm8pzfh8
Best Trick
The highest score wins. This competition is not timed and is judged on style, creativity and amplitude.
Best Rider
The Selection Session for Flatland features 18 riders who will be narrowed down to an elite 9 for the finals. The first place rider from last year’s competition will automatically qualify for the finals to round out the number of competitors at 10. The Finals will be broken into three thirty minute sessions. At the end of each session the judges will rank the riders from 1-10, then assign each rider a score from 1-100, based on aggressive execution of maneuvers: content – the number, difficulty, originality and variety of tricks successfully performed; style – the fluid linking of individual tricks; and, the use of the arena/audience. Each rider can attempt links as many times as they choose in the allotted time. Judges again rank the riders 1-10 and assign each rider a session score from 1-100. The three session scores are combined and divided by three to give each rider an overall score. Riders are ranked 1-10 on the Finals leader board.
Consistency should be built in – the more tricks you pull the higher the score anyway.
I wrote a little editorial about the Best Trick contest, I don’t want to come off as spam, so I’ll copy the small paragraph here, in hopes of generating discussion. I feel that the topic is extremely relevant, and within the week, once more footage is up; it may give a clearer picture of how good this really was.
text:
“Something happened at this contest that I feel the need to say a few words about. The Best Trick Contest at the end was one of, if not THE best thing that I have seen in recent years in the contest scene. I thought it was brilliantly conceived and executed. It cut right to the heart of the sport by pushing riders like never before; in a fast paced, thrilling format. I see it as an answer, really. The level of crowd involvement was matched only by the vibe from a few years ago at Voodoo Jam – pure electricity. I hope to see this catch on at even more contests as it seemed to be in all respects a totally badass thing. Controversy aside, I would love to hear some feedback in the coming days both from people who were there, and those that get a chance to see the footage online.
all the best,
jm “
http://youtu.be/fMOkI4DQm_0
enter the pro class – get some solo riding time and a front row seat to the competition
probably going to regret it if you do not go to voodoo
all the riders are incredible in their own way
sucks judging / deciding: it is all interdependent – consistency, difficulty, originality
you could tell they were pushing the limits of their tricks. everyone was riding super hard
in the end you have to pick the top three. the flatland gods demand it
Totally agree with Effraim but I have one small correction, America is a huge *Continent!
It’s very uncommon to consider America a continent because of the use of “America” to describe the USA. The Americas are a group of continents. People usually say the Americas if they have to group.
Otherwise, it was nice to see a contest attended outside of Japan. A PROPER contest too. Not some damn show to make some watches look cool…
look at all this controversy ,told you it would happen .
controversy yet again ,told you so.
controversy on judging yawn ,seems everyone is changing their name on here
JM
I have a totally different view on the best trick. Not many combo’s where pulled and it was boring at times. Of course there are ways to tighten something like this up but its really not the best.
Also,, combo contest or best trick?? seems as though people get that confused.
Just my thoughts. moving on… voodoo pro last session with tope four riders should be similar to best trick just like we did in 2004. Lets see….
SOB