THE 2024 FLATMATTERSONLINE YEAR END AWARD NOMINEES ARE…

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It’s time to announce the nominees for the 2024 Flatmattersonline Year end awards, thanks to everyone who took the time to vote. Winners announced next Sunday…

Editorial Vote:

RIDER OF THE YEAR

Jean William Prevost
Yu Katagiri
James White
Kio Hayakawa
Matthias Dandois

MUST WATCH EDIT OF THE YEAR

Matsudo 2024 year end edit
James White Pivotski
Sebastian Grubinger Reminiscence
Los Andinos: Owen Bohn & Benjamin Hudson
Umikaze jam edit

*OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
*BREAKTHROUGH RIDER OF THE YEAR
As always no nominees in these categories I will announce these winners next Sunday!

BRAND OF THE YEAR

Nous Bmx
Heresy BMX
Four pegs BMX
Viking BMX
IGI FLAT BMX

Reader choice

RIDER OF THE YEAR

Jean William Prevost
Varo Hernandez
Yu Katagiri
Matthias Dandois
Kio Hayakawa

EDIT OF THE YEAR

Los Andinos by IGI
James White Pivitski
Matsudo Year end edit 2024
George Manos Soothenight
Varo Hernandez Action Wheels

CONTEST RUN OF THE YEAR

Kio Hayakawa FA BATTLEGROUNDS
Yu Shoji Fise Montpellier
Yu Katagiri Japan championships November
Matthias Dandois World championship finals
Julien Baran Euro Championship final

FEMALE RIDER OF THE YEAR

Anna Mondics
Nina Suzuki
Veronika Kadar
Carin Hommura
Ayuna Miyashima

LINE OF THE YEAR

Jean William Prevost Chile line
Yu Katagiri No foot float line
Kio Hayakawa Battleground line
Takato Moriya ucchie park line
Jigen Omotehara

Hang 5 Podcast: Episode 50 with Gonzalo Bellanti

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“For this episode, Francois sat down with a relatively less known shredder from Argentina. He has been riding for 20 years, first in the streets of Buenos Aires, honing his skills with fellow local riders. As his riding grew, so did the opportunities and he got to travel the world, do a residency in Abu Dhabi and now calls Melbourne home.We discuss his roots, the growth of the Argentinian scene, competing, living off your passion, travelling/working abroad, sharing spots, why he chose to go back to a 9-5 and how he still hit the UCI stops in 2024, and how he plan to do it again this year, the need for federation support, how he is learning tricks/links and so much more! Welcome to the life of Gonzalo Bellanti.”

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1164767

Must Watch: Float/ A Flatland Film

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Anthony Schneidewind at TS Visual Media put in hell of a lot of work into producing a flatland film together just over an hour long!! Mostly in like mix tape format with a few sections put together that I really enjoyed. The time flew by watching this, loved the Wright brothers part, Will Redd’s part at 39:46 with some unique turbine moves, death truck puppet turbines, locomotive turbines, and much more to boot, to mention all the amazing riders in between throwing a clip here and there.
The highlight without a doubt is Bruno Zebu’s part at 53:00, x-ft skills to pay the bills. His lines are absolutely ridiculous and just keep building, his pivot skills and generating speed mid pivot is something special, I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t watched it yet.

I would say grab a cuppa, and jump on this one as soon as you can. It’s a great start to 2025!

2024 FLATMATTERSONLINE YEAR END AWARDS: POSSIBLE CONTENDERS FOR LINE OF THE YEAR

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As voting closes for the 2024 Flatmattersonline Year end Awards this Sunday, 12th January.
Here is one for the last minute voters, some possible contenders for Line of the Year, theres no way I can include everyone…

Thanks to everyone who has voted so far.

Congratulations to everyone who made the contenders edit.

FLATMATTERS!

George Manos: Soothenight

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It’s been a good year for George Manos, already a couple of edits deep! George’s edits always feel like to me, a sketchbook full of ideas and directional hints of where his riding is going. Really amazing that as he digs deeper more options unfold still in pegless riding.

Couple of standouts here: The slow carved nose manual to stalled nose at 1:22, and the last trick, which is like an ankledeath no handed pedal karl to hang nothing sat on top tube at 1:40.

Looking forward to seeing where this direction goes, and thank you George. Respect!

Matthias Dandois wins MENS ELITE UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024

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You couldn’t script this one!

On this last UCI dance, Matthias Dandois took the UCI World Championship title 2024 for a record tenth time. Matthias was followed on the podium by Moto Sakai and Jean William Prevost. Congratulations to Matthias, Moto and Dub! 🌈🌈