James White came through with a great edit from the recent TGM jam in West Norwood, South London. Well worth a watch, gutted to have missed this one!
2024 York Jam: Saturday 5th October
The annual York jam date is set, Saturday 5th October at the Jawn. Chase Gouin gets the flyer this year. Jam runs from 10am till sunset, get there if you can. Good times at the home of the Plywoods Hoods, York PA!
Huff Jam 2024: American BMX Flatland League
Thiago Balzano hit me up with this amazing coverage from the recent Huff Jam in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA. Check out the pro highlights edit thats just over an hour long, this is pretty comprehensive!
Summer TGM Jam 2024
James Ovens was on hand to document some of the action from last weekend’s TGM flatland jam in West Norwood, London. Good vibes from the London crew, and a few surprise guests. Give this one a watch!
Jean William Prevost wins Huff Jam + Full Results / American BMX Flatland League
Yesterday, the annual Huffjam went off in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to wrap up the first year of the American BMX Flatland League.
Congratulations to Jean William Prevost, Bryan Huffman, Teak Gabriel, Ron Metzger, Christiana Neves, and Preston Wilson winners of each class. Full results below, thanks as always to Todd Carter for the results and podium shots.
Pro Class
1. Jean William Prevóst
2. Terry Adams
3. Austin Luberda
4. Jean Francois Boulianne
5. Mickey Gaidos
6. Art Thomason
7. Dax Wolford
8. Bobby Burger
9. Isaiah Jordan
10. Alejandro Guerrero
Master Class
1. Bryan Huffman
2. Kevin Edwards
3. Todd Carter
4. Kelly Baldwin
5. Ed Jodie
6. Keith King
7. Alexis La Grassa
Expert Class
1. Teak Gabriel
2. Lee Mejia
3. Ezra Patton
4. Thiago Balzano
5. Rodney Dye
6. Dakota Ritchie
7. Kevin Washington
8. Andy Pandemic
Old Is Cool Class
1. Ron Metzger
2. Lance Lyons
3. Ron Seay
4. Brent Schulze
5. Fox Kinsman
6. Greg Mobley
7. Mark Johnson
8. Matt Stamey
9. Matt Veach
10. Justin Tate
11. Brian Dunlap
12. Kevin Czuba
13. Chuck Hargis
14. John Moloney
15. Chris Wong
16. Glen Mehltretter
17. Keith Rieben
18. Jason Harrison
Novice Class
1. Christiana Neves
2. Joel Munday
3. David Shipley
4. Zachary Drieling
5. AJ Moloney
6. Justin Oh
7. Will Calloway
8. Monique Baldwin
9. Kelly Oldfield
10. Danny Harrison
11. Kim Klisiak
12. Rodney Bowcock
13. Donnie Pickering
17 & Under Class
1. Preston Wilson
2. Emily Metzger
3. Julianna Metzger
Must Watch: Sebastian Grubinger / Reminiscence
I have no idea what’s going on right now with all these amazing edits, but I love it! We are currently in “Must Watch” season a few months earlier than I anticipated.
And this man, Heresy’s Sebastian Grubinger’s continues to be one of my favourite riders, video parts were made of this guy and he doesn’t disappoint here revisiting some classic Grubinger lines that still hold up to this day. I’ll be watching this one for a while, and you might well be too!
Highlights for me:
00:28: peg to peg boomerang to switch foot backwards peg wheelie pivot to backwards rolling straddle-roni.
1:09: Whiplash around the bars to Karl 360 bar flip out.
1:39: A forwards bar flip Karl line I’ve wanted to see Sebastian re-do for years.
Moto Sasaki wins Chimera A-Side
The Chimera A-side at The Shoshazen Engyoki Temple popped off this weekend. Congratulations to Moto Sasaki who won the event followed by Yu Katagiri & Takato Moriya. Level was insane!
Hang 5 Podcast: Episode 45 with Chris Young
For this episode, Francois caught up with Plywood Hood legend Chris Young to see what he has been up to this year and learn more about the highly anticipated Flatland Assassins Battleground Comp taking place in Cleveland early August. Enjoy!
SUMMER TGM JAM: Saturday 13th July 2024
On Saturday 13th July, it’s time for the annual summer TGM jam at the Green Mile at Norwood Park from 1pm onwards. Always a good time, get down if you can.
Must Watch: James White / Pivitski
When I said yesterday that it’s “Must Watch” season, I wasn’t joking. Right here, we have a contender for edit of the year when we get to the 2024 Flatmattersonline Year-End Awards in December. Years of bike mastery have gone into not only the technique (the back wheel line at 2:23 springs to mind as a standout) but also the ability to wait for the right timing and not rush it, to execute rolling so slowly out of an almost stationary hitchhiker at 3:49.
There are so many details in James’ riding that are second to none; check the ender at 4:37. Going back for my fifth watch of this before I post it, this is already a classic in my mind.
I’m a big fan of the multiple angles in this as well as the black and white, which give this a fresh feel compared to his previous edits.