What do skateboarding and innovation have in common? Why is this on Flatmatters?? Well for more reasons than you might think…. A successful entrepreneur and innovator, Rodney Mullen is widely considered the most influential street skater in history, inventing most of the tricks used today. There are so many similarities to what he is saying in this talk to flatland riding, he continues to skate, innovate, and design some 30 years after he won his first world championship at the age of 11. How long will it be until a flatlander gives a talk like this? Well worth a watch.

Darin Wright from The One Love crew hit me up with news on their scene, hook ups, sessions, if you have interesting news like this, please send it in…

“Well it’s been a while since the last posting, so Im gonna get ya’ll caught up. First up, the OneLoveCrew is now sponsored by PrimoBMX. Eric(sales guru & fellow hiphopjunkie) @ John(TM) have been looking out for the crew since day one. We are really stoked on being part of a company that has been a big part in BMX history. Look for our welcome edit filmed by Shayne K. coming soon.
Second up, Shayne K. has officially started a new NorCal BMX house. Current tennets include Steve “Muscle” Hearn and Dave “NipsyHustle” Debuono. A killer backyard with a palm tree, multiple rack system for all the whips , and an ill ass fire pit, these guys just went from ashy to classy.

Dylan Worsley, backwards kickflip to crackpacker, photo by Kerry Gatt.

Third up, almost two weeks ago, the crew went out to Walnut Creek to ride with Kerry Gatt, Ed Benoit, and Dylan Worsley. To say the least, this was an epic session. Sorry folks there was no filming went down at this session. After the session Kerry took us out to one of the local pubs for a few pitcher of brew. While out on the patio, Andrew Arroyo stopped by. I thought he was a myth, but no he was there in the flesh. He still rides and occasionally stops for sleep out in Napa in his VW.”

Voodoo trophies, how sick are these!!! Photo by Terry Adams.

Here are the full results from the 2012 Voodoo jam, thanks to Scott O’Brien for sending these in!

Pro Class
1- Dominik Nekolny
2- Matt Wilhelm
3- Terry Adams
4- Alex Jumelin
5- J.F. Boulianne
6- Waldemar Fatkin
7- Naoto Tamaro
8- Dane Beardsley
9- Jocago Vasques
10- Art Thomason

11- Stephan Kornely
12- Mark Kuhlmann
13- James McGraw
14- Bo Wade
15- Aaron Frost
16- Eric Wright

Amateur Class

1- Mark Kuhlmann
2- Dax Wolford
3- Kelly Baldwin
4- Todd Gully
5- Omari Cato
6- Diego Tejada
7- Ron Monis
8- Rennace Tomko
9- Alex Poirier
10- Bryan Huffman

11- Prasheel Gopal
12- Alan Young
13- Johnny Tamayo
14- Juan Caldera
15- Trevor Oleniuk
16- Joe Cicman
17- John Yull
18- Chris Anderson
19- Steve Jordan
20- Edward Jolie
21- Todd Carter
22- Sean Watkins
23- Sean Maher
24- Jim Cavanuagh

Veteran Class

1-Pedro A Medina
2- Mike Svnick
3- Mark Dandridge
4- Ramon Lopez Colon
5- Brian Yellow Gavagan
6- Robert Porter
7- Brad Wright
8- Huck Edwards
9- Tim Neff
10- David Larocca

11- Damian Bacci
12- John Simpson
13- Mark Mundt
14- Jeremy Jones