With the awards dropping on Sunday 10th January, I wanted to share with the flatland community my choice for the Flatmattersonline Top 10 edits of 2015. And thus my break down of how I arrived at picking the nominees and also the winners. If you are paying attention to the site and reading the comments, you will have seen I didn’t count DVD video parts into the mix, as the category was “edit of the year”. I left it plain and simple, edits only (not dvds or dvd parts for example) I also didn’t take one trick edits into the equation, in my mind an edit is multiple clips combined together. This made my life easier shortlisting and narrowing from the hundreds down to 5 down to the winners. With that being said let’s crack on with my top ten list for 2015:
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Tim Knoll shredding in Berlin!
Red Bull just posted a crazy new edit of Tim Knoll having fun doing what he does in Berlin plus an interview about his riding. I especially loved the Top Gun stall and back to pedals at the Berlin Wall at 2:03, hit play and give this one a watch and head over to the RB site for the interview (link below).
Toronto Maple Vibes 2016 – March 4/6th
Jamie Sinyard over at the Canadian Freestyle Organization just sent in the annual Toronto Bike Show flyer, this year they had a rebrand on the name and have gone with Maple Vibes, chosen by Joe Cicman. Check out the flyer and official press release below:
“Once again, the Canadian Freestyle Organization is providing a nice warm place to ride this Canadian Spring! Flatland’s Unlimited is back for their 12th event called Maple Vibes 2016 taking place March 4-6th. Riders from Europe, Japan, South America, and the U.S have all ridden at this great event. Maple Vibes will be the Round 1 of the AMFLT North American Circuit holding classes in Novice, Expert, Vet and Pro. $4000 Pro Purse and Prizes from our great sponsors! Check out the 30th Annual Toronto International Bicycle Show while you are there. For more information, please see www.facebook.com/cfobmx Come out and support Flatland!” – Jamie
Keisuke Tanigawa – Osaka
Keisuke Tanigawa drops a couple of lines for his sponsor, Hybition over in Osaka, Japan. Look out for the multiple pivots around the 00:17 mark, so good!
Gurvan Le Bloc’h – Quest BMX Video Contest
17 year old Gurvan Le Bloc’h out of Châteaulin, France is the next to jump in the ring for the Quest Sponsor Me contest, hit play to check what he has to offer! Deadline closes on Friday, so if you are thinking about entering, get on it!
George Kikos – BMX Dreamland
George Kikos teams up with filmer/photographer Evina Alexandri to bring us all this really well produced Dreamland edit filmed at the Athens Marina. Enjoy!
One Love BMX Jam this weekend!
Darin Wright just sent through the final flyer for the annual One Love BMX jam this weekend in Newport Beach, California. Over 75 riders attending the event in Sunny Southern California, including Kevin Nikulski and Adam Kun making the trip from over here in Europe. Looking forward to the coverage from this event!
Jonathan Camargo – Bmx flatland Colombia
Jonathan Camargo out of Bogota, Colombia just published 8 mins of riding footage for his sponsor, Starbike. Hit play when you have a spare moment to check this one out!
#Alejomarquesonlinejam – Hevert Rivero
Let’s get back to normal daily posts after the 2015 Flatmattersonline awards, it seems I have missed a bit of contest news out. Alejandro Marques is organising his own online contest, and here is the first entry I have come across from Hevert Rivero.
John Yull – 2015 Flatmatters Year end awards / Lifetime achievement award
As I was going through the lookback feature on the site to help you the viewer at home vote for the 2015 Flatmattersonline year end awards, one name kept coming up and it wasn’t like they were half assed appearances either. Search John’s name on the sidebar and you will see what I mean.
This award is the surprise award I mentioned a few weeks ago, and a few of you have been trying to guess. This lifetime achievement award goes to John Yull, a man who dug deep this year dropping a beautiful tribute (somethingdaily3) to his mum who sadly passed away at the start of the year, nailing the triple brakeless decade, he teamed up with Jim McKay to bring us a lovely Decades edit, dropping the brakeless backwards decade, and topping it off with an amazing Finale part. I could go on and on, but I’ll leave you with some of my favourite moments from John’s year.
Well deserved John, your mum is looking down proud of you!