Remus Simion hit me up with contest news, the events section of the site is filling up fast!
Are you looking for a new event to hit up this summer, perhaps a lil’ holiday? How about the Flat and Wind contest in Zaragoza, Spain.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Dustyn Alt wins Best Trick at Vienna Jam
The Vienna jam went off this past weekend, organised by Sebastian Grubinger. The jam takes place on the Rathausplatz in the Vienna City Centre, during Europe’s biggest bike festival with over 100,000 visitors on the weekend. Cash for tricks jam took place on the Saturday with 35 riders and 11 nations represented.
On the Sunday, Dustyn Alt rode first as he had to leave directly after his run to get home for rower and nailed his amazing backwards pedal time machine line to take the win (hence why he is not on the podium shot).
Dustyn was followed by George Manos, Gilles van de Sompel, Wolfgang Sauter, and Frane Granic. 19 riders in the best trick with 11 nations representing. Great work Sebastian pulling this off, look out for a repo soon,
Sietse van Berkel – No Holds Barred
No Holds Barred – Sietse van Berkel from Halux Visions on Vimeo.
What a weekend with the release of Dub’s new banger edit, and we start a new week with some heat from one of Dutch’s finest! Sietse Van Berkel, unique style for miles and the spinning pedal packer line at 1:38. The whole edit was filmed in a couple of hours in Utrecht, Holland. Well worth a watch!
Must Watch! Jean William Prevost / Puro Flat #1: Winter
PURO FLAT #1 : WINTER from IGI BMX on Vimeo.
When Jean William Prevost titles a video “Puro Flat”, I am already intrigued as I hit the play button. The title implied to me that this would feature lines that Dub does not do in contests, would it live up to the hype that I have just built up in my head from the title?
“The PURO FLAT 2018 Series is my intention to stay true to the artform that comes through Flatland before simplification for competitions and all other forms of it may it be shows or whichever…this is just me and the camera for the sake of the artform!!!”
My immediate thought without even reading Dub’s description wasn’t far enough, and of course you have seen the Must Watch title so you already know this is a belter!
When a rider such as Jean William Prevost is at the top of his game its a beautiful thing for him to share with us all what he is capable of away from the contest light.
And boy does he deliver, I am on my third watch already before I start highlighting what I love about this edit.
1:06: I am hitting the rewind on this one, short and so hard and never been done! flip to gliding gerator or lard yard whatever you care to call it two footed rolling undertaker out. The execution!!!
1:12: The development of the spinning inside switch undertaker now into a line is just ridiculous. Wait for the ride out, total bike mastery. This might be a contender for line of the year already??
3:11: Multiple antrider turbines direct to the spinning switch b spinning undertaker to backwards wheelie, and the part i loved the most. Showing the realness, just kicks off the wall. So raw and uncut, personally loved that he chose to show that.
3:22: The last two rodeo lines are just absolutely out of this world, ok this might be the line of the year also. What the hell!
Like I already said it’s an amazing thing to see riders at the top of their game share the behind the scenes stuff they are working on. Everyone needs to watch this! Top marks, and another contender for edit of the year and it’s only April! Let’s talk about this one in the comments section….
Old School Sundays with Aaron Dull
It feels like a few weeks since I dropped an Old School Sundays video, and today’s OSS is dedicated to Aaron Dull out of San Francisco, California who helped develop a lot of scuffing tricks in the late 80’s. You can watch his run from the 1988 AFA Masters, Round 5, Wayne, NJ right here…
Steffen Peter – About Last Winter
Always been a big fan of Steffen Peter’s riding, and he just come through with an awesome new edit filmed this winter at his indoor industrial riding spot. Beautiful front wheel flow and jazzy vibes make this edit well worth a watch!
Williams Perez – Back To School X New Athletic
many riders now are “on the grind” perform flatland shows to earn a living. Stylecat Williams Perez is one of those dudes, check out his latest edit for his sponsor: New Athletic.
Joel Schallhorn – Hypnotic
Back to it after a couple of days off, let’s get Sunday’s posts started with this rad edit from the underrated Joel Schallhorn! Here’s what Joel had to say about this “Hypnotic” edit:
“While I was home in Colorado I felt like I was lazy as a rider, rarely rode and filmed, but I focused on progressing myself in other ways which can be seen here. I felt lazy but when I was reviewing the footage I collected from January to March of 2018 I guess I did more than I thought and I’m happy with the result!”
Yuki Itoh “N Code” Far East Cycles Signature Bar
Yuki Itoh just dropped some exciting product news, he just got a well deserved “N Code” signature bar with Far East Cycles. Nice to see something a little different than the usual 2 piece bar design. Specs can be seen below.
Amos Burke – Ride Everything
60 Second #RideEverything Phone edit with Amos Burke from emer bmx on Vimeo.
Johann Chan made the trip down to Hastings recently to grab a session with Amos Burke. Here’s what Johann had to say about this edit:
“Amos Burke manages to shred a mix of Flat, bowls, ledges and rails all on one bike.
A couple of weeks ago, we drove down to Hastings, with the plan of riding flat & the Source park.
After a quick ground session, we headed down to the Source. By the time we reached the sea front, I felt like I’d teleported straight into an old Backyard video.
The inner BMX nerd got the better of me, and before you know it, the phone was out, and a clip for Instagram ended up being two…”