Flat Rhythm is an invitational flatland event organised by Scott O’Brien sponsored by Red Bull that will merge with a Second Line Parade in New Orleans on May 19th. Six riders are invited, so far Terry Adams, Terry Adams, Matthias Dandois and Tyler Gilliard, each announcing a day at a time.
Forget What You Heard from Diversion TV on Vimeo.
We live in an era where social media makes seeing daily BMX videos easy. So we set out to do something that wasn’t just a flash in the pan Instagram clip or quick YouTube video. Something that all the riders really took their time to film.
The goal was to present something that had a wide variety of styles and personalities from riders who don’t normally release full parts often, if at all. We attempted to create a certain vibe from start to finish. Something different than what you are used to seeing.
Forget what you heard…
A film by Steven Lapsley. Featuring full sections by Ahmed Johnson, Gurvan Le Bloc’h, Hirokazu Miura, Jérémy Brosset, Joris Bretagnolles, Mateus Beckmann, Naoto Tamaru, Rodolphe Clavelier and Yorihisa Shiota.
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Download it:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/z9hamxi6dgmumrt/FWYH.mp4
Intro/Interview: Effraim.
In this day an age it is really refreshing to be surprised with a brand new video with a heavy stack of riders to boot. This was the case when Steven Lapsley dropped the news “Forget What You heard” dropping tomorrow. Like whoa, where did that come from?? I wanted to catch up with Steven, who kindly sent me a pre release copy to talk about the project and get his thoughts on picking the riders, making the video, getting fresh Miura footage and much more. Without further a due, let’s get right into this!
Photo: Armand Lenoir.
Matthias Dandois has come out swinging in 2018 and just won his second Fise World contest in two weeks! Congratulations to Matthias who threw down another flawless run in Hiroshima, Japan. Viki Gomez took the second place spot, followed by Alex Jumelin! You can watch the whole finals below, and the top 3 individually.
FiseWorld Pro Finals.
Matthias Dandois
Viki Gomez
Alex Jumelin
Jean William Prevost
Hiroya Morizaki
Takahiro Ikeda
Moto Sasaki
Benjamin Hudson
Top 3 runs.
Omari Cato-Super from Limited on Vimeo.
Omari Cato just hit me up on instagram with a new edit, it seems like Omari has really found his groove and is progressing a lot on the back wheel. Really enjoyed this edit, make sure you don’t sleep on this one! Standout for me is the line at 00:40!
Kevin Meyer was recently down under with Chris Bohm and met up with Simon O’Brien at Hyde Park in Sydney. The riding starts at around the 4:07 mark.
I don’t know if it’s just me or has the level gone up a notch or ten this year. It’s not normal that I give a video part section a Must watch. But it’s Chad Johnston, and in my eyes we don’t see enough Chad. Not only one of the most inspirational riders, but look what he has done for riders such as Martti Kuoppa, Viki Gomez, and countless others.
Chad hits it hard in the Long Beach underground in this S&M “Hot Dogs” Section, from the opening backwards elbow glide on the forks at 00:16 to double footed karl BB bar flip out I’m literally having the feeling of watching one of his intrikat videos for the first time.
00:27: pegless undertaker with a wild wheel stand lawnmower type ride out! This might be one of the moves of the year already! It’s april!!!
00:33: Bars regular bar twist to bars backwards nose ET nose to set up Scarlo squeak whips to double karl bar flip out! WTF!!!
00:53: Scarlo squeak to chick whip double footed karl to 360 BB flip out!
1:17: Seat stand megaspin to xft pedal megaspin step over one foot pedal manual pedal death to blender, bare in mind no pegs! Absolutely insane, and like a fine wine Chad just keeps getting better and better. Beyond stoked, contender for edit of the year? Let’s discuss this one in the comments, pure flatland at it’s best! Look out for an interview soon right here on FM!
Matthias Dandois took the win in the Semis at the FiseWorld in Hiroshima, Japan earlier today. Top 8 make finals, congratulations to all the finalists. It sounds like its been a full day for the flatlanders today battling the weather in Japan.
Jean William Prevost qualified 1st earlier today in the preliminary qualifying event at FiseWorld in Hiroshima, japan out of 35 riders. Full results below!
From the opening xft 180 bunny hop jump back to regular stance backwards manual across the Newport Beach riding spot I was glued to this one from Dane Beardsley. A rider I feel like is totally overlooked by the flatland scene, and a rider with a lot of depth in his riding. As always with “Must Watch” videos I like to highlight what stood out for me with some detail about what is going on also.
00:27: Bars backwards whiplash to forward karl/one handed karl in circles kick one handed backwards half hiker backwards karl freak squeak scuff whiplash to hitch whiplash out! Absolutely amazing, and I really like how Dane mixed some old tricks and made them new, such as the freak squeak, and having down a lot of one handed karl lines I know how difficult that one handed karl in circles to one handed karl backwards hitch is….
00:51: Half boomerang step same foot xft backwards fork wheelie to x-ft backwards hitch x-ft backwards half hiker fork wheelie shove it switch handed forkwhewlie to double backwards crackpacker walk around back jump forwards karl out to pedals. No one does this stuff, refreshing!
1:47: Multiple backwards x-handed whiplashes to regular backwards whiplashes, unreal bike control right here!
2:10: And the ender, half lash to multiple forward rope opposite side walk around to two footed backyard dropped down to opposite half lash out!
I get the real sense that Dane is literally playing on his bike, I have always been a fan of the quirky ride-ins and ride in’s he does, and the fact it really does look like he’s having fun. (no pun intended!). Top stuff!
