New fire from one of the biggest characters in flatland, stoked to see some fresh Percy Marshall footage this morning.
Yearly Archives: 2019
Seiya Higa – Okinawa Japan
Seiya Higa from Okinawa, Japan often goes under the radar. Hit play and enjoy this shredders technical front wheel riding styles. Especially liked the xft nose full flapjack steam at the 3:06 mark. It’s a good day for edits!!
Must Watch – Mateus Beckmann / Flatland & Street 2019
Catching up on videos and news across the globe after a busy weekend at work and the Backyard jam yesterday. And we kick start the week with a belter from the Brazilian flat/street wizard, Mateus Beckmann. In terms of fusing the two disciplines together, Mateis is as progressive as gets right now.
At two tracks long, it’s evident Mateus has put some work into this one and from the opening 180 hp backwards manual whopper to manual 180 out, my eyebrows were raised thinking wow this is going to be a good one! First impressions ana all that!
From the Switch foot rocket hang 5 jump from right foot on back peg to foot whip (as bike spins) to manual 180 out at the 1:05 mark, mixing the riding styles so good right here. Short sweet and to the point. There’s a lot packed into this edit its pretty hard for me to not write an essay but I am impressed as much with his street skill as his flat skill, and its not often you can say that. At the 2:24, the manual going opposite to 180 downhill is so good, and the nollie or nose 540 fakie at 2:34 is unreal! The hits just keep coming..
In the modern street riding era, I would like I would like to see Mateus in the contest with Garrett Reynolds, Alex D, Paley, etc etc…
Go watch this one and get stoked for your session today! Skills….
Flat Snitches: Episode 3 / The Backyard
Intro: Effraim.
Interview: Effraim & Pete Brandt.
Photos: Tim Treacy.
Welcome to Episode 3 of Flat Snitches, an educational resource on the history of trick inventions in flatland. We have a very special guest for our third episode, Ladies and Gentlemen… Tim Treacy from San Francisco! Tim was one of the first pioneers of the scuffing technique in flatland in the 1980’s. San Francisco was a hot bed of creative talent back in the day at Golden Gate Park that are now legendary in flatland circles and via coverage in Freestylin’ inspired riders across the globe.
Have you ever done a backyard? Maybe a two footed rolling backyard in the modern era? Were you ever curious. Where did this trick come from?
Episode 3 focuses on the Backyard, myself and Pete Brandt dig beneath the surface of this trick and interview the man behind this staple move in flatland. It’s time for the interview!
Nick Watts – Dec 5th
Nick Watts takes a move I recall from the Baco Videos and runs with it, some of you may recall Dave Freimuth’s no footed tail whip nosepick variations from the 90’s. Nick’s bringing it back and making it new, freestyle!
Brett Downs – 2019 Instagram Compilation
2019 summary from Brett Downs on Vimeo.
Kicking off our Friday posts here on FM, really enjoyed this Instagram compilation Plywood Hood, Brett Downs sent in that has a mix of flatland, bowls, and street.
The Hoffman Bikes Big Daddy is back!
I don’t get nostalgic about bike parts and frames, but the Hoffman Bikes Big Daddy is one frame I wish I never got rid of. This one holds great memories for me and I am stoked to see the re-release of this classic frame with modern day geometry. Here’s the word from Mat Hoffman…
“It just landed in LA and is on it’s way to headquarters in OKC. It is still about a week out, but I’ve made them available to order now. Kevin Jones signature Big Daddy frame is back with OG look but with modern geometry.
TT 19.75″ or 20.5″
CS 13.4″ to 14.2″
HA 75 degree
SA 70 degree
Bottom Bracket Height: 11.8″
Standover Height: 8″
Integrated headset
Mid-BB shell
CNC Cromo heat-treated dropouts with 14mm slots
Removeable brakes mounts and gyro tabs included
an extra decal kit included. Sneak peak Photos by @motocrossinternational they landed in Japan first. Thanks you.”
Out of the Woodwork – Flatland From Grassroots to the World Stage
Jean William Prevost interviewed 8 riders from 8 countries and asked how they feel about the importance of grassroots events vs big corporate ones in Flatland. Head over to Our BMX for an interesting read if you haven’t already.
Throwback Thursdays – Cory Fester / Battle in the Rockies Video Contest
For a couple of years I would meet up with Cory Fester at the Intrikat Jam in Long Beach California, and pieces of this amazing line for the 2014 Battle in the Rockies come into my mind. I remember hours of crashing on the last switch handed fork wheelie jump through the frame to backwards halfpacker in the LBC underground, Cory’s dedication is next level! Five years on, this line is still absolutely cutting edge. Respect Cory!
Matti Rose – KOG Asakusa
Loving these short edits from the legendary KOG contests at Asakusa, heres one clip of Matti Rose flowing. The second clip is flipped, hit play…