Congratulations to Melissa Droll who took the win in the EFise AM Women Class, followed by Sudavich Sudarat from Thailand and Andre-Benoit Eva in the third place podium spot. Great to see the level going up at each event.
Author Archives: Effraim
Japanese National Championships Livestream Footage
Following the Kio Haykawa run footage yesterday, we have extensive footage of the Japanese National Championships! When you have time, nine hours of flatland footage to sift through!
*** Video plays on youtube, so you will need to click the youtube link on the site to watch!
FlatBastard is born!
Rider and film-maker Mark Locke (the guy behind the A Bike For Che film) has a started a little flat merch brand called FlatBastard, which made us smile a lot.
Mark: ‘It started out as a bit of a joke, but then when I thought more about it I realised it sums it up perfectly: the bastard sons and daughters of BMX, kind of illegitimate and somehow less worthy. But the irony is that even the simplest flat takes so much hard work and perseverance. Usually alone in a car park, hence the ‘BMX Billy Nomates’ slogan with the first tee. The slogan’s obviously a bit tongue in cheek too as we’re perceived that way but there’s actually this amazing network of support. We’re a tribe of Bastards, of all levels, from novice to killing it, dotted all over the globe.’
For now it’s just tees and stickers but other tee designs are planned and possibly also beanies, socks and hoods. All tees are screen printed and then heat pressed for smoothness onto 100% cotton shirts.
Like flatland it’s small, but perfectly formed, and all about the details.
For orders, stock availability or to get on the mailing list email info@flatbastardbmx.com
Kio Hayakawa: Third Place Japanese National Championships 2020
Kio Hayakawa took third place at the 2020 Japanese National Championships this past weekend. This kid is absolutely amazing, enjoy his qualifying and his finals run right here.
Thanks Stewart Munro for the footage.
Moto Sasaki wins the Japanese National Championships 2020
Congratulations to Moto Sasaki who won the Japanese National Championships this weekend, Moto was followed on the podium by Fumiya Kanna and Kio Hayakawa on the podium. We will have some video up soon….
Episode 52: Flatmattersonline Exclusive with Tyler Gilliard
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What’s up everyone? It’s been a busy week, juggling riding, work, judging e-fise and so on. But, we are back to it today! US flatland shredder, Tyler Gilliard came through with an amazing crackpacker whip line from episode 52 of the Flatmattersonline exclusives filmed at his workplace/dojo in Florida.
Tyler has such a fast style, great to watch, and delivers a banger for us all…
Thanks Tyler for contributing, who’s got episode 53?
Primo: Made In Taiwan / Full Video 1999
Snakebite BMX just uploaded a blast from the past, the full Primo, Made in Taiwan made back in 1999 featuring flatland from Chad Degroot and Nate Hanson mixed in with straight up BMX.
Old School Sundays with Simon Tabron
Very unfortunate and extremely sad news broke recently on one of the best vert riders in the history of BMX that I grew up riding with, Simon Tabron. This weeks OSS is dedicated to Simon.
Here are the details courtesy of Chad Kagy, who had organised a Go Fund Me to help Simon and his family –
“Simon Tabron is a beloved 46-year-old husband, father and decorated pro-BMXer, having earned 8 World Championship Titles and 20 X Games medals. On September 7, 2020 his family’s world was shattered when he suffered a cardiac arrest and, days later, a stroke. As we write this, Simon has been moved from ICU on life support to neurological division as doctors race to understand the cause of these catastrophic events and the long term effect they will have on Simon’s ability to speak, walk, and work.”
If you can help, go fund link below:
Nick Watts: September 18th
As summertime approaches down under, Nick Watts changes up riding spots and adds a little more rolling style to the mix. As always Nick is so fun to watch, great start to our Sunday posts here on FM!
Episodes 41-50: The Flatmattersonline Exclusives
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Last week we made it to 50 episodes of the Flatmattersonline exclusives! Today, it’s time to go back and recap on the 41-50 exclusives, it’s pretty fun and interesting to watch all the clips back to back.
Featuring:
Jason Kale.
Lisias Tabarelli.
Jim Cavanaugh.
Satoshi Ojima.
Chris Böhm.
Kevin Arredondo Vasquez.
Mark McGrade.
Stephen Hearn.
Josh Briars.
Austin Luberba.
Have you got a clip? These exclusives are open to everyone, please take note not to include music in your clips. Let’s chip away at this and get to 100 episodes.
Thanks for the support.
Effraim/Flatmattersonline.