Matti lemmings makes the most of the undercover car park, below his apartment in Portishead, Bristol during the lockdown. Solid skills right here…
Author Archives: Effraim
York Uno: How to Inside switch foot steam
The man behind Ares Bykes, York Uno is on fire with flatland how:to’s, and the latest offering is the Inside switch foot steam. This move has become a staple trick in modern day flatland. Great stuff from York!
King of Ground 2004: Nagoya Japan
 Akihiko Takahashi just came through with 22 minutes of golden footage from the 1st Round of the King of Ground series in 2004. Round 1 went down in Nagoya, Japan, and 16 years later, most of this riding stands up today. Featuring the likes of Martti Kuoppa, Terry Adams, Yohei Uchino, Viki Gomez, Shinde, Kotaro Tanaka, and so many more. I just got through with my first viewing of this, and I’ll be going straight back to this. This is refreshing to watch, thanks Aki for the upload!
Aaron Frost: The Living Room
In confinement, it is amazing what creative minds can come up with. Aaron Frost hit me up with this “Living Room” edit he dropped in January 2007. The ender, backwards hitch pivot to x-fted backpacker pivot to hitch stands up today, and theres also a while of other crazy switches. All performed in Aaron’s Living Room, a timely edit to watch right now!
Must Watch: James McGraw & Pete Brandt / 50th Birthday Edit
James and Pete: 50 years flatland bmx from James McGraw on Vimeo.
People often ask me, “Effraim, why do you travel across the globe to ride in a car park (Parking lot)? Through my travels competing and visiting jams, etc, Pete and James have become two of my best friends in the flatland community. James and Pete both share the same birthday, April 10th (today), and James hired Jim McKay to put together this amazing 50th birthday edit that really captures not only amazing riding, but also the feeling and emotion behind what goes into flatland and our culture.
When people ask me that same question in the future, I will show this edit, and say these are two of best friends that I would never have met, but for flatland. Jim McKay did a great job putting this together and his professionalism gives this edit a movie like feel.
Not too mention having, Mark Eaton also contributing the soundtrack, I feel honoured to have contributed to this video with some footage of Pete shredding the Clocktower back in January.
Happy birthday James and Pete, thanks for all your do for flatland, and the inspiration over the years. This is truly awesome, go watch this now and soak in the flatland brotherhood experience!!!!
Throwback Thursdays: The Pete Brandt Flatmattersonline Interview
If you have already been scrolling through today’s updates, you will have seen the 50th birthday teaser that Jim McKay is putting together for James McGraw’s and Pete Brandt’s 50th birthday tomorrow! This seems as good a time as I have ever had to repost the Pete Brandt Flatmattersonline Interview, it’s time to take a trip down memory lane. Real pleasure putting this one together!
Satasuma: June 2011
On a throwback tip today, I`have so much time to dig for content at the moment. This edit from Satasuma, Japan 2011 is short, but very sweet. Amazing styles!
Bruno Zebu: X-foot halfpacker pivot/spin to crackpacker
Bruno Zebu dropped this new one on instagram yesterday, and lit up everyone’s social media feeds. This x-ft halfpacker pivot/spin switch to crackpacker is about as technical as it gets! Props to Bruno for getting this done….
James McGraw & Pete Brandt: 50 years teaser
Tomorrow marks James’ & Pete’s 50th birthday, these two riders are still at it going stronger than ever and deserve a lot of respect for all they have contributed over the years. Enjoy the teaser for now…
Matthias Dandois: What Does It Take Episode 2 with Scotty James
With so much time to kill right now, I find myself watching so many videos that I might not usually bother to watch. Episode 2 of the WDIT podcast just dropped, Matthias interviews snowboard shredder, Scotty James and it’s a good one. Also on the Vlog below, theres a nice back wheel line up in mountains from MD to enjoy…