Merry Christmas to you all from Flatmatters HQ! Thanks to everyone already for the Merry Xmas wishes on social media, this is also a chance to thank everyone who already voted in the 2025 Flatmattersonline Year awards.
Enjoy the festive season and holidays! Flatmatters!
What a month for flatland video parts, and it continues right here with a beautiful concept. Cory Fester last released video was his “16 days” part, and today Monday 22nd December marks 16 years.
At 21 minutes long filmed between 2009-2025 there is a lot to take in here, it’s fully time to grab a cuppa and enjoy Cory go all in and get the dream combos on his list.(check the end of the video!)
If you know Cory, he does not mess around, and besides the obvious hammers that are going to have everyone talking.
I loved some of the subtles, the backwards tea kettle turbine to forwards at 8:45, the genius of the can-can ride in to backwards half packer at 10:18.
The double hanglider lines, into hang 5 at 10:33 and hitchhiker at 17:15.
And the last section that starts at 17:00, the opposite flail body varial to backwards half packer at 20:34!
Big respect Cory, this is one hell of a project! Let’s talk about this one!!
Must Watch season continues with this absolute belter from Japanese flatland lifer, Akihiko Takahashi who celebrates 25 years of riding.
If you don’t already this guy is one of the best in the backwards game, there are some mindmelters packed into 5:59, which is definitely a contender for the hardest stuff done this year.
So good to see this classic video in good quality, worth sitting down and grabbing a cuppa and enjoying Dope Ammo 665 1/2 with great parts from the likes of Chase Gouin, Jesse Puente, Pete Brandt, Kevin Jones, Andrew Arroyo, Gabe Weed, and many more.
Thank you Snakebite BMX for uploading this!
It is funny how somethings work out, yesterday I was having a conversation about flatland in the USA. And we talked about Austin Luberda, and I wondered what he was up to, having seen a little glimpse of him at the Aggro Jam in St Louis that I posted yesterday.
This morning I got my answer, Austin and his wife have been busy welcoming a new born baby into the world in September. Congratulations to you both.
Today we have this amazing new edit from Austin, with a couple of new moves he has been dreaming about, I especially loved the development of his signature can-can style pedal junkyard move at (1:07, 1:50, 4:23 and the ender around 4:50), that you can leads to other moves like the multiple opposite forward pedal g-roll turbines jump to pedal time machine at 2:48.
Throw in the opposite backwards spin stubble duck at 3:18, with that smooth flow state Austin is renowned for. Some things never change, and long may that continue!
Loved the old footage of Austin shredding his GT back in the day mixed in with the modern day, great feel to this edit, editing on point, music fits, camera work, it’s all here!
It’s officially “Must Watch season”, loving this, thank you Austin!
After the C3 jam contest, Paulo Gepulango got the chance to have a solo-session at the infamous Harima Base flatland indoor arena in Hyogo, Japan. Enjoy this one!
Great one from the archives this morning, that I haven’t watched in years! Markus Arnoldy as well being an amazing rider, made amazing videos. When you have half an hour to spare worth watching this one featuring the likes of Jesse Puente, Albert Retey, Day Smith and many more..
Fancy watching something a little different? Tim Höfel and filmer spent 10 months on this “Morning Routine” edit, riding through the city documenting his regular routine of life, in bathrobe and slippers.
Catching up on edits in my imbox this morning after dropping the 2025 Flatmattersonline Year end awards! The first edit I watched, was this awesome Aggro jam 2 highlight video, at 2 months old I’m a little late.
Great to see so many older riders still in the game and going at it, enjoyed this!
IT’S TIME TO VOTE!!
It’s that time of year, the Flatmattersonline Year Awards for 2025 are upon us. The readers of FM have around a month to vote, so plenty of time for you to consider your votes for Rider of the Year, Edit of the Year, Female Rider of the Year, Contest Run of the Year and the most difficult one, but a fun one to break down, Line of the Year. As always have fun with it!
Reader Choice: (that’s all of you at home!)
Rider of year
Edit of Year
Female rider of year
Contest Run of Year
Line of Year
Editorial Vote: ( just for me )
Rider of year
Must Watch Edit of year
Outstanding Contribution
Breakthrough Rider of year
Brand of the Year
How do you vote?
Send your “reader choice” votes through to: effraim@flatmattersonline.com – entitled Flatmattersonline Year End Awards 2025.
***Please vote only by email only , it gets too complicated with DM’s, facebook messages etc.
When’s the Deadline for voting?
Voting closes Sunday 11th January.
Nominees announced:
Sunday January 18th
Year end award winners announced:
Sunday January 25th.
Please note:
Voting only counts via email. Plenty of time to go through edits over the new year, and look back via the site on the highlights of the year that will follow over the next few weeks, take your time and good luck and most of all enjoy the process of voting!
Have a good Christmas everyone, and happy new year!
Thanks to everyone who supported the Flatmattersonline 17th anniversary, by dropping a comment, DM or whatever, I appreciate the love!!
Effraim.
Flatmattersonline.
