Congratulations to Kio Hayakawa taking the top spot in the first round prelims here at the UCI worlds in Glasgow. Top 16 make tomorrows semi finals. Good luck everyone competing tomorrow.
Tomorrow I fly out to Glasgow, Scotland for the UCI Worlds. Francois just dropped a new episode of the Hang 5 Podcast featuring Varo Hernandez from Madrid, Spain for us all digest…. Good stuff Francois and Varo!
“Growing up in Madrid, our guest today started his BMX journey hustling in the streets of the Spanish capital with his crew of misfits. He soon discovered his love for flatland.
Over the next decade or so, he started to compete, moved to Abu Dhabi to do shows, was one of the first riders on the Martti Kuoppa program, became a product tester for WTP, opened a BMX flatland school in Madrid and got a ride on the Fly bikes program with the aim on working on a flatland specific line. this is the story of Varo Hernandez.”
It’s a busy day at Flatmatters HQ keeping up with proceedings across the globe, congratulations to Jean William Prevost taking the win at AFA Round 3 in Winston Salem, North Carolina USA yesterday, in the Masterclass Kevin Edwards came out on top, Kelly Baldwin in the Expert Class, Ron Metzger taking the Olds Cool class and Andy Pendemic taking the win in beginner class. Great to see such a healthy turnout at Round 3 of the AFA series, big respect to Bryan Huffman for putting this one on!
Check out the full results below, thanks to Todd Carter for sending the results and podium shots as always!
Last weekend, the British Cycling National Championships took place at the Backyard Jam taking place at Junction 4 Skatepark in Darwen, Lancashire. Check out the top 3 runs from Matti Hemmings, Lee Musselwhite and James White.
Next stop the UCI World Championships in Glasgow, next week.
Thanks Nic Newman for filming.
Congratulations to Yu Katagiri who just won the Flatark contest in Yokohama, japan followed by Moto Sasaki and Ryo Katagiri. The level was insane, hopefully as always we get some footage to digest this one!
Paulo Gepulango came through with a great edit from the UCi Asian Flatland Championships a few weeks back out in the Philippines. Moto Sasaki came out on top, followed by Masato Ito and Toon Pakphum, well worth a watch! It’s heating up before the UCI Worlds in Glasgow, just a week to go!
British Cycling just published a awesome Photogallery over on their site from the UK National Championships. You can hit the link below and check the whole repo/gallery out, photos by Adam Leivesley.
Contest season is in full bloom right now, AFA Round 3 at the Huff Jam in Winston Salem, North Carolina USA this weekend (July 29th).
Bryan Huffman has put a ton of work into making this happen, look at those sponsors! Looking forward to the footage from this one. Good luck to everyone competing!
We just wrapped up the U.K. National Championships at the Backyard jam at Junction 4 Skatepark.
Congratulations to Matti Hemmings, crowned the British Champion followed by Lee Musselwhite and James White on the podium.
Great day for U.K. flatland. The UCI Worlds in Glasgow next up in a couple of weeks, stay tuned for the runs this coming week on Flatmattersonline.
1. Matti Hemmings
2. Lee Musselwhite
3. James White
4. Yinka Thomas
5. Murat Ozadimir
6. Reese Thomason
7. Dino Jeffers
8. Amos Burke
I have mixed emotions after watching Sebastian Grubinger’s new “Finale” edit, you can of course talk about the unmatched level of his riding, but the fact he’s losing his riding spot…..
This edit really communicates the feeling of a flatlander losing his spot, many of us I am sure can relate.
I’m sure I will be talking about this edit at the end of the year, go watch it!
“Heldenplatz has been my second home since I moved to Vienna 2000. Unfortunately the spot will be reconstructed and from what we know it won’t be rideable anymore. It hurts.
I spent the past months filming my last clips there. Now it’s over. It’s time to move on. It’s alright.”
Sebastian.
