Paulo Gepulango recently took a trip to Hong Kong with his family, and met up with the locals. So good to see a scene edit like this, good vibes! That spot looks amazing!
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Liam Ward: The Hang 5 King
Liam Ward was one of the most progressive flatlanders during my childhood here in the UK scene, this past Sunday marked 25 years sadly passed away. Johann Chan kindly made this tribute edit and had some nice words to share.
“It’s been 25 years since my friend and Flatland shredder Liam Ward left us.
Liam was incredible on his bike, competing in BFA contests, and even making it onto the Invert team. He was a top bloke with a great sense of humour, great taste in alternative music, could dial a bike like no one else, and, could pelt a Hang 5 faster than anyone I’ve ever seen to this day.
There isn’t much of him online, so I’d like to commemorate this anniversary with a re-cut of some footage I shot of him around 92- when Birmingham Library was still standing, his 84 Master was still blinding me in the sun, the ponytails were flowing, and the mosh pit was the only dancefloor we knew. Rest in Peace (or to a great Dorkin’ section & a bev).”
Moto Sasaki & Ayuna Miyashima win Japan Cup Round 2
Congratulations to Moto Sasaki, Yu Katagiri and Yu Shoji top 3 in the Japan Cup that took place in Yokosuka this weekend.
Congratulations to Ayuna Miyashima, Sakura Kawaguchi and Kirara Nakagawa top 3 in the Women’s Class. The level is going up each event with these style cats, good to see Japan having national events for a few years now.
Watch Out For Robots: Pedro Melo
Pedro Melo gets last part on WOFR, one of the most creative riders in the flatland scene. You already know to watch this!
Watch Out For Robots: Omari Cato
Omari Cato is definitely a name on the rise in the flatland scene, invite to COB, fresh on Majide Bikes, helping kids get into flatland and BMX in general, and a solid part on WOFR.
Watch Out For Robots: Joe Cicman
It is always amazes me that with all Joe Cicman’s social media antics, he still has time to ride and progress. Solid part right here!
Watch Out For Robots: Lindsey Bode
Lindsey Bode came through with an awesome part for the WOFR project, if you haven’t already. Well worthing watching this!
Brian Tunney: Battling Tendonitis
Brian Tunney comes through with his regular video diary, and a detailed description. Over to Brian, and enjoy the glass smooth riding.
“Since the beginning of April, I’ve been dealing with some tendonitis pain in my right arm, brought on by not doing undertakers for a few months and then doing a bunch in March, and so I forced myself to not squeeze the back brake with my right arm for the majority of the month. As a result, May started out kinda slow and then got extremely humid and rainy. Here’s a rundown of everything.
00:02 I hadn’t done a rolling undertaker in the garage since we moved in last year, so this is me figuring out how to do them in circles. To be honest, I prefer the straight line version better but considering this is filmed on a tripod in a garage, I’m not complaining.
00:18 Hidden hand frame grabs are kinda gimmicky but give the trick a completely different feel from the seat grab version. This is just a fun version of a combo I’ve done before with that slight variation.
00:38 And because I did a forward rolling undertaker, I needed to do the backward rolling version as well. Done in circles, these are pretty fun, and sweaty.
00:50 Another hidden hand frame grab combo…
01:07 The rainiest day of May fell on a weekend so I was forced to ride in a humid hot box for at least an hour. I hadn’t done the half stubbleduck exit in a long time and sweated out half my body weight making it happen this day.
01:25 Right around this time of the month, I was dearly missing undertakers with the brake, so I decided to do an opposite one where my left hand grabbed the back brake.
01:43 Hitchhiker to backwards hitchhiker. Because I’m spoiled and have a brakeless setup, I never really do any brakeless type stuff on the brake bike. But I decided to try one and it came out okay. This sent me down a juggler wormhole for the remainder of the month…
02:03 Hitchhiker seat pass juggler to one-hand whip juggler to around the world to the sweet sounds of Stevie Nicks.
02:22 Hitchhiker seat pass juggler x 2 to one-hand whip juggler. This will probably become a majority of my June riding so consider this your warning.
02:35 After a few chiropractor sessions, my doctor found that my right humerus bone was out of socket. Once she moved it back, the tendonitis pain started to go away almost overnight. And to cap off the month, I decided to try my first undertaker since March 31.
And that’s all I’ve got, plus a few other rejects that I might put up mid-month that involve squeakers and didn’t look as cool as they felt.”
Watch Out For Robots: Bobby Carter
From being behind the camera, directing and editing countless videos, to producing video parts. Bobby Carter has done it all, good to see a new section out of Bobby!
Watch Out for Robots: Art Thomason
It’s all about WOFR today on Flatmattersonline, next section up is Art Thomason. Theres a lot for you to digest on the site, whose is your favourite section so far?