Getting back to normal after the 14 years of Flatmattersonline celebrations, Puerto Rico’s Ramon Lopez just sent in this awesome “Adios 2022” edit full of hard classic flatland moves. Multiple brakeless whiplashes, check, no handed hang 5’s mid line, check, backwards brakeless whiplashes, and so much more. Good stuff Ramon, it’s been great to follow Ramon’s riding through the years running the site!!
Author Archives: Effraim
Effraim Catlow: 14 Years of Flatmattersonline!
Hello everyone!
14 years of Flatmattersonline, can you believe it?!!!
I’ve been stacking clips in between injuries for the last three and a half years. This edit for me has been a real case of going against the grain of what everyone else seems to be doing. The norm now seems to be most riders post their clips as soon as they have landed them straight onto the gram. For me, the gram is for leftover clips and photographs.
Videoparts are our album, I had this conversation with a few riders out in Abu Dhabi recently. There’s a lot of riders in the current scene with “no” albums or at least no a recent one. It seems really sad to me, there isn’t a right lot to watch right now “video part” wise unless you go back digging (which there is nothing wrong with).
Must Watch: Benjamin Hudson / It’s Ok Part 2
Loving these parts dropping over the last week from Benjamin Hudson, the man from Chile blessed with one of the best styles in the game. The pinky squeak step over stuff in this edit is not only so hard brakeless, but he does it all so clean. Respect!!
James White: Splendid BMX Videopart
Good vibes in this new “Splendid” video part with James White, with some great old school riding footage thrown in to mix this one up nicely. The ender is flow perfectly, its a good day for edits on FM!
Simon O’Brien: Leftover Clip
Always good to see footage of Simon O’Brien we haven’t seen before, and right here Simon comes through with a nice front wheel line in his backyard riding spot. Go follow Stewart Munro’s YouTube channel for plenty of amazing flat coverage and general BMX footage too….
Master and Elite Hungarian Championships & Sport Zone Open International 2022
Great edit from the Hungarian Championship and Sport Zone Open international in Budapest recently. Big respect to Rob Alton for continuing to grow the scene and holding down this annual contest, well worth sitting down with a cuppa and enjoying this one!
Naoto Tamaru: Welcome to We The People
Naoto Tamaru joined the We the People team back in September, fast forward a few months, and we have a freshly filmed “Welcome” edit from one of the most stylish hard working Japanese riders. Edited by Sevisual, this is a good one!!
Must Watch: Benjamin Hudson / It’s Ok Part 1
Benjamin Hudson has been been off the grid for a while now. One of the best styles in the flatland game, and today that changes and we have a short but very sweet “It’s ok” part 1 to get you motivated for your winter session. The standout for me is the switch foot pedal 5 line where he crosses over to the other side around the 1:05 mark. Thank you Benjamin and IGI for this treat!!
Chimera A-Side: Pro + Womens Highlights
The Chimera A-side finals will go down as one of the best contests I have been to, the level of riding during the finals in particular was absolutely off the charts. There were some heated battles during that journey to decide the winner, Yu Katagiri and that 360 bike flip line at the end showed no mercy. Laying it all on the line for the 100k prize money. Flatland needs more of this… cracking edit that needs to be watched, congratulations also again to Carin Hommura, winner of the Womens class!!
Aude Cassagne: Welcome to Heresy BMX
What a couple of weeks it’s been for Aude Cassagne! Not only the 2022 UCI World Championship title in the Womens Elite class, how about a fresh hook up to the dopest flatland team in the game, Heresy BMX! Aude’s level is crazy and there are a couple of moves she didn’t drop in Abu Dhabi in this one. Congratulations to Aude once again, so well deserved!!!