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Repost: The internet revolution Part 2

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Here we are back with part 2 of the internet revolution debate, and who better to interview than two of the guys partly responsible for this article, without further a due, heres part 2 of the internet revolution debate, read on to hear what Kala Yasuda, Claybom and Viki Gomez have to say on the topic….

“As the proliferation of “video classics” floods the internet, I ask the question, what are the positives and negatives of this situation?”

Kala Yasuda:
I think videos regarded as “classics” available online for all to see positively affect three groups of people: the younger riders who have never seen them before, the older ones who’ve previously seen them either a few times or religiously on a VHS tape through a CRT television and the riders/producers of these videos.

It’s mostly about good education for the younger folks who may be either not yet aware of what’s possible, caught up in the latest riding trends or wondering why so many old farts are posting comments hailing guys like Edgar Plascencia, Ross Smith and Steve Mulder, among others. It could also promote progress, as through viewing some old video, a kid may see and learn a 15 year-old trick/combo from today’s perspective, add a modern twist to it and bust it out at some comp, blowing minds in the process.

VCR’s are a thing of the past and there are a lot of older riders who are unable to convert their old video collections or can no longer view them because they either have no player or have worn their tapes out from continuous viewing. Inspiration is the positive effect here, as older folks who haven’t been riding much or just stopped because of work or family obligations could see their old heroes again online and be motivated to get back on their bikes after replacing the grips and tires or, even better, get out and buy a whole new setup with all the money/credit they’ve earned (in part because they no longer have the strength to throw around the tanks that were commonly ridden “back in the day”). Either way, it would help to fuel the industry and get more people riding.

The third area where I see positive effects of classic videos available online for free viewing lie with the producers of these videos and the riders depicted in them along the lines of marketing and social networking. Such folks may not feel inclined on their current websites or FB pages, which would tend to be aimed at a wider range of visitors, to offer info or footage of some shabby BMX video they either made or rode in back in 1994, but someone viewing that video could be steered toward their latest works, which would bring them more attention and perhaps even business. Once posted online with info about the producers and riders, descriptions of the videos could also include additional where-are-they-now information, their current sponsors, or links to related websites and facebook pages — all at their discretion, of course. And this would all be info displayed by the choice of the interested and dedicated viewer, not as some crummy pop-up ad. It would help to promote the collective consciousness of and respect for these guys.

As for the negative effects of classic BMX videos online, I see only two, and they’re quite minimal. One involves the limitations of the internet and the tight squeeze that it has on copyrights. For example, YouTube now limits the length of uploaded videos to 15 minutes and can detect any copyrighted background music down to its bass line or sax solo (a bit exaggerated). This results in videos having to be cut up into little sections, maybe even having their music replaced, and losing their nostalgic feel for the hardcore old-schooler imagining himself back on his parents’ living room sofa watching a bulbous flickering television screen. Varied access speeds can cause choppy viewing, but if you’ve got the patience you could try the file2hd.com site where someone was able to download the entire Graveyard STATIC video in four parts and convert it to DVD. The other negative effect I see could be on the producer/rider who may not want their work/riding available for viewing, a rare problem easily solved by simply requesting that the posted video be removed.
As for proper respects to the riders, I’m not too keen on who’s who other than the big names, unless it’s specified on the screen or in the credits, so if there’s anyone you see in a video who’s not but you think should be credited, just post a comment with their name and the time (00:00) they appear in it and I’ll try to add that info into the description.

And with regards to picture quality, the files I’ve been posting were created four years ago with standard hardware for viewing on my iPod, so nothing close to HD. My tapes are still in fine shape but I don’t want to re-convert them with a better quality because I think it would be great if Chad released a DVD set of all his hard work. And if he does, at his request, I’d remove the inTRIKat stuff from my channel. The ELLS BELLS stuff is staying though, as I’ve heard he’s busy with other things.

Claybom24:
Well, a bit of history. Back in the day, the first BMX video I remember watching was 101 Tricks part 1 (released 1987), that was back in 1990. The second one was Dorkin’ 3 (released in 1989), I’ve watched just in 1991. So, you see, the physical media took two years to get here.
Those were hard times.
Generally speaking, when the internet and youtube come to play, everything started to change.
Nowadays, I see little kids sitting in front of their computers and downloading in minutes everything they need to know in BMX, in order to stay up to date about the whole scene (like riders, tricks, champs, trends, parts,etc).
So, the upside of having the classics available online right now is, of course new-schoolers have a chance to see the huge great job that has been done by the legend riders in the good old times.
They have a chance to see their roots. Also they have a chance to know who has invented what. And last,they have a chance to see awesome combos/tricks/links that has been done just once, and never again.
Having the classics available online is also a good deal for the old-schoolers, whom have already got them on VHS, but unfortunately they have lost. Now, they can bring back good memories.

Now of course, the downsides:
So far I haven’t received any negative feedback. But I know there are the copyright issues of the legal usage and exposure of this stuff. So, what I’m trying to do is just put online the very old stuff. I’m only publishing videos that are at least ten years old. These videos are no longer available anywhere on the marketplace.
So, doing this way, I think I’m not hurting anybody. Of course, I’m not making money as well.
The only purpose of sharing this stuff is to allow people all over the world to see the amazing great job before by the legend riders. I know their names, some have quit riding, some are still riding.
I’m thankful to all of them to teach me and show me along the timeline how-to “flatland”. I admire and respect all those riders shown in the “video classics”, and its depends on me, their names will never be forgotten!!
I started sharing my own stuff too, like “The flatland’s Prisoner” (2007), and “ThunderFlats n’FlatRangers” (2010). All for free. I thought the future has come and it’s about time to change the old-school trading style.
I haven’t got the answers, and I’m supposed to do that. But some things are for sure, New era kids wont wait to much to get stuff in their hands, like before, a week is an eternity for them, and most importantly, physical media’s consume our limited resources.
There’s much to say, but, those above were just my thoughts, and I don’t mean to be the truth of anything.

Viki Gomez:
Positives:For me it s so positive! I grow up with many flatlanders but no videos to watch. I guess that is the reason that pushed me to think by my own and make my own tricks. On top, those riders like Chase, Chad Degroot, Phil Dolan, Trevor Meyer, Jesse Puente, Martti Kuoppa, Kevin Jones, Edgar Plascencia and many more, are the riders I always looked up to! The creators, the masters, the freestyers…and having the chance to watch those videos that show the best times of flatland is so good for me! I get more motivation watching the classic videos than any others.
No negatives points. All is good!

Repost: The internet revolution Part 1

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As 2010 drew to a close, there was almost a flood of old videos that many of us regard as classics like e-clips,intrikat “Blend/Connect/Landescape A/B”, Allied Loiter,Focus, Ring the Gack and many more that began being released on you tube,this is amazing for all those who would never get to see these videos or like most of us, we watched these on VHS and had no way to watch them again, I was however beginning to feel guilty posting them all up on flatmatters, so I thought this would make an interesting article. I asked the following question to a whole bunch of different people involved in someway within this debate.More to follow next week.

“As the proliferation of “video classics” floods the internet, I ask the question, what are the positives and negatives of this situation?”

Brian Tunney: (Rider, filmed parts for same thing daily, props groundwork, journalist for ESPN).
I think classic is a relative word, especially on the Internet. For me, a classic might be the Dorkin’ Series or any Baco video, but on the Internet, I feel that the word “classic” could mean anything that’s just a few years old. That’s not necessarily going to the solve the problem, but it is something I’ve noticed over the past 2-3 years. But for the older, more established “classics,” I think getting from VHS or DVD and onto the Web is an important means of actually preserving the form of media in a digital form, for safe keeping, for posterity’s sake, and for future generations to view. I’ll use Chad’s section in “Ring The Gack” as an example. Those Ells videos are never going to be available again on DVD, and VHS tapes don’t last forever. If a younger audience is given the chance to watch Chad Degroot when he was at or near the top of flatland riding, then by all means, we should want that to happen. Chad is a street riding father of two in his mid 30s that lives in Florida and runs a bike shop. Younger generations of flat riders might see him in the occasional Profile ad, but that’s about the only current exposure Chad gets (unless he makes his own Web videos). If more people know that Chad was and still is a flatland legend, that’s a good thing for all of us. Besides, the tricks he does in that section are just as good today as they were in 1994.
I guess the other side of this would be if a “classic” video producer was planning on releasing a box sets of former releases. Then I might say, let’s respect the media, keep it off the Web for the time being and buy the DVDs, but I don’t know of anyone doing that right now. In general though, I would think that everyone who is a die hard flatland enthusiast would want to know the history, and if we can make that available on the Web (which we can), then we should.

Martti Kuoppa: (rider/artist: famous for his intrikat parts, contest achievements, groundtactics, solo dvds, …)
Most of the videos that are shown on internet at the moment are not available on DVD format and they are impossible to get as VHS copies even if you wanted. So, that leads to a situation that the younger riders would not have a change to watch some of the riding that is actually the roots of their current riding.
When I saw Chases & Brandons e-clips I was blown away again, because it was years since I saw it last time and I completely forgot everything in it. And that video is old, and the level of Chases riding in it is untouchable even today.So that was a really positive moment for me because it brought me inspiration and motivation and it was a good day because of that.

Negatives:
I guess it would be that these “pearls” are so easy to access now that it looses some of the glamour they have earned along the way. There is lot of soul and blood donated in there… Maybe you´ll understand it maybe not, afterall I am just glad to be part of the VHS generation.

Bobby Carter: (Rider, owner/editor of Diversion Tv).
Well, first of all, welcome to the information age. We are in the middle of a digital revolution. An era where information flows around the planet more swiftly than the air around us. The positive side of all these videos going online is that people around the world can witness tricks and techniques of years past. Flatland has been around long enough to have a history that can be lost due to lack of access to videos. If you’ve only been riding about 6 years, there’s only a slim chance you’ve seen videos from the 90’s. There’s a whole lot of flatland techniques out there that you can dip into and bring into your own style. You can “dig into the crates” for those rare clips and tricks to sample and develop.


The negative is that some of the videos are professionally made and the producers may not know that their work is being distributed around the net. They may or may not want their videos on the net. For dudes making web edits and filming some local stuff it’s not much of a problem. The real issue is when a filmmaker needs to spend money on plane tickets, etc. to get a video made. You spend a few thousand dollars and the video is available for free. Sponsorship may be one answer to this issue. Get a sponsor to foot the bills, make the video, and put it out there for all to share. We shall see where things go and what new technologies come out to help flatland get the exposure it deserves!

Chad Johnston: Rider, owner/editor of Intrikat.
The first positive aspect thats comes to mind is the fact that the information is out there, available to nearly everyone. More people that see it equal more possibilities to motivate. It dates and archives progression as well. I don’t see a negative, unless the person that was uploading the video did a poor job, like if the quality interrupted the content. So far the Intrikat videos that have been put online have been done well. I like how Kala Yasuda did LandEscape and Connect with the proper chapters and credits. I also like how fatboy972 did Blend, two sections. I had thought about how I would do it and would soon forget about it,because it’s not edited in rider sections, it’s all blended together.Uploading it in two sections works great and the intermission is placed well. I trust the other titles that are uploaded to Youtube are done with respect also. Thanks to the people who have put the time in to doing a good job.

Chad Degroot: Rider/artist hugely influential in the baco days, runs Deco Bike co.
It can go both ways. I believe videos are made to stand the test of time and also to be watched. Right? So you can hate on people posting old videos and reliving their glory days, is that really a problem? Maybe a bit if they are charging for them or getting big headed like they were the shit. But truthfully a lot of riders nowadays don’t know or care how or why tricks came about and who did them. Videos back in the day used to be on top of that. We couldn’t wait till a video came out to see all the new tricks and what can be done. Posting vids is just a part of technology and moving forward to archive it. If you don’t want to watch, don’t. Some I do watch, but most I don’t. So if your an online junkie that has to watch all videos, good. Get some knowledge while your doing it. Yes the tricks now are insane, and seem like video game tricks, but that is what it’s getting to. They started somewhere then built to what you see today. I guarantee some shit Osato, Freimuth or The Beast did people still won’t be able to do. Try it. Lastly, you can’t flood the internet. It’s a day to day thing. People want the news or edits now….the internet gives you them now. So that is a positive thing. The only negative thing is the shit talking, but truthfully if you don’t talk shit then you are not human. It’s way easier to type shit than talk shit.

What do you think? Have your say below in the comments..

Repost: Brandon Fenton discusses e-clips!

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As three years of flatmatters is almost upon us, and also the winter, its about that time to start a few reposts of some of my favourite articles during that time period! Kicking off with this short interview with Brandon Fenton discussing the classic video with Chase Gouin and Brandon, if you missed this, or somehow have never seen e-clips before, what a treat! Don’t sleep on it!

First posted: Nov 10th-2010.

E-clips appeared on you tube yesterday, I hit up Brandon Fenton for a lil’ insight into this classic flatland video, it’s ten years since it’s release on VHS, so many of might not have have seen this. Don’t sleep on this, this is a real “classic”.

Alright the video just appeared online Brandon, how do you feel about that initially? It’s been ten years since E-clips release, are you happy more riders will get to see this classic video?
It was a surprise to see it this morning that’s for sure, but it doesn’t bother me that it is now available for even more people to see. After all, I like to share what I enjoy with others.

What was the intensity like working with Chase in this? I know your good friends, but enlighten me as to the mode he was in knowing he was going to release a video?
It blows my mind that it is already ten years old. It certainly doesn’t feel like it was that long ago. We had talked about remastering it and putting it to DVD with new bonus sections from each of us but with Chase’s poor health keeping him from riding right now it doesn’t look like that will happen in the foreseeable future so why not have it available as a window into our past? With brakeless riding being the norm now it’s funny to think that this was the first entirely brakeless flatland video (if I’m not mistaken), and back then there were really only a handful of people riding without brakes.

How long did you guys film for e-clips?
The “e” in “e-clips” stands for ‘existence’, so the meaning of the title is: “clips from our existence”. That might sound a little strange but it was really almost like a journal or diary of our daily sessions and things we were exploring over the course of about a year. Both Chase and I get a little bothered by the little black box that is the video camera so it was a challenge to pull something and then have to do it again for film. The two clips where we curse represent the frustration that accompanied filming throughout, although there were a few days that were better than others. For the most part we wanted to get combos on tape so that we could move on to something else, since we would both tire quickly of trying the exact same combo we already pulled over and over again for film.

Ten years on this still stands out, how do you feel personally about that?
After ten years I am very happy if it is still able to inspire. I am inspired in countless ways by countless people and flatlanders from the past and the present so, to have had the opportunity to give something back is very fulfilling. It’s an honor and a privilege to be a part of of this creative thing called flatland and it was a great honor for me to have had the chance to ride and train alongside one of the most dedicated and inspiring riders ever. This video still represents to me a window back upon my greatest friendship and the springboard for a bunch of new friendships. Every time I see it I am reminded of a great time in my life and I hope that for others that see it brings back similar good memories.

Check out e-clips below:

Fat Tony talks about the 2012 Flatland Calendar!

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Intro/Interview: Effraim
Photos/captions: Fat Tony

Yesterday we dropped the news on the 2012 Flatland Calendar, today we interview Fat Tony about the calendar, and Fat goes through some photographs that didn’t make it! Without further delay, let’s crack on with the interview and some of his photographs!


Adam Kun
When I met up with Adam Kun in So Cal to shoot a photo in the L.A. river bed he wanted to shoot this trick first, but after we shot it he decided to shoot his Monster whip, too. I was more stoked on the Monster whip photo, so this one never got used.

Fat Tony Interview.

How long has the calendar concept being going for now?
I made the first calendar at the end of 2008 (for the 2009 year), so this is the fourth year in a row I’ve worked with Flatland Fuel and a bunch of rad BMX brands to make the project happen. I couldn’t have done it alone—from the companies who support it, to the other photographers who contribute, to the riders themselves; it’s definitely a collaborative effort.

The calendar is separate from your work for Transworld; tell me about your motivations to get this calendar done every year?
Yeah, the Flatland Calendar is totally different from anything I do at Ride. I think everyone that works in a creative field needs to have personal projects outside of their everyday work that keeps their creativity flowing and helps push themselves in a different way than their normal work does. So that’s a big part of what this project is for me—just a way to push myself as a creative person. Also, the response from the flatland community over the years has been incredible, so that’s definitely motivating. And I guess another motivating factor would be just the sheer need for something in flatland for the riders. There isn’t much out there specifically for flatland, so it’s cool to be able to contribute something to the global flatland scene.

How many copies of the calendar go out?
A total of 2,000 will go out this year. Each company that sponsors the calendar gets 50. Sometimes they give them to employees, send them out to shops or jams, or put them in with orders they ship—it’s totally up to each company to decide what they want to do with them. The majority are at http://www.flatlandfuel.com

Where can people get the calendar?
Any time you place an order with Flatland Fuel they will throw one in for free. But don’t try to be a cheap skate and just order a tube or something to get a calendar, haha!

When will the calendar be available?
They are already shipping with orders at Flatland Fuel, so get on it!

Alex Jumelin
Alex Jumelin has been to the U.S. more times than I can count this year, but somehow it never worked out for us to shoot a proper photo. Once we finally got the chance we were super pressed for time and couldn’t find a location to shoot at. We literally only had about ten minutes to work with, so we used this random graffiti wall on Melrose Ave. as a backdrop and shot this carving nose wheelie before we had to pack it up and head out to the Soulstyce contest. Unfortunately it didn’t work out for Alex to be in the calendar, so this photo was pushed aside.

Alexey Proshin
Alexey Proshin out of Russia was so pumped on the Flatland Calendar last year that he sent over a few dope photos that were shot by his friend Alexander Popov for me to use this year. However, the calendar was alrady full, so unfortunately there wasn’t any room for this one.

Bo Wade
Here’s a nice looking lifestyle shot of Bo Wade and his dog Dakine I snapped while focusing for his shot that got used in the calendar.

Dominik Nekolny
Here’s a lighting test shot of Dominik Nekolny I snapped while setting up for his photo. This was taken during the weekend of Red Bull’s Battle At The Bricks contest in Indianapolis earlier this year. I got to hang out with Dom quite a bit that weekend and had an absolute blast with him.

Matthias Dandois
When Matthias Dandois was in Louisiana this year right before JoMoPro we were trying to shoot as much as possible for an interview on the Ride site and this photo, along with the one that made it in the calendar, are the two that didn’t get used on the site. This one was shot just a few feet away from where the one that got used was shot, but they look so different you’d never know it. This is also the same trick that Matthias was doing on the cover of the 2011 Flatland Calendar.

Terry Adams
Here’s another lighting test shot. This one is of Terry Adams at one of his favorite riding spots in his area—City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tsutomu Kitayama
You always end up getting pretty cool lifestyle portraits of riders when you are setting up and testing your lighting. This one is of Tsutomu Kitayama taken just a few days after the tsunami hit his home country of Japan this past April.

UK Flat Champs repo!

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Text/Photos: Matt ‘Denny’ Dyer


Organiser Matti Hemmings rode his bike long enough to debut his new move to the public!

For the last few years now Matti Hemmings has dreamed of getting a flatland event in Wales. Numerous times I’ve said that it’ll never happen. We don’t have anywhere to hold it, we rarely get the best weather, who would sponsor it, etc. But he was always persistent about how it could happen while I was always sceptical. However, on October 8th 2011, he finally saw his plans come to fruition and I must admit it was damn good.
Riders ventured from Birmingham, Torquay, London, Plymouth, Bristol, South Wales and beyond to attend, and even though the rider turnout for the event was fairly low that didn’t mean that the quality of riding wasn’t there. And more importantly the sun was out. Bargain.
Matti had being doing a show the day before the event so by the time he managed to get back to Wales it was dark so he couldn’t really check the stage set up until the morning. Rather than drive all the way back to mountainous Brecon he opted to stay in Newport at a Travelodge ready for an early start. Early! He got to the Newport Centre at 6am to set up the banners, check out the stage that had been erected the afternoon before and generally get things up and rolling ready for the riders to turn up.


Steve Green, turbine Messiah!

One thing to note here that not only did Matti plan all this event, secure sponsors and everything else that holding a comp entails he also managed to make sure the riders had free refreshments for the day, free food (noodle bar) and also free parking in the city for the day. One of the riders suffers from food allergies so Matti even got money for him to buy what he wanted to eat from wherever he wanted- you certainly don’t get treatment like this at many comps so it was good of him to try and help out the riders in every way he possibly could.

The event was held in Newport town centre so was free for the public to view, which meant it was a good showcase for flatland, and also for Joe Bloggs to understand what it is we really do on these bikes. (If the weather had been bad that day he made provisions for it by having an indoor spot in the basement of the Riverfront building on standby with room for up to 200 people. So glad we didn’t need it.)

There was a slight problem with the stage being slightly uneven to start with but was soon rectified as the riders tested it out and everyone agreed it was good to go. Flatlanders – ready!

It was decided that due to the small number of riders it would be better for everyone to enter one group. Lee Musselwhite, Josh Briars, Mario, Andy Hale, Steve Green, Andy Wood, Oliver Griffin and myself (Matt Dyer). Matti felt that he shouldn’t enter as it was his event and due to running round all day like a blue arsed fly getting everything sorted, arguing with the stage men, MC’ ing, and only 3 hours sleep he was cream crackered. He did however ride on stage demo style for a while and pulling all manner of front and back wheel tricks. He even went for his new signature move – foot on the grip, other foot on the pedal and spinning on the back wheel pedal picker style- the riders seemed to like it – time to name it now Matti!. With the public waiting in anticipation it was time to do battle.

8th place went to Oliver Griffin, who did various hang 5 variations and megaspins switch footed and regular all over the stage. The crowd love a good hang 5 for sure.

I nabbed 7 th place. I only entered for a bit of fun and to bring some old school flavour for the crowd’s enjoyment. Boomerankle, funky chicken to blindside candybar half decade out, backwards barspinning infinity rolls (always a crowdpleaser) a Nourie, and attempted a few double decades until my knee cartilage jammed up.

6th place was Mario’s. Steamrollers, elbowglides and hitchhikers all in one link. Megaspin to decade, funky chicken to frontyards and a few double decade attempts amongst other tricks old and new. Mario will have the double any day now going by his recent edits. Tidy!

Andy Wood secured 5 th with plenty of front wheel rolling links with wheelchairs, hitchhikers and more, combo’s with pinkys squeaks and all manner of scuffing and switching back and forth. Good stuff from Andy.


Andy Hale’s second contest in the pro class, Andy bagged 4th here, look out for this guy in the future!

4th went to Andy Hale. He busted out some incredible rear wheel combo switches and I especially like the meagaspin to two footed rolling dumptruck done with speed and style, as well as the rolling backyard. Ace. His finale was a rollback to switch foot boomerang smoothie out on the front peg. Very different.

Steve Green took 3rd spot with loads of hard moves on both front and rear wheels. Halfpacker whips, turbined cliffhangers, manual to decade, whoppers, hitchhiker combo’s, cliffhanger g turned to backwards cliff and the move that nabbed him best trick of the day later– the forward rolling messiah g turned to backwards rolling messiah. Clean as a whistle. Johann loved it.

Josh Briars had some epic moves in his runs. Whoppers, hitchhiker combo’s, time machines, hang 5 with vader squeaks so he was going forwards, backwards, forwards g turn style. He couldn’t quite nail the rollback half cab whopper, but was so close. 2nd place to the man.

Lee Musselwhite took 1st place honours with loads of clean megaspin combo’s to reverse spin switch hand and foot to switch forward rolling trolley (if it’s still known as that- I’m old school) pivoted out to megaspin to decade, rolling two footed backyard jump to wheelchair links, the phoenix and various other tricks only Lee can do. So much bike control. Top marks.

Little fun comps took place to end the day including longest to stay on a funky chicken (Steve Green) which was amusing when all the riders were taking each other out left, right and centre on stage. Best old school I managed to bag (mind you I turn 40 next week so these newbie’s probably never knew some of these tricks existed) and best trick as I mentioned earlier was Steve Green and the g turn messiah. Everyone who entered walked away with a prize in some shape or form which was a nice touch. Top stuff to finish what really was a great day out for everyone who came. Hopefully the next one will be even bigger and better.

*There was a bit of a backlash about this event, via the net but in all honesty unless you were there you can’t really comment on whether the event was good or bad. Matti did everything in his power to help the riders out with free food and refreshments, and free parking. It was about time a flatland event was held in Wales – the last flatland comps were probably way back in 1988 with the UKBFA Open comps in Merthyr Tydfil – up in those valleys. With Newport being just across from the Bristol border in England it really was very accessible by train or car. All the riders had to do was get there which is the same as in any comp anywhere in the world today. *


Lee Musselwhite on his way to the first place at the UK Champs!

Thanks to all the sponsors- Eastpak, Dephect clothing, EC Cycles (for the cash prizes), Crucialbmx, Oner Signs, Infinity Powerbands, Odessa Shoes and ValleySideDistro.

FlatWebTV Episode #9

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FlatWebTV Episode #9: Portland Summer Jam, Beyond the Future, Gergely Szajer, and more hot flatland action from Everyday Paradise on Vimeo.

The episodes are moving faster it seems like, it is summertime, even in Portland and the UK! Great episode that covers pretty much all thats gone on during the last month. So sit down with a beer, and a nice cuppa and enjoy the show!

Chase Gouin – A Tribute To A Great BMX Rider In Need!

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Great photographic tribute by Fat Tony, of flatland legend, keep Chase Gouin in your thoughts and try if possible to make a donation to help Chase, everything helps. Donations may be sent via paypal to the following address: chasegouinrecoveryfund@gmail.com

http://fattonybmx.com/blog/2011/09/01/13-photos-of-chase-gouin-a-tribute-to-a-great-bmx-rider-in-need/?show=slide