Its been a couple of weeks without an Old School Sundays feature, let’s get back to it with some contest footage of John Huddleston ripping at the 1988 AFA Masters in Carson, California. Very little dead time in John;s riding, amazing flow and really exciting to watch.
Category Archives: Contest edits
Nakano: King of Ground Kobe 2005
One of the many things to love about the King of Grounds was without a doubt the fresh faces that consistently appear. I have watched a ton of KOG footage over the years, and never come across Nekano. Super nice switch foot steam styles in this contest run from Kobe 2005.
Master of Creativity: Recap Pro 2020 Qualification
Many of you will have seen the entries from the Master of Creativity Pro qualification round unless you have been in a cave or something, however it is still awesome to see all the top ten entries back to back and some new faces rising to the top. Congratulations to all the finalists, finals is going to go off! Congratulations to Yu Shoji taking the top place spot. Good luck everyone for the final round…
Yoshihiro “Taka” Nishikawa: King of Ground / Nagoya 2004
The footage just keeps on coming from the King of Ground contests, so much so I need to think of something new to say for these posts. For now, enjoy this footage of Yoshihiro “Taka” Nishikawa shredding in Nagoya 2004!
Takumi Kawamura: King of Ground 2004
Takumi Kawamura is a name that goes under the KOG radar, super unique back wheel riding style. Takumi won a few King of Ground contests too, peep his run from Nagoya 2004.
Kotaro Tanaka: King of Ground Nagoya
The KOG videos just keep flowing, Kotrao Tanaka is one of the main riders that helped out behind the scenes to make the King of Ground happen. This time, it was his turn to take to the floor and rip the surface a new one. Always enjoy watching Kotaro’s energy…
Must Watch: Dominik Nekolny / The 1st UCI Professional Flatland World Champion
The road to the top can be a rocky one, and Dominik Nekolny has probably gone through everything to get to the top. As flatlanders, we don’t often see the behind the scenes of what goes on in people’s lives, whether it’s the practise time, the injuries, travelling and the issues that can raise, how much they get to ride, bike problems, the list goes on.
Dominik documented his journey to becoming the first UCI Professional World Champion in Chengdu, China last October/November. Dominik had to overcome the airline losing his bike, borrowing a brakeless bike from Irina Sadovnik and being able to challenge for the Fise year end title with Matthias Dandois, cracking his ankle bone in between Fise Chengdu, and the UCI World Championships in Chengdu.
This documentary captures the doubt, the measures that he took to make it happen, and the way the story unfolded with the bike loss, getting through his cracked injury with the help of car accident lawyers and saving the best run for last. You couldn’t really script this! People can also get help here if they want injury attorneys specifically to solve accident and injury cases!
When you have the time, sit down and watch this one on the big screen, the subtitles are pretty funny.
Martti Kuoppa: King of Ground Nagoya 2004
Starting the week with a throwback to the King of Ground 2004 contest in Nagoya, Japan with Martti Kuoppa during the KGB era.
Oleg Efimov vs Toon Pakphum: What’s App Battle
Another day, another upload from the MK Format camp. Todays MK Format WhatsApp battle features Oleg Efimov vs Toon Pakphum.
Coach, Martti Kuoppa commented: “This is proving to be very effective style of practicing full runs because similar sensation to contest nervousness is created.”
Hit play, and check this out….
Random Rider Mix: Worlds 2004
Another great upload from the archives from TJ Perry, this time a random rider mix from the Worlds in Cologne back in 2004. Featuring Kotaro Tanaka, Justin Miller, Ryoji Yammamoto, Alex Jumelin, Raphael Chiquet, Pedro Melo at the Hyatt riding spot, Chris Bohm, and Dan Hennig. Well worth a watch…