DownUnderGround Series 10 – the video round

The Australian flatland scene tends to go underneath the radar, I just came across this “DownUnderGround Series 10 – the video round” on my YouTube subscriptions and it’s well worth a watch. Grassroots flatland, awesome to see this going down. A great start to our Thursday posts here on FM!

BMX flatland riders submit a contest run via video to accumulate points for the year end DownUnderGround Australian BMX flatland championship title.
Riders are judged on Difficulty, Variety and Consistency.
Judges were James McGraw, John Yull and Paul Chamberlain.

Beginners
1st Paul Grzinic – Melbourne
2nd Troy Williams -Whyalla

Expert
1st Trent Karow – Perth
2nd Phillip Frueh – Melbourne
3rd Shaun Jarvis – Perth

Open
1st Gonzalo Bellanti – Melbourne
2nd Mohamad Aristyo Rahadiyan (Ais) – Melbourne

Throwback Thursdays – Toronto Props Section 1996

Wow, this section takes me back! The Toronto contest back in 1996, Chad Degroot fresh on Schwinn, Chase Gouin ripping, Steve Mulder, Nate Hansen, Dan Rigby, Andrew Faris and many more. Stoked to see this footage online although the music is changed and threw me off a bit.

Chicago BS Finals 1994

Chicago BS Finals 1994 from Adam Guild on Vimeo.

Pure gold from the flatland archives today courtesy of Adam Guild. Amazing footage from the Chicago BS Finals back in 1994, featuring Chad Degroot, Andrew Arroyo, Day Smith, Brian Tunney, Trevor Meyer, Nate Hansen, Sean Peters, Jason Brown R.I.P, Paul Palmer R.I.P, Matt Gibson, Paul Osicka, Steve Roy, Sean McKinney, Dylan Worsley (infamous for dropping the pedal switches at this contest!) and many more, this is well worth sitting down with your beverage of choice and taking a trip down memory lane. What a killer contest, thanks Adam for the upload!