Must Watch: Matthias Dandois: The Flat Side of Things 6

What a week for edits! Two Must watch edits from two of the top riders in the game, Viki Gomez and now Matthias Dandois, Matthias called this his “best edit to date” and this part is full of creative bangers that are not seen on the contest floor.

I was lucky enough to get a preview of Flat Side of Things 6 last week, and its taken me a number of views to digest what Matthias is doing.

Standouts:

1:41: One foot on bar spinning pumping hitchhiker to crackpacker line.

1:59: Backwards spinning switch b both hands behind back jump to switch foot frontyard!

2:24: Backwards manual in circles jump to spinning hitchhiker.

3:03: Double no handed hitchhiker juggler.

3:23: Turbine hitchhiker juggler line.

4:00: Although seen this before switch foot rolling backyard body varial to halfback line still hits hard!

I could keep going, they all bangers that are unique to Matthias, and I personally love seeing one of the best contest riders of all time out of this comfort zone and into video parts, this is so great for flatland!

Go watch this, get inspired, get filming and document your progress.

Merci Matthias! Amazing work!

 

Must Watch: Viki Gomez / Rise 7

I have many conversations with riders across the globe about video parts, and the importance of them. Last year I had a conversation with Viki Gomez in Riyad about this subject, and how video parts help shape our scene, more recently throughout the past years that has died off with the rise of social media.

This conversation struck a chord with Viki, which I didn’t know about about until Rise 7 arrived in my inbox, Viki’s riding is of course off the hook, as he more currently pushes what is possible on the back wheel with signature Viki Gomez style and finesse that comes from years and years in the trenches, let’s bring the flatland culture back everyone!

Let’s talk more in-depth on Viki’s riding in the comments sectio, go watch the video and get out riding, document your clips, make an edit, push yourself & surprise yourself,

Viki had this to say:

“This is simply hardcore riding.
Most of the ideas in this video weren’t planned, hey came together in the moment. That’s what I love most about riding: letting FREESTYLE happen naturally.

Over the past months, I’ve put a strong focus on riding on the back wheel. That simple decision opened up more possibilities than I ever expected. Sometimes less really is more.

Nothing fancy. Nothing fashionable. Just the reality of everyday sessions, dedication, frustration, progression, and the motivation to keep pushing.
This is what real Flatland means to me.

Let’s keep riding. Let’s keep creating.”

Must Watch: Benjamin Hudson / Is this the best ever BMX flatland line?

This absolutely needs the Must Watch tag, even though this dropped on the IGi flat bmx instagram page yesterday. I feel we need to discuss this one on many levels, but first a little back story.

Benjamin Hudson dropped this one for a online contest in Chile, where the time limit was three minutes.
Having just watching Benjamin’s riding at Jeux Urbains in Montreal, it became apparent that he managed to link almost all his signature moves in one line, and also managed to mix front and back wheel into it, is this the best BMX flatland line ever done? And the style too, this bring back memories of Moto Sasaki’s groundtactics line…

It is certainly a massive contender for line of the year, when we get to the Flatmattersonline Year end awards later in the year.

Must Watch: Yu Katagiri / Field

Yes it’s one clip, but deserves the Must Watch tag. I have seen Yu Katagiri attempt this line in a few contests, but have no luck. Next level difficulty, and the style to boot.
Love the pedal straddle-roni step over to opposite side pedal roni jump to pedal junkyard, wow! Thanks to Nina Suzuki putting this together, hope to see more from the Japanese scene.

THE 2025 FLATMATTERSONLINE YEAR END AWARDS: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

It’s time to announce the winners of the Editorial and Reader Choice 2025 Flatmattersonline Year end awards. 2025 was one of the better years, in terms of edits, instagram clips, add to to that of course jams and contests in recent times.

As I put together the editorial side of things running Flatmattersonline. I like to discuss why I’ve picked the winners and offer some insight. It’s time to get into the details, it’s cliche to say, but truly just to be nominated feels like a master achievement in my opinion.

Let’s kick off with your votes in the reader choice category….

Effraim.

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Must Watch: Pedro Melo / Welcome to Heresy

2026 has started with a bang, and it’s already hard to keep up. This is massive news, Pedro Melo on Heresy, this addition totally fits the brand.
Pedro can do it all, and keeps it fun, Flatland, Street, Ditches, Skateparks, and of course we are interpreted in the flatland and as always Pedro does not disappoint.
This man is like a cult figure in the flatland world, the x-ft halfpacker with knee on peg at 1:20 is groundbreaking, followed by the surfer nose wheelie although I’ve seen him do this before its a move that deserves to be highlighted.
The x-up nose at a skatepark at 2:48 I have never seen before, likewise with the x-hand tyre slide at 3:13, Pedro is so creative and it continues, towards the end of the edit going back to cutting edge flatland, everything is so creative and groundbreaking.
Its January and we might have a contender for edit of the year already!

What a great move for Heresy and Pedro!!

Must Watch: Joachim Sontag January 2026

Put two underrated creatives together, and you got yourself some magic. Today, we got ourselves another Must Watch, the man is a master of the Gadget Whip, check the flowing GW lines at 2:25, and especially 2:41 with the pumping half hiker in between each gadget whip and the x-ft hitch juggler ender is so clean at 3:34.

So much style and grace in Joachim’s riding, I’m a big fan. Thanks Stephane Bar for documenting this Frenchamn’s riding, the world needs to see this guy!

Must Watch: Matsudo Year End 2025

The annual Matsudo Jam took place on the 6th December, last year. This feels like an annual tradition at this point, the year doesn’t start until we see Jimalog’s annual Matsudo jam getting dropped.

This jam round, Akihiko Takahashi, Yu Shoji, Takahiro Ikeda, Shinichiro Hara, Masashi Itani,
Varo Hernandez, and Anatole Rahain throw down their latest moves.

Already two must watch edits this year, thank you Jimalog for contributing to the flatland culture once again!

Must Watch: Jigen Omotehara 2026 / New Season

We don’t even get a day into 2026, and already a Must Watch edit?! Heresy’s Jigen Omotehara is one of the new generation in Japan making waves, with unique riding style and trick selection as he gets ready for the New Season.

The x-ft half hiker pivot to half packer line at 2:17 is next level, magical pivotry skills going here that I have never seen before and had me hitting the rewind several times to understand what he did.
Loved Jigen’s right hand half packer turbines backwards half packer pivot to backwards switch foot Karl line at 2:45. So smooth and so tech!

And the ender at 3:56 is another NBD, opposite whiplash to full turbine switch foot pedal 5 turbine ending backwards switch foot pedal 5 jump to regular side steam, too good.

Nice jazzy hip hop vibes fit Jigen’s style really well, starting the year with a Must watch. 2026 is going to be a good one!!