This weekend coming up, the Sportzone contest is supported by the Hungarian Cycle Federation and the November 23rd contest will also be the Official Hungarian BMX FLATLAND Championship with Junior, Girls, Amateur and Pro Classes. It will run together with the Veres BMX FLATLAND Contest and we will take out highest places to find the Hungarian Champions. 200m2 of a new perfect flatland floor the only of it’s kind in Europe!
Events page:
Text: Effraim.
Photos: EC, The Agency Photo.
The finals day at the UCI World Championships was a great day for flatland. The day started with Women’s flat and four riders knuckled down and give it their all, Irina Sadovnik was battling a knee injury and with the help of Trish and her medical skills she was able to ride. Sometimes when you are faced with a physical obstacle such as an injury your focus is heightened. The injuries were stacking up in China and kind of became one of the main topics of everyones discussions during the two week trip.
Lionel Cardoso on the MIC duties, and David on the decks. props to these guys who killed it throughout the series and the two weeks in China!
Marton and the Haro Masters from og pictures on Vimeo.
Marton Szilagyi goes back to his Haro Master roots and performs tricks from the Old, Mid and New School. Martin definitely as I call it “went to school”, as always with OG Marton’s videos great quality. and I would expect no less from one of the best riders to ever do it out of the European flatland scene. Great concept video. Respect!
Dusty Tweedhope catches up with Bobby Carter to review Landscapes 3, the new downloadable video from Stewart Munro and Simon O’Brien. This is a good one, where Bobby and Dusty talk about the issue of paying for a downloadable video.
The value of a full video, submitting footage and Stewart dealing with that, the rider list and most of the riders being under the radar. Great perspective from Bobby, who of course has done it all video wise, I loved the part where Bobby is talking about the culture of flatland and use of social media. This is a good listen whilst your getting on with your daily grind.
Hit the link below to listen to this episode:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/landscapes-3-review-with-bobby-carter/
Download the film here:
https://gumroad.com › jeudb
Last week we broke the BIG news on the drop of the Matthias Dandois Vans signature shoe, Matthias teamed up with Rich Forne in the summer in New York to get a promo done. As with anything Rich Forne puts together, theres a narrative to it. Enjoy!
It’s video contest time!
Joe Cicman just dropped a tight teaser with some great lines to get you pumped for this video contest, information below.
“Moon Babes of Bicycle City” – the latest novel from Mike Daily of Aggro Rag ‘zine fame is sponsoring a video contest open to everyone across the planet.
Contest Details:
1) Film an edit in 1 day
2) Post to YouTube
3) Share on FB and tag Mike Daily
Most-intriguing video wins a copy of the “Moon Babes of Bicycle City” novel.
Deadline for submissions is December 13, 2019, get filming and have fun with it!
Jeff DesRoche – After the Accident 2 from Diversion TV on Vimeo.
Straight back from China to a Must Watch from one of the most stylish riders to ever ride flatland, Jeff Desroche! This man has something else going on when it comes to moving around that bike, watching Jeff just makes me want to go and ride. From the opening one handed hang ten jump to pedal steam to lifeguard at 00:16 (I think that’s what it is called) and that ride out! One of the best tricks of the year for sure and it continues.
There are so many highlights that are packed into this 5 minute 49 second edit, and one of the things I liked the most was the way he pushes a concept and surprises you with the switch. It’s not too often I am surprised anymore with lines, I almost feel I am sat here with a cuppa and predicting what’s next. With Jeff, it was a fresh slate.
Second line in, and I really like how he put his own twist on a switch made famous by the Japanese riders like Yammer and Hiroya Morizaki. Jeff makes straightens out briefly after after the forward Karl halfpacker inside switch foot steam and flips into his signature teakettle jump at 00:27. It’s subtle, modern day flatland is all in the details.
At 1:03, I have seen Jeff do this before but it’s his own and no one can do it like Jeff. One handed hang ten jump pedal steam jump tea kettle, a bomb line to the list. So great that Jeff is back after his severe accident and sharing with us all, and i loved this that he has bounced back with renewed vigor.
1:46: Switch foot inside opposite Karl pivot to crackpacker pivot forward Karl 360 bar out and like I will say so much with Jeff’s riding, oozing with style.
3:03: Switch foot forward Karl to x-foot halfpacker, a Desroche classic and the best one I have seen him do so far. Dope as you like!
3:48: Switch foot spinning inside steam without holding bars full body varial out, again Jeff D classic and it is so great to see these classics returning to the game. If it’s yours, why not do it and document it right, especially as this is never getting old.
4:28: One handed hang ten jump to crackpacker to Jeff’s signature jump out, no idea what he calls it. But it rules and he condensed it down, I recall at Flatring he was doing this as a solo trick and now it’s tightened up a lot. So bomb!
I could go on and on, I love everything about this edit, a true artist doing his thing. I hope this edit gets some love in the comments section.
I just landed back into the UK after 11 days of being blocked from YouTube in China and there is a lot to catch up on. First up, is this fresh Freestyle Tactics episode by the main man himself, Lionel Cardoso that goes in depth on different methods of how to become more efficient with higher and more effective focus.
Back to normal updates from tomorrow….
Congratulations to Dominik Nekolny who just won the 2019 UCI World Championship with a amazing flawless run and took the famous rainbow jersey. Dom was followed by Matthias Dandois and Moto Sasaki who both threw down flawless runs, the level of riding was one of the best I have ever judged. What a contest! Buzzing!
What a moment we just witnessed here in Chengdu, China! Irina Sadovnik battling a knee injury that kept her out of practise yesterday, had the run of her life riding flawless and taking the first Women’s UCI World Championship flatland title ahead of Misaki Katagiri and Julia Press. It’s party time for Irina! Pro finals up next….
