Foundations of Style Remix – Pat Fisher Experimental BMX

After two years of silence off the internet (riding wise), Pat Fisher is back with this fresh Foundations of Style remix edit.

Here’s what Pat had to say about the project:

“For this edit I wanted to push the conceptual paradigms of BMX hard by blending elements of flatland and street BMX with trials mountainbiking, and taking that riding out of the city to locations unlike any other BMXer has ridden. This new style is then set to a remix of the “Foundations of Style” podcast series, which was published through ImprimaturBMX to provide an analysis of the major social and material factors which have (and continue to) influence what new styles of riding catch on.”

Battle in the Rockies 2018 Full Results

Yesterday was a full day judging qualifying, and final battles out here at the Battle in the Rockies which was the final stop of the AFA series for 2018. What a contest, with a great level of riding in all classes, in a nice touch to finish the event. James McGraw had Bill Neumann present the trophies. Congratulations to all the winners, Trystan McIntyre, Gary Knecht, Tony Schneidewind and Mates Tucek. Big thanks to Todd Carter for the results and photos.

Novice Class
1. Trystan McIntyre
2. Ava McGraw
3. Coda McGraw

Old’s Cool Class
1. Gary Knecht
2. Bertrand Williams
3. Robert Reilly
4. Kendra Nalls
5. Lance Lyons
6. Dan Hull
7. Kenny Cornette

Expert Class
1. Tony Schneidewind
2. Jason Rideout
3. Michael Shao
4. Trevor Waitring
5. Ed Jodie
6. Ron Monis
7. Sean Porter
8. Naht Fulcher

Pro Class
1. Mates Tucek
2. Art Thomason
3. Will Redd
4. Austin Luberda
5. James McGraw
6. Bill Nitschke
7. Nikola Olic
8. Bobby Burge
9. Dax Wolford
10. Dave Nourie
11. Bryan Huffman
12. Omari Cato
13. Michael Shao
14. Todd Carter
15. Koit McIntyre

Jean William Prevost wins Fise World in Chengdu, China

Congratulations to Jean William Prevost who took the win at the final stop of the Fise World Series in Chengdu, China. Dub was followed on the podium by Moto Sasaki and Matthias Dandois, you can watch the top three runs, check the results and the whole finals below. Congratulations also to Matthias Dandois who took the year end Fise World title, followed by Alex Jumelin and Jean William Prevost.

Final Results:

1- Jean William Prevost
2- Moto Sasaki
3- Matthias Dandois
4- Alex Jumelin
5- Dez Maarsen
6. Viki Gomez
7. Raphael Chiquet
8. Takumi Isogai

Watch the whole finals:

Watch the Fise World Finals in Chengdu, China Live!

It is the last stop of the 2018 FISE World Series, taking place in Chengdu, China. The Flatland finals will be broadcasted on Sunday night (America),morning (Europe), afternoon (Asia). Follow the YouTube countdown clock, get your alarms set and don’t miss this one! Matthias Dandois is in the top spot, who’s going to take it?

Sunday November 4th
16:50 UTC+8 / 09:50 UTC+1 / 04:50 UTC-4​

Battle in the Rockies Day 5

This week is seriously going so fast, it’s already time for Friday’s update as we head to the Battle in the Rockies an hour away in Denver, Colorado this morning. We woke up to sunny skies, and after getting the FM updates done it was time to wash the Slab before we started riding. As I started washing the floor, Bobby Burge showed up and helped lend a hand to get the riding spot ready for a session in the sunshine. It was time for the AFA pre jam at the Slab.

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Battle in the Rockies Day 4

After arriving into nice weather in Denver, Colorado on Monday. We have a few days of bad weather and been unable to ride James’ flatland slab riding spot at his house, pretty teasing when you can see it as you chill in the house, to say the least. Yesterday, we woke up to sunshine and after updating the site filmed a quick how to with the help of Mates Tucek. The how to is now up for you to view.

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Episode 3: How to BMX Flatland / Learn to Infinity Roll

Welcome back to episode 3 of how to BMX flatland. A change of location for this episode, I am out in Monument, Colorado and today I am teaching you how to do the infinity roll.

The infinity roll is a trick that I first learnt back when I was 10 years old, I am now 44 years old. The infinity roll is an entry level scuffing trick, useful to learn and will eventually help you combine tricks together.
The technique for the infinity roll is relatively simple, here are some useful steps below:

1. Begin with a foot jam with your left foot on the left back pegs. Applying pressure to your right foot when you “foot jam”, get a little end to gain little speed for the infinity roll.

2. Learn to foot jam and rollback (as shown on the video).

3. Once you have step 2, keep your wheel locked in a position that would make your bike rotate in a circle. Using your left foot on the left back peg and your right foot on tyre kicking the wheel backwards (known as “scufffing”.)
* Scuffing essentially acts as brake on the tyre, so you don’t need to touch the brakes on this trick.

4. Get the scuffing part of this trick down and try to rotate in circles as many times as possible, hence the infinity roll name.

5. To ride out, slow down your scuffing and aim for the right pedal and try to keep your body weight over the bike and ride away. Refer to the video for a reference.

This is relatively more of a simple how to than episode 2, one you learn the scuffing technique and get used to licking your bars in a circular motion you will be good to go on this trick.

Good luck with the infinity roll!

Thanks to Mates Tucek for filming.