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100 PSI Contest – September 1st

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Dustyn Alt hit me up last night with the details for the up and coming 100 PSI Contest in Dresden, Germany on 1st September. This event always looks fun, get there if you can…

With hard tires, BMX riders from all over Germany and Europe will bring their flatland art to the Elbe on September 1st. Under the motto “BMX Flatland Contest on Asphalt”, what began 30 years ago in parking lots in California will now be carried to the city of Dresden for the seventh time.
As in previous years, the contest area is a 400 m² asphalt area in the middle of the city, with a direct view of the Dresden City Hall. So the drivers have ideal conditions for hot tricks on the tarmac and to present the Dresden audience a completely different form of cycling.
The competition is divided into two classes: amateurs and professionals. Every rider has two runs, which are considered the better run. It starts with the practice of the amateurs at 13:00 clock. The final of the pros will take place around 18:00. The winners of the professional class beckons this year a prize money of 600 €. The amateurs are motivated with thick material prizes to show their tricks.
In the evening, the award ceremony is celebrated, directly in Dresden’s trendy Neustadt district, in the Club Ostpol! So heat tires and not stingy with tricks, dear flatland community. See you in Dresden!

Jean William Prevost wins Battle at the Border

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Congratulations to MR Alien glide himself, Jean William Prevost taking the win yesterday at the Battle at the Border contest in Buffalo, New York, Dub was followed on the podium by young ripper, Etienne Bergeron and Dax Wolford rounding out the top three.

Congratulations to Shaun Lapsley brothers, Danny Sirkin in the second place spot, third place AM went to Will Smith. I don’t have the full results from the contest, will update as they come through.

Must Watch – Jean William Prevost & The Alien Glide

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Jean William Prévost : The Alien Glide from IGI BMX on Vimeo.

Back to back Must Watch videos from Jean William Prevost, you all no doubt watched Puro Flat 2 and probably saw the photos of Dub’s no handed gliding two footed death truck doing the rounds on social media and wondered where is the footage? Well, you did not have to wait long, and this trick is so good I think it deserves to be singled out on it’s own so you can appreciate it, and it’s not lost in a full part. Dub is definitely an alien, fitting name for the move!

Cory Fester – Garage Sessions

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garage sessions from cory fester on Vimeo.

When I posted the Cory Fester 16 days throwback a couple of weeks ago, I was not expecting to see a visual response but it looks like it’s kick started something within Cory. It is not often I say this anymore, Cory is like one of those ultimate video riders dudes, and like the 16 Days edit he used this “garage sessions” edit to get himself back up to speed. The rumour mill has been going for the past few weeks about Cory sitting on footage for 8 years, I can’t even imagine what he is sitting on, but what almost stokes me out the most is he has a riding spot for the winter. Like a fine wine Cory, take your time buddy and I can’t wait to see what he comes up with for this solo video part. This edit builds and builds as you see his skills improving with each clip, I love the last line a remix of Michael Sommer’s infamous back peg varial to half hiker, Cory puts his own flavour on it. Cory stole the internet today, respect!

Sietse Van Berkel wins Round 2 Master of Creativity

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Congratulations to Sieste Van Berkel who won the second round of the Master of Creativity contest followed by Moto Sasaki and Raphael Chiquet. The top ten made it through to final round, which will be a “best trick round”. Good luck everyone, head over to the Master of Creativity instagram for all the videos, amazing level.

Must Watch – Jean William Prevost / Puro Flat #2 Spring

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PURO FLAT #2 : SPRING from IGI BMX on Vimeo.

Dub dropped the latest in his Puro Flat series this weekend, so I decided to hold fire for a change and digest this one properly before publishing on FM! Everyone already knows Jean William Prevost is one of the best riders in the world, what I like about what he is doing with the Pro Flat series is he’s giving something special to the artform side of flatland rather than keeping it private until it’s ready for a contest.

Dub rides with a unique energy and flow that is unrivalled across the board in competitive flatland, we touched on this in his podcast recently. Keeping his energy going with the speed he rides at and consistency throughout a 3 minute run requires a certain state of mind and fitness, and here in this video project he experiments with dead time between tricks that elevates that concept to another level.

Part of the year so far? Let’s discuss this one. In terms of contest riders, Dub is at the top of the tree in terms of progression, hard to argue against it after these first two Puro Flat edits, mind blown. Thank you Dub, I am sure we will come back to this in years to come!

Puro Flat #2 is everything I thought it would be and much more, filmed in Shenzhen, Beijing and Montreal, as with all Must Watch edits I like to talk about the highlights:

00:17: The g-roll pivot inside switch b undertaker out is beautiful in technique where he has condensed the dead time.

00:25: Spinning undertaker flip grabbing tyre spinning cream pivot out is sexy flatland at it’s finest. I am on 5th watch now, and still have the same reaction as the first time I watched it. YES!

00:32: Dub further pushes the concept that I highlighted at 00:17 and adds the spinning undertaker at the beginning of the line and ends with g-roll pivot inside switch b undertaker with no deadtime at all. Wow!

1:07: Carved Opposite Dump truck ride in pivot to pedal inside switch b pedal pivot to double turbine spinning forward death truck straightens out forward pedal death to casual walkover decade out. This line has been years in the making, so much depth to this.

2:59: Dub explores different concepts around the Rodeo, each line till the end is absolutely ridiculous, but the dead time taken out on the final line and the seamless switches is something else entirely.

Level up!

Snipes Battle Square Final Highlights

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Woozy BMX came through with a sweet highlights edit from the weekends Snipes Battle Square contest in Rotterdam, Holland. Amazing riding from the likes of Alex Jumelin, Jean William Prevost, Dominik Nekolny, and Benjamin Hudson. If all goes according to plan, the Snipes Battle Square contest will be a six round series next year, stay tuned for the news on that one!

Alex Jumelin wins Snipes Battle Square in Rotterdam!

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Catching up on news across the globe after a busy week and weekend organising the King of Concrete. Congratulations to Alex Jumelin who won the Snipes Battle Square contest in Rotterdam this weekend followed on the podium by Jean William Prevost and Dominik Nekolny in third place. In AM, Anatole Rahain took the top spot, followed by Jorrit van Drumpt and Julien Baran in the third place spot, congratulations guys! Full results below:

Pro.

Alex Jumelin
Jean William Prevost
Dominik Nekolny
Benjamin Hudson
Lee Musselwhite
Dustyn Alt
Viki Gomez
Raphael Chiquet
Sietse van Berkel
Gilles van de Sompel
Alberto Moya
Dez Maarsen
Chris Bohm
Terry Adams

AM.

Anatole Rahain
Jorrit van Drompt
Julien Baran
Barre Neirynck
Gino Stuart
Say Kypirtidis
Bodean Maarsen
Malte Orth
Gabin Jumelin
Catfish