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Keelan Phillips & Johann Chan win King of Concrete!

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What a weekend at the King of Concrete at Southsea Skatepark. We have just celebrated our 40th anniversary in June and it was the ideal time to bring back a sleeping giant. Congratulations to Keelan Phillips who took the win in the Pro class and nice prizes courtesy of our flatland sponsors 4 pegs BMX and Kunstfrom, we didn’t have a great turnout for the Pro class so the expert riders jumped in and Johann Chan took the second place spot, followed by Paul Spychj who made a 33 hour bus trip from Poland to be at the KOC, amazing.

Pro.

Keelan Phillips
Johann Chan
Paul Spychj
James Ovens
Oakley Way

Congratulations to Johann Chan who won the AM class and won a bunch of goodies including a much needed Ares front hub, Johann was followed by Mr Ride on himself, Neil Waddington with Mate’ Hocopan in the third place. Really happy with the turnout of 17 riders in the expert class, part of by intention with bringing back the KOC was to help grassroots grow, and so many Southsea locals enjoyed the flatland and got inspired which is what its all about! Once again I just want to send a big thats to all the riders, the judges James White and Lincoln Blcksley who helped me out with AM and Pro judging, the sponsors Four pegs and Kunstform! Same date next year, mark in your calendar!

Expert.

Johann Chan
Neil Waddington
Mate’ Hocopan
Carl Boucher
Matt Cole
Chris Bates
James Ovens
Tom Leaver
B-rad Sullivan / Henry Logan
Reef Way
Harry Drewit
Charlie Woodland
Joe Ross
James Hall
Logan Dam
Mantis

Repo: UK Flatland Champs / Dreamlands Kent

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Text: Effraim.
Photography: Jim Cossey.

Round 1 of the 2018 UK Flatland Championships took place last weekend in Margate, Kent. Margate is a seaside town about an hour and half from central London for all of you reading this outside of the UK. Matti Hemmings once again is the man behind making the event happen, this year a different location and a better set up. Dreamlands, an amusement park smack on Margate seafront which somewhat bizarrely to me, goes in land rather than out towards the sea, two years ago we sat on the seafront having fish n chips after the Wheels and Finns festival and wondered what Dreamlands was. A great use of space and in terms of planning, this place is epic. You wouldn’t know this amusement park was even there, if you drive along the seafront road.

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AFA Round 3 PRO Runs Unedited – Huntington Beach, CA 2018

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Shawn White of Bizhouse fame came through with the full runs from the AFA Round 3 in Huntington Beach, California! Just over two hours of unedited contest footage, you can watch the top three runs listed below with the timings:

Jean William Prevost: 157:45.
Matthias Dandois:139:15
Pete Brandt: 127:46

Jean William Prevost wins AFA Round 3 in Huntington Beach, California

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Waking up this morning to my social media full of the AFA contest series returning to California. Congratulations to Jean William Prevost who took first place followed by Matthias Dandois and Nor Cal flatland legend Pete Brandt rounding out the podium. Ed Jolie took the win in Expert, Robert Castillo took the Olds Cool class and Alex Lim first place in Novice. Great to see a flatland event return to its home, California with the Chairman, Martin Aparijo handing out the trophies.

Novice Class
1. Alex Lim
2. Ken Kitley
3. Coda McGraw
4. Derek Chamberlin
5. Ace De Chef

Old’s Cool
1. Robert Castillo
2. Dan Hubbard
3. Gary Knecht
4. Jorge Luziaga
5. Lance Lyons
6. Tricky Styler
7. Robert Reilly
8. J.P. Maksimo
9. Gary Clark
10. Shawn White
11. Dan Hull
12. Anthony Yourgulez

Expert Class
1. Ed Jodie
2. Trevor Watring
3. Jason Rideout
4. Sean Porter
5. Taz Deville

Pro Class
1. Jean William Prevóst
2. Matthias Dandois
3. Pete Brandt
4. Austin Luberda
5. Will Redd
6. James McGraw
7. Bobby Burge
8. Art Thomason
9. Ruben Castillo
10. Gabe Weed
11. Frank Ruiz
12. Nikola Olic
13. Bryan Huffman
14. Dave Nourie
15. Todd Carter
16. Koit McIntyre

The LAND Game : BMX FLATLAND MATCH OFF at the Vancouver JAM 2018

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LAND Game from IGI BMX on Vimeo.

Ever played a game of BIKE and struggled to get the game truly flowing, because every rider does different tricks. This might well be the answer, I watched this one the whole way through and really enjoyed this. Dub explains this one, get your buddies together and have some fun!

“Basically tired of the BIKE game and went looking for a solution for something better adapted to the multitudes of styles involved in BMX Flatland. The name is “The LANDing GAME”
RULES :
1 – We each take turns doing tricks
2 – The goal is to LAND a trick, if you don’t land you get a letter.
3 – You get only one try to land and 2 tries on your last letter.
4 – You can’t repeat or do one trick the same way if it’s already been done for the duration of the game.
5 – Though you can do more whiplashes or whips than have been done previously in the game.
6 – Any trick is accepted no matter the level of cheesiness or how easy it is.
7 – When the number of letters agreed upon at the beginning of the game you are OUT!
8 – Use LAND if you are many and LANDING if only a few riders.
9 – Last man standing wins!

I might have forgotten a rule or two, just agree with your buddies as to how to run your game based on these guidelines! ENJOY!!!!”

Filmed by Jospeph Marshall
Edited by JW
Riders in order of appearance : Cory Fester, Jean William Prevost, Hidenori Ishizaki, Billy Gordon, Damien, Percy Marshall, Troy
Location : Vancouver Jam 2018

Snipes Battle Square, Rotterdam / Saturday August 4th

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Cologne, July 20th, 2018 —SNIPES Battle Square is bringing both a NEW BMX Flatland event and a fundamentally new event format to Rotterdam. – On Saturday, August 4, 2018, 14­ of the world’s best professional BMX Flatland athletes together with OPEN Class amateur riders will be competing and showing spectacular moves and tricks on their BMX bikes. This fascinating freestyle discipline represents the symbiosis of BMX riding and Breakdancing.

On the first Saturday of August 2018 the last Dutch great “ship of state” SS Rotterdam and SNIPES Battle Square will present a unique event format with this new BMX event. In Rotterdam, the SNIPES Battle Square will start its tour of seven stages across Europe in 2019.

One day loaded with the “Best of the Best” in the sport — 14 BMX Flatland riders from the Netherlands, USA, Canada, Spain, France, Czech Republic, England, and Germany will compete against each other and fight to win a total of EUR 7,500 prize money. The athletes will be performing to various types of music and to the voice of one of the best MC’s in BMX: Zach “Catfish” Yankush from USA.

Two Dutch BMX Flatland heroes will be defending their territory and are most likely podium candidates in this BMX Flatland battle. Sietse van Berkel lives in Utrecht and has been riding BMX for over 14 years. The MOORA-Cup awards nominated him as the “BEST Dutch” BMX Flatland rider of the years 2016 and 2017. In 2012, Sietse had his international contest debut at the BMX Freestyle World Championships in Cologne, Germany where he made the podium by winning the 3rdplace. Ever since 29-year-old Sietse has been riding and performing in contests and shows worldwide, he has collected several titles, and he continues being a great ambassador for the sport.

Dez Maarsen is based in Haarlem and started riding at the age of 14. Dez who is 29 years old has been taking podium spots in various national and international BMX Flatland events worldwide. He is known for his creativity and establishing new tricks and combinations on his BMX bike.

It is going to be a tough battle in a very strong field of participants; Snipes’ very own BMX team rider Dominik Nekolny, CZE as well as Kevin Nikulski, GER are experienced riders and will compete for a podium spot at this first SNIPES Battle Square too.

“FREE ADMISSION”, everybody is welcome – hardcore BMX fans as well as families and all individuals that like excitement. The event format promises an open and friendly atmosphere in one of the most significant locations next to the well-known late steamship SS Rotterdam. The Lido Terrace on board the ship will be open to our visitors and provide drinks & food all day long.

Hope to see you there.

Find Event Location: https://goo.gl/maps/YdjmajPJpit