You might argue the biggest success story of the AFA coming back, is the platform it has given for Austin Luberda to grow. This guys progression and flow over the last few years is incredible, his multiple scuffless dump truck body varials are butter like. And the “My Bloody Valentine” fits his riding style really well, hell yeah Austin! Stickied for the day, go watch this!
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HF Monthly 2017/11
Pinch, punch first of the month and we get off to our December posts with an awesome edit from Japan. Underground basement session styles in the November edition of the “HF Monthly 2017” series featuring Hanoi Imai, Akira “Kyan” Muramatsu, Kira Komagata, Takahiro Enoki, Akira Okamura, and Katsushi Tanaka.
Flatark 2017 Photogallery by Marcio Massayuki Abe
Marcio Massayuki Abe sent in this dope photo gallery link on his FB page, that is mostly certainly worth a look. Cracking photographs from this year’s Flatark competition in Kobe, Japan.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/marcioabephoto/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1645679985552126
Bruno Zebu – New Pivot
Details is what flatland is all about, and here notice the no hands on the bar pivot from Bruno Zebu. Amazing bike control and commitment to get this done, hell yeah.
Moto Sasaki & Adam Kun – Budapest Session 2017
The infamous Tom at Sevisual just dropped a fresh edit featuring Monster Energy riders, Moto Sasaki and Adam Kun jamming at riding spots all over Budapest, Hungary whilst the Fise contest was going on back in August of this year. Look out for the banger from Moto at the 2:18 mark, it’s a good day when Tom drops a video!
Review: Landscapes 2
Text: Effraim.
Like I said in my review of Landscapes 1 last year, DVD’s in the modern era are a sad rarity in our scene from my perspective, during the last two years you can count those on less than one hand. Dane Beardsley’s Same thing daily project and IGI’s travel video are all we have had. Stewart Munro from Australia stepped up to the plate with an ambitious project to collect and edit together rider sections from all the planet, when you think about that in the modern internet culture and free edits available everyday it almost seems like a thankless task.
Thankfully Stewart stuck to the task which being so far away from all the other riders is I can imagine a tough task to collate together. The downloadable video straight to your laptop is catching on in other sports such as Skateboarding, more recently massive companies such as Adidas are releasing their projects for a small fee online. Will it catch on to what is essentially a small flatland audience? Only time will tell…
Landscapes 2 starts with a nice intro describing verbally the feeling of flatland and what it’s all about “it is a mirror that shows each of us who we are”. There’s always a unwritten formula to making a DVD, banger section to start, middle and the all important who got the last section. Would this follow suit, 52 minutes long let’s get into this!
One Love Jam – January 13th 2018
The annual One Love jam is going down on January 13th, need to escape the cold ass winter where you are and ride outside in the Cali sunshine? This jam is for you! Widely regarded as the curtain opener for the year, Newport Beach California is the place to be. Bobby Carter gets the poster this year. Hit up the FB events page and stay up to date.
Lee Musselwhite – Darklight
It’s been a good year for Lee Musselwhite. Hit play to check his latest edit that documents the hammers he previously dropped on instagram and Master of Creativity. The MOC tricks have already been discussed a lot, but I really liked the peg to peg boomerang pedal manual xft lawn clip at 00:30. Make sure you give this one a watch!
Old School Sunday Special: Catching Up with Robert Castillo
Today I am stoked to publish this Old School Sunday Special with BMX flatland legend, Robert Castillo. Robert grew up riding for GT/Dyno, and has done it all and still rides and competes to this day. Enjoy this episode.
00:24: How old are you? How long riding and how did Robert get into flatland?
1:45: When you started riding was it only flatland you rode, did you have to ride flatland and ramps when you few up competing?
3:45: What was it like growing up with Ruben, did you guys do the same tricks growing up, were you rivals?
5:13: When did you start competing?
6:00: Did you and your brother, Ruben get sponsored by GT/Dyno at the same time?
7:03: What bike did you ride when you first get on GT?
7:30: What was expected of you when you on GT?
9:03: As a result of getting on GT did you see a lot of magazine coverage come your way?
11:03: Inventing the no dead time between tricks style.
12:14: Battle in the Rockies being one of the hardest contests for him emotionally after breaking his toe the day before.
13:26: From becoming a young kid on GT, how long was it until you went on tour?
15:15: Going on tour with his child hero, Martin Aparijo?
16:27: Competing against Kevin Jones?
18:44: Being on GT when Kevin Jones joined the team?
20:00: Who was your manager growing up on GT?
21:48: Stories from the GT Tours.
26:19: At what point did you see show riding as your number one focus and job?
30:09: Working for Woody Itson.
32:40: Did you guys do the same routine everyday on tour?
33:56: Working with Dave Voelker and Pete Brandt, going solo running shows.
37:15: What got you back into the contest scene?
40:05: Podium at BITR with a broken toe.
41:49: What advice do you give to kids trying to get into flatland?
45:32: Plans for 2018.
48:41: Any final thanks?
Flatland Fuel Black Friday Sale!
Black Friday is here and flatland fuel have some cracking deals over on their website. Hit the link below and treat yourself!