Congratulations to Yu Shoji winner of the 2024 Fise World contest here in Montpellier France for the second year in a row. Matthias Dandois signed out of his amazing contest career with a strong second place finish, followed by the amazing Yu Katagiri who couldn’t hold onto his first round and semi final victories. What a contest!
Congratulations to Nina Suzuki winner of the Women’s class here at the Fise World contest here in Montpellier, France. Followed by style cat Ayuna Miyashima and Kiara Nakagawa. Pro class next up..
Semi finals just went off at Fise world in Montpellier, France. Yu Katagiri held onto the top spot with an amazing run followed by Yu Shoji and Ryo Katagiri. Top eight make tomorrows finals…
As contest season is about to get in full flow, with the Fire World event in Montpellier, France this weekend. I remembered I had a load of clips from the UCI World Championships in Glasgow last summer that I need to get off my phone. Enjoy this one!
Featuring:
Sietse Van Berkel.
Matti Hemmings.
Dan Hennig.
Dez Maarsen.
Moto Sasaki.
Jean William Prevost.
William Perez.
Joris Bretagnolles.
Alberto Moya.
Terry Adams.
Matt Wilhelm.
Kio Haykawa.
Bruno Zebu.
Music: Ivan Shopov & Valance Drakes.
Text & photos: Rob Alton.
On April 20th, the new building of Sport Zone SE hosted this year’s first Round of the Hungarian FlatlandCup. As usual, this year competitors rode in the Junior B, Junior, Girls, Master, Elite men’s, Elite women’s and Open categories. We created the Junior B category for those who started cycling not long ago, but love it!
What a run! Yuo Hayakawa has a big future ahead of him, amazing style and creativity for a kid so young. The line right after his fall, around the 00:58 mark is absolutely incredible!
Congratulations to Yu Katagiri, winner of Round 3 of the Japan Cup in Nagoya, Japan. Yu was followed on the podium by Fumiya Kanna and Yu Shoji. Like always, hopefully some footage soon.
Francois over at Hang 5 Podcast just dropped episode 43 with Japanese powerhouse, Yu Shoji!
“For this episode, I sat down with a 22 years old Japanese shredder taking the contest scene by storm. He is the 2023 pro flatland champion and currently sitting in 3rd place in this year’s ranking. He calls Moto Sasaki his mentor. Rides both front and backwheel. Does a whole bunch of crazy jumps. He is a ball of energy and yet shows a high level of maturity. This is a bit of a short episode taped while we were in Montreal for Urban Games in late March. I give you Mr Yu Shoji.”
Wethepeople/Eclat are on it this year with updates, and Dave over at WTP HQ in Cologne just got in contact with more details on the The Jackal Titanium Line that dropped on IG last week..
The Vegas stop of the American BMX Flatland League popped off yesterday, congratulations to all the winners Jean William Prevost, Bryan Huffman, Dillon Parada, Donovan Santos, Ronnie Martensen, and Kaleb Bach. Great to see some new names in the mix, great work from the Vegas Flatland Association, judges and everyone behind the scenes that make contests work. Thanks to Todd Carter for the podium shots and results, check the American BMX Flatland League Facebook page for the contest runs.
Pro.
Master.
1. Bryan Huffman
2. Todd Carter
3. Francois Debroux
4. Larry Grinder
5. Kelly Baldwin
Expert.
1. Dillon Parada
2. Matt Clark
3. Russell Gish
4. Ezra Patterson
5. Julio Cotto
Old is Cool.
1. Donovan Santos
2. Alvin Crain
3. Mark Johnson
4. Paul Magallanez
5. Gary Laurent
6. Keith Rieben
7. Gary Clark
Novice.
1. Ronnie Martensen
2. Monique Baldwin
3. Christiana Neves
4. Joel Munday
17 & Under.
1 . Kaleb Bach
2. Brooklyn Crain
