Round 3 of the 2017 French flatland cup is going down on the 20-21st of May in the South of France at the Arenes de Baillargues which is around 15 minutes from Montpelier. Alex Jumelin is co-organising the event, 2500 Euro prize money,and cash of best trick contest is also in the mix. Sure to be a good weekend, get there if you can.
Around three weeks ago, Giannis Caternellis mentioned in an email that he was working on something special filmed from January through till April. And as an easter treat, here is part 1 inspired by a conversation that come up in his recent FM interview.
“Just think about it. You prefer to do 10 original tricks brakeless or 100 original tricks with brakes?”
As always, thank you Giannis for sharing and keeping the open mind to progress. Stickied for the day.
Matthias Dandois and Alex Jumelin take a break from their regular practise sessions in Paris, to bring us a fun game of add on, definitely hit play and watch this one unfold and see who won.
Let it be said I have been pretty stoked to watch Austin Luberda’s progression over the past few years, this past year in particular since he made the move to pro class he has gone up a level. Hit play for the latest from one of the big talents in the US flatland contest scene, and lookout for the banger at 3:48! Today is a good day, thank you Austin!
Congratulations to Benjamin Hudson who just been given the well deserved honour of a signature frame with Far East! Here is what Benjamin had to say about the frame and specs:
“So it’s been three awesome years with FarEast Cycles and now it’s time to release my signature frame, here’s a little description of the frame and specs.
“El Camino” is a frame designed to give space and freedom in the top tube part with a short back end so is still responsive and easy to manoeuvre making a good looking 20 inch frame feel like a shorter one.”
Specs:
-top tube 20”
-head tube angle 73.5º
-chainstay: 12.4”
-seat tube height 7.4”
-china bb
-drop out 3/8
No word on a release date, but keep up to date via the FEC FB page:
It’s a good day when yukipkoproject aka Yuki Itoh drops a new edit and today we have the Toyosu Jam Vol 4 to enjoy with plenty of treats from Mizuki Takataha, Takuya Higa, Naoki Watanabe, Masashi Itani, Yuta Watanbe, Yuki Itoh, and a guest appearance from Hiroya Morizaki. Definitely worth a watch!
Talk about longevity… Congratulations to Shaun Jarvis and the rest of the Freestyle Now crew down under who are celebrating 30 years in the game, hit the link below for a nice article on the history of FN.
http://www.freestylenow.net/2016/12/freestyle-now-turns-30-years-old/
Hudson Flat from Benjamin Hudson on Vimeo.
Benjamin Hudson has one of the easiest on the eye styles in flatland currently, peep this short and sweet new edit he just dropped whilst at home in Santiago, Chile captured and edited by Javier Castillo.
STEVE MULDER 360 BIKE FLIP from mulderflat on Vimeo.
We can debate all day and more about what the best tricks are, and this classic 360 bike flip to me ranks up there. Here is Steve Mulder doing what only he does on his 46th birthday session. Timeless!
Chris Letchford just gave me a heads up on the details for Round 2 of the 2017 Down Underground series which is celebrating their ninth year running, that in itself is amazing! Round 2 is going down on June 10th at Bridport Airport in Tasmania, get there if you can and support the contest scene down under.
