Matthias Dandois got his first win of the year today in Caen, Normandie. Taking home the first place honours at the Caen BMX Indoor competition, Round 1 of the 2017 French Cup followed by Alex Jumelin and Joris Bretagnolles. Congratulations Matthias, Alex and Joris!
Martti Kuoppa launched the 2017 Master of Creativity online competition today! MOC encourages riders to dive deeper into their creative process, once again I’m proud to be involved in judging this event along with MK and Viki Gomez. Round 1 is 1 Run, 25 seconds, and the deadline is June 1st. Get thinking, and get registered for one of the best things to happen with flatland for a long time.
Deadline for entry: April 1st.
Sebastian Grubinger shot a few random mobile phone clips from a few minutes chilling in Hannover’s nicest neighbourhood last week. Hit play to see what went down.
Jason Forde just dropped this stylish promo for his new Pegasus UKGRIP V2 Peg for 2017, contact @jay_flatldn and pegasusbmx.com for more information.
Matti Hemmings teamed up with the organisers of Nass to give 1 x Pro & 1 x Am flatland rider a free registration and festival pass for the iBMXff World Championships that will take place July 7-9, NASS in Shepton Mallett.
These will be for both 1st place winners in Pro & Am group that attend the UK Flatland BMX Championships at the Bike Expo 18th & 19th March in Manchester (as we featured yesterday).
Stay tuned for more details on the iBMXff Worlds right here on Flatmatters!
Fight The Winter 2017 from Global Flat on Vimeo.
It’s about Fight the Winter at the moment, this annual contest keeps growing. Check out this great edit Martin over at Global Flat put together of the highlights from the first Pro runs. Grab a cuppa and enjoy this open, good job Martin!
Freestyler #72 just dropped from the prolific Giannis Caternellis! And is loosely themed on scuffing tricks front and back wheel. The opening ride in to switch b is one of the raddest ways I’ve seen to get into that move. Get out there and do your thing!
MICHAEL STEINGRÄBER POWER HOUR from Robert Zuchold on Vimeo.
Robert Zuchold met up with Mike S in 2015, at the infamous Hyatt riding spot in Cologne, Germany. Michael as we all know is one of the best riders in the game, make sure you hit play on this one. Thanks Robert for putting this together.
FIGHT THE WINTER BMX FLATLAND CONTEST 2017 PRO 2nd RUN HIGHLIGHTS BY MANUEL BERNARDO from Born to BMX on Vimeo.
Manuel Bernardo is always on point with quick updates from the Fight the Winter contest every year. And today we have the 2nd Run Pro highlights featuring great riding from Dominik Nekolny, Kevin Nikulski, Wolfgang Sauter, Sebastian Grubinger, Dustyn Alt, Gilles Van De Sompel, Dan Hennig, Martin Drazil and many more.
Dominik Nekolny took the win today at the 2017 Fight the Winter contest followed on the podium by Kevin Nikulski and Wolfgang Sauter. Congratulations Dom, Kevin and Wolfgang, hopefully some footage soon….
