Jean William Prevost gets across the globe as much as anyone else in the game, Dub is currently out in Colombia and will be at Jamsado flatland jam in Bogota, Colombia on February 26th. Hopefully we will see some footage from this jam soon.
Category Archives: News
Shinichiro Hara – whiplock
Amazing new clip from the underrated Shinichiro Hara, you sense that a ton of possibilities just opened up.
One Love Jam 2017
Benedict Zartost just dropped this nice silhouette edit from the recent One Love Jam in Newport Beach, California featuring Matthias Dandois, Bo Wade, Jim Cavanaugh, Mannie Noguiera and Ahmed Johnson. Enjoy this one!
Corey Martinez & Matthias Dandois – West Bound US Trip
Corey Martinez & Matthias Dandois heading west across the US from Nashville to San Diego. Follow the journey that captures five weeks of travelling, fun times and great riding from two of the best in the BMX game. This is a good watch!
Luis dos Santos – Front Wheel Flatland
Luis dos Santos out of Brazil works his tightly spaced flatland backward riding area in style in this new “Front Wheel Flatland edit. Don’t sleep on this, what stood out to me was the Jeff Desroche style pedal steam straddling over the back wheel like a front wheel time machine at 00:16, Cliff to spinning cliff foot on bars without using hand to set up at 1:11, and the crack jump to hitch at 1:45 is wild! Don’t sleep on this!
Sebastian Grubinger – There are days …
Sebastian Grubinger teamed up with Martin over at Global flat to bring the flatland community this awesome new realistic “There are days …” edit that goes behind the scenes as Sebastian chases a combo for two days. In the end Sebastian’s attempts were unsuccessful, but they did grab some really nice lines along the way. Great job Martin documenting this one!
Dana Nussbaum Go Fund Me Appeal
Pete Hollinger just got in contact with me with some sad news, Ed Nussbaum’s wife Dana needs all the help and support she can get, read on for the official word and help if you can, thank you!
“Dear Family and Friends-
If you’re visiting this site, you likely already know that my sweet sister, Dana, is in the fight of her life. We greatly appreciate all the love, support, and prayers that you have provided. There is no doubt that she and those closest to her would not have been able to make it this far without them.
For those of you that we haven’t been able to update along the way, I’ll provide a recap of what brought us to this point. On Saturday, February 4, Dana started feeling sick, primarily with cold symptoms. Not feeling too bad on Sunday, she flew a few trips for work on Sunday. However, on Monday she began to feel much worse (and described it to me “sad city,” as she often says) and decided in the early morning to go to the ER. This was really telling, as Dana despises hospitals. During the visit, she was diagnosed with influenza strain A and a chest x-ray was performed. The chest x-ray came back clear and she was sent home with Tamaflu. However, Dana continued to feel worse throughout the day and was in significant pain. She was taken back to the ER and her breathing was very labored. Another chest x-ray was taken, but this time it showed pneumonia.
Overnight, Dana’s symptoms worsened and the St. Joseph’s staff did an absolutely heroic job to stabilize her. They quickly determined that she needed to be put on VA ECMO, the highest level of life support which bypasses both the heart and lungs. Doing so stabilized her condition so that she could be transported to a specialized department at USC Medical Center on Wednesday night. Later in the week, she was transitioned from VA ECMO to VV ECMO (lung support only) because he heart became strong enough to work on its own again. This was great news, but her lungs are still very sick.
We are here at USC Medical Center now and she continues to fight like you all know she would. This will be a long road for her and progress will be slow despite all efforts being taken. Dana is unbelievably strong and determined, but she needs your continued prayers and support. Please keep her in your thoughts.
I will continue updates on this site as I can, so please check back here to learn the latest. When you stop by, please leave a note because it helps us to remember how many special people she has pulling for her. I have been documenting things along this journey so that I can share with her when she wakes up, and your notes will only add to the joy.”
Love,
Erin
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Bert Ribul – He who rides freely
HE WHO RIDES FREELY from Dmitri Shushuyev on Vimeo.
It is a good day for documentary style flatland edits, Bert Ribul teamed up with Dmitri Shushuyev to document Bert’s struggle with his knee injuries, his thoughts on riding, how he got into it and so on, and of course showcase his riding! Grab a cuppa and enjoy this beautiful edit!
Dino Jeffers – Sound of Silence
Dino Jeffers 'The Sound Of Silence' from DIGBMX on Vimeo.
We all know how difficult flatland is, Dino Jeffers is deaf and I can’t imagine riding with the sound of silence, but Dino pulls it off really well. He has been a staple in the UK flatland scene for years. Living in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dino teamed up with Peter Adam from DIG Magazine to produce this beautiful short edit to recognise his achievement. This video has already done the rounds on Facebook and over on DIG, big thanks Peter Adam and Will Smyth over at DIG for letting me share this. Respect to Dino!
“Foundations of Style” BMX Podcast – Issue #4 (Our Machines)
This past few days I have been catching up on a full inbox of edits and news for the flatland world. Yesterday I posted Issue 3 in the “Foundations of Style” series today it is time for Issue 4!
Here’s what Pat Fisher had to say:
“Issue four of the “Foundations of Style” series examines the relationship between the bikes we ride and how we ride them. From the individual scale of how we limit ourselves by using products for only their advertised purpose, to the global scale of how wealth distribution determines what technology is utilized where, this analysis reveals the socioeconomic bias of BMX’s linear progress narrative and shows how it serves to actively marginalize alternative riding styles and those riders creating them.”
Hit the link below to listen to the podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/buildinggnarnia/foundations-of-style-issue-4