What an epic weekend over at the Wheels and Finns Festival in Joss Bay, Kent. After two days at the event, most of the hard work was done. We woke up to blue skies, and with the festival being so close to the beach, meant only one thing. Chilled breakfast on the beach, before the day really got started!
Photo: Jason Forde.
Congratulations to Dominik Nekolny who yesterday flew in from Prague to take the win at the Wheels and Finns Festival in beautiful Joss Bay, Kent followed by Alex Jumelin who made the day trip from Paris, France. Phil Dolan and Lee Musselwhite tied for third place. Congratulations all, great weekend, rest of results below:
1-Dominik Nekolny
2-Alex Jumelin
3=Phil Dolan
Lee Musselwhite
5-James White
6-Steve Green
7-Andy Hale
8-Jason Forde
9-Yinka Thomas
10-Bence Pozsonyi
11-Amos Burke
Yinka Thomas took the win today at the Wheels and Finns Festival here in the UK, followed by TGM Maz and Johann Chan. Remuis Simion and Trevor Lacey just missing out on the podium spots, good vibes here in Joss Bay, Kent.
Amazing new edit with 14 year old Takumi Isogai, last year this kid killed it at Flatark and man has he progressed! This is just amazing to watch!
Day 2 here at the Wheels and Finns Festival in Joss Bay, Kent. It’s been a really long day for myself and Matti Hemmings, up at 6 am to resheet the flatland area. When we arrived on Friday, the floor was just one sheet thick on scaffolding board. When riders rode the floor, the floor would ripple as they rode.
Matti arranged to get some extra 16mm sheets to place underneath the existing top surface, after 4 long hours of solid work we managed to get two sheets on the area, with triple the amount of screws previously. And with the help of the workmen on site, we were able to jack up one end of the flatland area to improve how flat the area was. (see image below).
Myself and Matti Hemmings made the trip to the beautiful seaside town, Joss Bay in Kent today to set up for the weekend here at the Wheels and Finns Festival.
FISE Denver 2016 – Pro BMX Flatland Qualification Runs from Henry Wagner on Vimeo.
At 44 minutes long, when you have some spare time to kill grab yourself a cuppa and enjoy the Pro flatland qualification runs from Fise Denver last weekend. Featuring Brian Gavagan, Stephen Cerra, Benjamin Hudson, Bryan Huffman, Adam Kun, James McGraw, Omari Cato, Bo Wade, Takuji Kasahara, Williams Perez, Joris Bretagnolles, Alex Jumelin, and Matthias Dandois. Shoutout to Henry Wagner and his bro, for taking the time to do this!
There’s a lot to admire about Matthias Dandois’ riding, I’m personally always amazed at his work ethic, constantly away from home and still progressing and dialled as ever! That’s not easy, this new Haro Bikes edit where he teamed up with Christian Rigal in Paris and San Diego and blends the line between flatland and street further.
We all know Matthias as a dialled contest rider, take a look at Matthias throw legit flat/ street lines down, this is very much a different Must Watch than what I would normally give. This edit really gave me a feel of how natural Matthias’ riding has become.
Some of the highlights for me:
– The triple backwards manual g-turn line at 1:11!
– Half cab half whopper xft inside steam line at 2:47!
– The carved backwards manual line followed by the half cab 5 manual line at 3:52 onwards.
– The ending half cab ago over rail and stairs at 4:29 is balls out, especially I hate to say it but for a flatlander!
Hit play to watch one of the most diverse riders on the planet, do his thing!
Intro: Effraim.
Photos: Kai Kuusisto, Martti Kuoppa, Viki Gomez.
The KGB Soulrider frame has just dropped, it was time to catch up with two of the best flatlander riders of all time, Martti Kuoppa and Viki Gomez and talk about the new frame, and the return of Kuoppa Gomez Bikes. Hope you all enjoy the interview.
Tomoaki “Bekko” Yoshimura sent in this display for amazing bike control, tis takes me back to Kevin Jones stalling lawnmowers on the earlier Dorkin’ videos, and is a great example of how you can make an old trick new. It feels like a whole new realm of possibilities just opened! Respect Bekko!
