Congratulations to Moto Sasaki, Yu Katagiri and Yu Shoji top 3 in the Japan Cup that took place in Yokosuka this weekend.
Congratulations to Ayuna Miyashima, Sakura Kawaguchi and Kirara Nakagawa top 3 in the Women’s Class. The level is going up each event with these style cats, good to see Japan having national events for a few years now.
Pedro Melo gets last part on WOFR, one of the most creative riders in the flatland scene. You already know to watch this!
Omari Cato is definitely a name on the rise in the flatland scene, invite to COB, fresh on Majide Bikes, helping kids get into flatland and BMX in general, and a solid part on WOFR.
It is always amazes me that with all Joe Cicman’s social media antics, he still has time to ride and progress. Solid part right here!
Lindsey Bode came through with an awesome part for the WOFR project, if you haven’t already. Well worthing watching this!
Brian Tunney comes through with his regular video diary, and a detailed description. Over to Brian, and enjoy the glass smooth riding.
“Since the beginning of April, I’ve been dealing with some tendonitis pain in my right arm, brought on by not doing undertakers for a few months and then doing a bunch in March, and so I forced myself to not squeeze the back brake with my right arm for the majority of the month. As a result, May started out kinda slow and then got extremely humid and rainy. Here’s a rundown of everything.
00:02 I hadn’t done a rolling undertaker in the garage since we moved in last year, so this is me figuring out how to do them in circles. To be honest, I prefer the straight line version better but considering this is filmed on a tripod in a garage, I’m not complaining.
00:18 Hidden hand frame grabs are kinda gimmicky but give the trick a completely different feel from the seat grab version. This is just a fun version of a combo I’ve done before with that slight variation.
00:38 And because I did a forward rolling undertaker, I needed to do the backward rolling version as well. Done in circles, these are pretty fun, and sweaty.
00:50 Another hidden hand frame grab combo…
01:07 The rainiest day of May fell on a weekend so I was forced to ride in a humid hot box for at least an hour. I hadn’t done the half stubbleduck exit in a long time and sweated out half my body weight making it happen this day.
01:25 Right around this time of the month, I was dearly missing undertakers with the brake, so I decided to do an opposite one where my left hand grabbed the back brake.
01:43 Hitchhiker to backwards hitchhiker. Because I’m spoiled and have a brakeless setup, I never really do any brakeless type stuff on the brake bike. But I decided to try one and it came out okay. This sent me down a juggler wormhole for the remainder of the month…
02:03 Hitchhiker seat pass juggler to one-hand whip juggler to around the world to the sweet sounds of Stevie Nicks.
02:22 Hitchhiker seat pass juggler x 2 to one-hand whip juggler. This will probably become a majority of my June riding so consider this your warning.
02:35 After a few chiropractor sessions, my doctor found that my right humerus bone was out of socket. Once she moved it back, the tendonitis pain started to go away almost overnight. And to cap off the month, I decided to try my first undertaker since March 31.
And that’s all I’ve got, plus a few other rejects that I might put up mid-month that involve squeakers and didn’t look as cool as they felt.”
It’s all about WOFR today on Flatmattersonline, next section up is Art Thomason. Theres a lot for you to digest on the site, whose is your favourite section so far?
Next section up from WOFR: Mickey Gaidos! Mickey has been back on the rise in the contest scene, launched Majide with Terry Adams, and now a sold section in Steven Lapsley’s video project.
Have you watched Watch out for Robots? Individual sections are now being published, starting with Bobby Burge’s section. If you missed this, this is worth your attention!
Intro/Interview: Effraim.
Photos: York Uno.
It is time to catch up with winner of both Editorial and Reader Choice Must Watch edit of 2022, Akihiko Takahashi. Akihiko is a name you don’t hear much about, but when see or hear of a clip or part online from him you know it’s going to be serious. I wanted to pick his brain about his attitude towards riding, filming video parts, instagram vs parts, and so on. This is a good one, whilst you’re at it. Go and watch his amazing edit once again!
Congratulations Akihiko, you had a clean swoop winning both editorial and reader choice for “Must watch edit of the year”! How do you feel about winning the FM awards?
I was surprised, because my style is not what every rider likes. I am very honored.
Thank you so much to everyone who voted.
