Besides being a great rider, Dustyn Alt is a very talented videographer. Dustyn put together this great edit from the third Battleground contest in Cleveland, Ohio that really captures the BG vibe interviewing key riders.
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Must Watch! Yu Shoji: Welcome to Far East Cycles & IGI FLAT BMX
What a week it’s been for flatland this past two weeks, with the Fise World event in Sasaki, Japan, followed by Whiteski’s masterpiece, and now this amazing edit from one of the best in the game, Yu Shoji delivers some NBD’s for us all at his home spot in Matsudo, Japan!
Must Watch! James White: In Control
It’s hard to put into words what I want to say regarding James White’s new, incredible “In Control” edit. I feel there is so much to cover, of course, I am compelled to give it my best shot!
Whilst many are only posting clips to Instagram and concentrating on contest riding, James — at the age of 55 — is arguably one of the most active flatland riders on the planet outside of the contest arena over the past several years. When you consider his regular Instagram posts, the quality of his creative, no compromised riding style, and the standard of his filming and editing, it’s truly a whole package.
Back in the summer, at Bob Haro’s iKonix launch, I said to James — tongue in cheek — “You’ve been quiet on socials in recent months, what’s going on?”
He replied, “I’m working on a big edit, around 13 minutes. It’ll be coming out in November.”
James is one of the most influential riders on the flatland scene, and I hope that by going the extra mile on filming this video part, it inspires others to do the same on their own journey.
I’ve just returned from my trip to Japan today, so I realise I’m a little late posting this — but it’s really good to see a video over four minutes being shared and watched over and over. Is this the start of a shift in social media trends? People do have attention spans after all judging by the view count already!
Top marks to Whiteski, one of the best edits of the year!
Yu Katagiri wins Fise World Sakai, Japan / UCI Freestyle World Cup 2025
Congratulations to Yu Katagiri, winner of the last stop of the UCI Freestyle World Cup out here in Sakai, Japan.
Yu was followed on the podium by his brother, Ryo Katagiri and young buck Ren Oshima in the third place podium spot. What a level in the final as you would expect in Japan.
Yu Shoji won the year end ranking followed by Yu Katagiri and Julien Baran.
Men’s Elite final result:
Carin Hommura wins Fise World Sakai, Japan. UCI Freestyle World Cup
Congratulations to Carin Hommura winner of the Womens Elite class at Fise World, last stop of the UCI freestyle World Cup here in Sakai, Japan. Carin was followed by Ayuna Miyashima in the second place, and Nina Suzuki on the third place podium spot.
The surprise being the 2025 UCI World Champion, Chiaki Todaka off the podium spots in fourth place. Great riding from all the women, level is going up each event.
Yu Katagiri wins Fise World Semi Finals in Sakai, Japan
Twelve riders down to top eight today for the Men’s Elite class here at Fise World, in Sakai Japan. Congratulations to Yu Katagiri holding on to the top spot followed by Yu Shoji and Ren Oshima.
Finals tomorrow…
Carin Hommura wins Women’s Elite qualifying at Fise World, Sakai Japan
The level goes up every Fise World event in the Women’s Elite, with all the girls throwing down amazing runs today here in Sakai, Japan.
Congratulations to Carin Hommura taking first, with UCI World Champion, Chiaki Todaka in second place followed by Nina Suzuki, and Ayuna Miyashima in the fourth place spot.. Top four make tomorrow’s final.
Yu Katagiri takes the top spot at Fise World Sakai, Japan
What an amazing level today at Fise World Sakai, Japan! Congratulations to Yu Katagiri who put on a real showcase today to take the top spot, followed by Yu Shoji and Ren Oshima.
Top 12 make tomorrows semi final, good luck to everyone competing.
17 YEARS OF FLATMATTERSONLINE
27th November 2008, it all began as a blogspot for Flatmattersonline!
It’s quite fitting, that I celebrate 17 years of Flatmattersonline today here in Japan, widely known as the most progressive country in the flatland world.
What do I celebrate about 17 years of running FM? I celebrate the flatland community, everyone who’s made a video, and in turn shared it the community, the original ethos of the website hasn’t changed in the last 17 years, and it’s something I still use in my own riding day to day.
“To document, share and progress! “.
For personally, I think the biggest celebration is the fact I’m still going all these years on, you can’t really realistically wish for anymore than that, more recently faced a big challenge with the website keep going down. Thankfully my good friend, Martin Northern was able to save the website and all that content.
Thank you Martin!
Who’s been here since the beginning? Would love to hear people’s first memory.
Happy 17 years to Flatmattersonline, long may it continue.
- Effraim.
- It’s also almost time for the 2025 Flatmattersonline year end awards, again this is something I wanted to do to give back to the flatland culture, and celebrate much more than rider of the year (although that’s of course an important award!). Stay tuned for that announcement around mid December!
Ryo Katagiri wins Chimera Aside Okayama!
Congratulations to Ryo Katagiri, who just took his first Chimera Aside win in Okayama, Japan. Followed by Young buck, Takatora Hishikawa in second place and Yu Shoji taking the third place spot with Yu Katagiri and Kio Hayakawa right behind on fourth and fifth place spots.
Next stop, Fise world in Sakai this week…