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Nick Watts: Welcome To Colony BMX

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Great news today, waking up to the news Nick Watts is on Colony BMX! This is so well deserved, I am personally a big fan of Nick’s style and his Welcome edit comes through with plenty of amazing smith decade transitions, and his entries to forward ropes, wow! Over to the Colony TM to add to the stoke….

“Ever since the early ‘90’s I’ve been in awe of the riding from Nick Watts.

His take on flatland has always been so amazing and unique. Fast forward 30 years later and that riding is even more unique.

I’m so stoked to announce that Nick has officially joined the Colony family. If anyone follows Nick on Instagram @nickwattsbmx you will know what I’m talking about. His style is so refreshing and a great mix of old and new riding.

I’m really looking forward to the years ahead with Nick on a Colony. I know Nick was so stoked receiving his first ever sponsorship package in all his riding years. Seeing him like a kid at BMXmas was golden. Cheers for the good times ahead Nick!… Clint Millar.”

FLAT SYSTEM 007: Pandemic Tour Recap with Jean François Boulianne & Steve Bergeron

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In this edition of FLAT SYSTEM Dub catches up with his friends Jean François Boulianne and Bergeron who recently came back from a 5 month tour around the USA during the pandemic. They tell us about how it was to travel by road during these times, and they discuss the US scene, the lack of a new generation coming through, and many other things including Van life and the best riding and camping spots they encountered on their tour. Great to see Dub putting these out regularly!

Kio Hayakawa takes top spot Round 1 of the Ultimate Flatland League

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Congratulations to Kio Hayakawa taking the top spot in the Ultimate Flatland League with an amazing entry, followed by Toon Pakphum in second, and Alex Jumelin and Matthias Dandois tied for third. Onto the next round, good luck and congratulations to everyone who made it through. Amazing level of riding!

Head over to the UFL site to watch all the entries:

https://www.ultimateflatlandleague.com/groundtactics-pro-men

Irina Sadovnik: 1st Place Womens Round 1 / Ultimate Flatland League

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What a last couple of weeks its been for Irina Sadovnik, the current Women’s Euro & World Champion just added to her winning streak. taking first place in Round 1 of the 2021 Ultimate Flatland League. Congratulations to Irina and all the ladies throwing down, onto the next round!

Hit the link below for all the entries.

https://www.ultimateflatlandleague.com/groundtactics-pro-women?fbclid=IwAR18ZoIc66CrB7-zgjEiNEM-cZTYQ9UabOdGbeOjkQDk6Yag_pDouYvZjNE

Matthias Dandois is the 2021 UCI World Champion

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Congratulations to Matthias Dandois who just took the 2021 UCI World Championship title in a tense final in Montpellier, France. Matthias was followed on the podium by Moto Sasaki from Japan, and fellow Frenchman, Alex Jumelin. If you missed the livestream, or were unable to view it in your country. I posted it up on the Flatmattersonline instagram, hopefully it appears on Youtube in the near future.

Photos: Johann Chan.

Results sent in by Mike S, thanks guys!

Irina Sadovnik is the 2021 UCI Women’s World Champion

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Photo: Alberto Moya.

Irina Sadovnik is on a roll, from taking the European Championship title last week. To winning the UCI World Championship title for the second time in a row with a no touch run, Irina was followed on the podium by Julia Preuss, and Celine Vaes from France. Congratulations Irina, Julia and Celine!

Alex Jumelin takes the top spot in Semis at the UCI World Championships

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Congratulations to Alex Jumelin who took the top spot today in the semi-finals at the UCI World Championships in Momtpellier, France. Alex was followed in the podium by Matthias Dandois who was unable to hold onto his first place spot in the first prelim round and Moto Sasaki bumped up a few places in third place. The cut was from 12 down to 8. Finals tomorrow 3:20pm GMT. Hopefully I can get a link up to watch it tomorrow.

Thanks to Mike S for sending the results in.

Matthias Dandois is the 2021 European Champion

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Congratulations to Matthias Dandois who was crowned the 2021 European Champion in the Men’s Pro Class contest at the Ruhr Games in Bochum, Germany, followed by Varo Hernandez, and Alex Jumelin on the podium. Props to Andy Zeiss and Frank Lukas putting this contest on, looked amazing!

Irina Sadovnik is crowned Women’s European Champion 2021

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I’m a little late posting on the site, nevertheless congratulations to Austria’s Irina Sadovnik who was crowned the 2021 Women’s Flatland European Champion at the Ruhr Games contest last week in Bochum, Germany. Irina was followed on the podium by Louise Seigneur from France, and Julia Preuss out of Germany. Congratulations to all the girls, onto Montpeller for the World Championships!

Francois Debroux launches Hang 5 Podcast

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Francois Debroux, Lifelong BMX rider originally from Brussels, Belgium and now living in Vancouver, BC started the Hang 5 Podcast a year ago and had this to say:

“The original concept was to interview French and Belgian (because of my background) older riders/shop owners/promoters/media and industry heads, etc.
The podcast is in French and I cover all aspects of BMX: Racing, ramp riding, street, park and of course flatland.
While it all started with trying to preserve the history through interviews and stories from the pioneers in the french speaking countries, I don’t want to limit myself to just the old school or french riders. All eras of BMX are great.
I just released episode 16th with Raphael Chiquet.
Future plans include starting to interview members of the wider European scene in English this time.
The podcast is available at https://hang5podcast.buzzsprout.com but also on Spotify, Deezer, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts and others.
There is an instagram account that host little known photos from the interviewees: @hang5podcast
If you know someone who you think should be on the show get in touch:
Francois, @fan_in_van – FB: Fan Debroux”