Viki Gomez / RISE from Viki Gomez on Vimeo.
It’s been a while since a Must Watch edit on the site, Viki Gomez just came through with this amazing “Rise” edit put together by Sevisual. Viki’s depth of skill, and variety is just absolutely amazing, this was filmed in two months!!
Some of you will have seen some of the footage on instagram, but there is some unseen footage to add some extra spice..
That ender…. rather than a heavy trick description. Let’s discuss this one in the comments section…
Cory Fester hosted a mini jam in Edmonton on the July long weekend. Riders from Vancouver and Saskatoon came out to reconnect now that COVID rules are loosening in Canada.
Riders in order of appearance: Francois Debroux, Joey Kyllo, Brandon Derbowka, Percy Marshall, Pete Olsen and Cory Fester.
Props to Joey Kyllo for putting this together, looks like a fun weekend.
Arturo Contreras got in contact with some international contest news, he is organising a BIG contest in Mexico on 21st August, ”Flatland Contest Los Tratados de Córdoba”.
“We hope the participation of 60 Mexican riders and 5 to 10 international riders from USA, Holland, Brazil, Paraguay, and many from South America and Europe to confirm shortly. Looking forward to contest footage from this one.
Are you an older rider checking in on Flatmattersonline? Scott Hagnas out of Portland, Oregon has been in the game forever, and at 54 shows no sign of slowing down. Great work Scott, and thanks Snakebite BMX for sharing this!
Congratulations to Neo Yamanashi who just took the top spot in the 2021 Women’s Ultimate Flatland League online competition followed by Julia Preuss and Irina Sadovnik.
Do yourself a favour, grab a cuppa and take a couple of minutes out of your day to enjoy Renaud Laspeyres’ fresh new edit. Filmed and edited by the talented Pokemon in Toulouse and Hinx, France. I have long been a fan of Renaud’s back wheel riding, and in this edit, he attacks the front wheel too as well as tearing the back wheel a new one.
Finally some footage coming out from the Japan Cup last weekend, I’ve had a lot of DM’s and requests for footage from the event. For all of those that asked, this is for you. Lots of great riding from the likes of Takumi Isogai, Fumiya Kanna, Masato Ito, and Moto Sasaki.
Great news for the ladies out there shredding world-wide. The female flatland community is a growing, and Paula Hesser and the 2 x UCI World Champion Irina Sadovnik have combined to launch “FlatQueens”, a ladies online competition.
Irina got in contact and had this to say:
Registration deadline 15th of August
Deadline round 1: 30th of August
Deadline round 2: 25th of September
Each run 1:45 min (editing is allowed)
First ever BMX Flatland Ladies Online Competition from women for women and girls.
Pro, Am and New generation (<14yrs) classes available.
4 female judges, 2 male judges
Prizes for top 3 riders of each category, plus 1 wild card prize package for each category.
Go check the website for more details:
www.flatqueens.com
YO!!!!
Today after much gnashing of teeth I am proud to launch the Flatmattersonline Merchandise Store! This has been a goal of mine for many years, and with the graphic design skills of Johann Chan. We are finally able to make this a reality!
Support Flatmattersonline by getting yourself, the very first limited edition FM t-shirt and hoodie.
Link to buy:
https://flatmattersonline.bigcartel.com
Photo credit: @matthocopan
Thanks
Effraim Catlow / Flatmattersonline
There have been many great riders to come out Western Canada over the years. Some of these riders don’t travel and are not active on Social Media. The Grizzly Jam contest is pushed back to next year so our focus is temporarily shifting to tell the unique stories of these riders.
First up is François Debroux, a BMX lifer involved in the sport since the early days. What makes François’s story interesting is that he came back to flatland a few years ago, and is now progressing faster then ever even though he turns 50 this year! Dont’ this miss this one!! Enjoy…
