Fiola and Aparijo doing their thing to celebrate 25 years of the movie, “RAD”…
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Beyond the Future Trailer
Bobby Carter’s videos always pack a punch, look forward to the release of “Beyond the future”. In related news, check Bobby’s blog, lot of good updates recently, http://flatmode.blogspot.com
Rad dad starts Pinky squeak contest!
“With the success of the Hitchhiker Juggler contest in July. BMX Freestyler has decided to have another contest with Pinky Squeaks. After collecting information from other riders. This was the most requested trick in the community of flatlanders. Prize money is driven by us as a community of flatlanders. Last time BMX Freestyler gave David Hoffmann $277.77 and custom bars from London BMX. This was created because of you, the rider that wants to be able to give back and see someone really push there selves.”
Hit the link for the rules:
http://www.bmxfreestyler.com/2011/08/pinky-squeak-contest.html
Greeting to Flatlanders from Martin Aparijo
Greeting to Flatlanders from Martin Aparijo from Fred Penner on Vimeo.
Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the movie Rad, the reunion took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where the Helltrack was originally created and filmed. Fred Penner tried to get an interview for FM with Martin Aparijo but run out of time, no a small shoutout right here! Thanks Fred and Martin!
Mike S. Atmosfair Trailer
Mike S. Atmosfair Trailer from Michael Steingraeber on Vimeo.
Be on the lookout for a full web video soon with Mike S. Tight trailer here, nice graphics and the sunset shots are awesome! Also lookout for a big Mike S interview in the near future, besides my questions, i’m putting this one to you!! If you have a question for Mike, please post your question in the comments section, and I will select my favourite questions and include them in the interview.
Newcircle DownUnderGround Round 3 results!
Thanks to Brett Dighton for sending the results in. Great to see these guys holding down a series down under. Congrats to Eiji and Philipp Frueh for winning the contest in their respective class.
Pro
1) Eiji Kataoka
2) Paul Chamberlain
3) Grant Cruise
Advanced
1) Philipp Frueh
2) Alan Woo
3) Andrew Lightbody
Ex UK resident Paul Chamberlain has won the Pro class overall and Philipp Frueh has won the Advanced class – congrats to both!!
Chad Johnston-Welcome to S&M Pro!
Chad Johnston – Welcome from S&M Bikes on Vimeo.
Chad just got on the pro team at S&M, which for all of you that don’t know basically means he’s on a monthly salary, check this edit out, wow! Backwards elbow glide on the fork!
An Cup Open/Expert/Girls & Kids edits
The An Cup is pretty infamous outside of japan, partly due to the killer edits that have come from this contest, check out these three short edits for a taste of what went on this year. Congrats to Ucchie for the win in Open class.
FlatWeb TV Summer Special!
FlatWebTV 2011 Summer Special: G-Shock Real Toughness event Osaka, Japan from Everyday Paradise on Vimeo.
Something a lil’ different for the FlatWeb TV guys, Anthony Buglio was recently in Osaka, Japan, and hit up the G Shock Real Toughness event, this special edition features this contest, with uncut final battle footage, and a special interview with Shinichi Kiba aka Russia! Enjoy!
Judge Dread and the Am Flat Circuit
The never ending judging drama reared its ugly head this weekend, I came across this interesting article on ESPN’s site by Brian Tunney about the recent judging controversy between Bo Wade and the Am flat circuit. Brian writes….
“This past weekend, the final round of the 2011 Am Flatland Circuit hit Buffalo, N.Y., with wins going to DK’s Dane Beardsley in Pro Flatland, Tyler Gilliard in Masters, Todd Carter in Expert, Tony Strickler in Vet and Jimmy Kibbons in Beginner. Unfortunately, the contest was not without controversy. According to riders in the contest, including pro Bo Wade, who placed third out of three riders, the judging was inaccurate…..
Hit the link to read more…
http://espn.go.com/action/bmx/blog/_/post/6870534/judge-dread-flat-circuit
Steve Lapsley from the Am Flat circuit sent in a response:
When I decided to start running the Am Flatland Circuit in 2009 I did it for my love of Flatland and the hopes of growing the sport. I did not do this for money or popularity or publicity. In the last two years I have put everything I have into this circuit including every spare dollar my wife and I could save. Not one penny has been made off of this circuit personally; all money from t-Shirts and entry fees went directly back into contest expenses, trophies and pro purse.
It is very unfortunate that there are untrue statements floating around the internet regarding the round 5 judging and scoring system. In no way were judges asked to change scores or were scores altered. I am sorry that there are hard feelings over placements or scores but I stand by my system when the proper judges are in place. Every contest format and judging system has flaws and needs tweaks. Mine is no different.
I did my best to plan and raise sponsorships to plan the Battle at the Border in 30 days time. With this short time frame came little money to put towards the actual event. Everything from the DJ’s to the Trophies were donated. There were no funds to pay judges and we used the best people available for each class at the time of the event.
I will continue to run the Am Flatland Circuit with all of the recent comments as a stepping stone for next year’s circuit.
As I said I do this for my love of Flatland and I will continue to do this as so.