The AFA Masters from Bristol PA back in 1989 will be remembered forever as the contest where Kevin Jones unleashed the hitchhiker and the backpacker in his run.
But, it was Dennis McCoy however, who took the win in Pro flatland. Dennis’ runs were always super charged! Check it out right here.
Akihiro Matsuura: King Of Ground / Kobe 2005
It’s uncanny, the amazing footage from the legendary King of Ground series continues to surface. Part of the appeal of the KOG’s was definitely seeing footage of riders you have never seen before.
Case in point right here, Akihiro Matsuura aka Satasuma has an a amazing style and level of difficulty is sky high, and footage of this rider is extremely rare. The opening two lines are flat out amazing, and this still stand up to this day. Go watch this, incredible!
Moreno Valley Contest: Bicycle Stunt Series 1994
Snakebite BMX ae on fire with quality updates from the archives, today we have the Bicycle Stunt Series contest in Moreno Valley CA 1994. Featuring Paul Osicka, Andrew Faris, Sean Peters,Leif Valin, Richi Rich, Day Smith, Sean McKinney, Edgar Placencia, Trevor Meyer, George Smoot, Dave Friemuth, Mel Cody, Dave Clymer, Mike Ocoboc, John Englebert, Mike Escamilla, Joe Rich, Taj Mihelich, Alex Reinche, Stephan Prantl, Rob Nolli, Dennis Mccoy, Jay Miron, Pat Denhe, Pat Miller, Jay Eggleston, Jimmy Walker, Rob Sigaty, John Parker.
Proseed Issue One: Side B
On Thursday I posted Side A of the Proseed Video Issue One leading up to my Flatmattersonline interview with Yasuyuki Takeo (scroll above if you missed it!), one of the founders of the infamous King of Ground contest. Today, I have the B side to the Proseed Video Issue One, from 2004.
So much good KOG footage in this, and the production of the video makes this one so easy to sit through. Great to watch this back, and see how the riders made the way through the ranks. Don’t sleep on this one, too many riders to list in this video, thank you Teku Flat for uploading this great footage!
Japan Trip 2019
Back in August of last year, Paulo Gepulango got the chance to go to Japan for his wife’s birthday! Paulo of course, managed to visit plenty of riders and experience some different scenes around Kobe, and Osaka. Featuring Keisuke Tanigawa, Shinichi Kiba, Tomokazu Morinaga, Fumiya Sasagawa, Fumiya Wakabayashi, Eri Funatsu, Jumpei Goto, Takumi Isogai,
Masato Ito, Takuzi Izumi, Satoshi Ojima, Jun Oni Katayama, Giichi ikeda, Kota Ikeda, Jigen Omotehara, Yoshio Makino and many more. Scene edits are awesome, good one to watch when you have the time….
Dom Nekolny: Winning the UCI World Championships
It’s a shame there isn’t a translation for what Dom Nekolny is saying in this edit, but judging this one by the clips and the fact Dom is rocking the UCI rainbow jersey i’m pretty sure Dom is discussing his UCI World Championship win last year. The riding clips keep this one flowing along regardless…
Khaled Huerta: Starting the session
Khaled Huerta gets the session started with a sweet multiple whiplash into jump lash line, way to go Khaled!
Takahiro Ikeda: 2019 Japanese National Championship
The effects on this contest footage of Takahiro Ikeda make this one a little hard to watch, watch the middle Takahiro if you want to see his riding regular stance from the Japanese National Championship last year.
Nick Watts: May 7th 2020
Back to regular updates today, digging the backwards hang nothing ankle death concepts (1:09) Nick Watts is working with on this edit, you can count on Nick to keep us all entertained.
Yasuyuki Takeo: The Flatmattersonline Interview
Intro/Interview: Effraim.
It is hard to put into words the influence that the King of Ground contest has had on flatland since it’s inception, from all sides of flatland, the groundbreaking riding styles, the inside wooden contest floors, use of the battle format, waving of the flags for the judges result. I feel like no matter what I say, that would be only the tip of the iceberg.
I hit up Yasuyuki Takeo, one of the people behind the scenes that helped get the King of Ground up and running along with Takashi Ito, Kotato Tanaka, York Uno and a few others. I’ve lost track how many times I’ve posted a KOG video, and hit rewind numerous times just see what the hell happened. I wanted to know more about behind the scenes information of one of the most influential contest series to happen in flatland history.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Yasuyuki Takeo interview! In true Flatmattersonline style, it’s a long read, so grab a cuppa and get educated on all things KOG. So stoked how this came out, thank you Yasu for taking the time to do work on this interview.
