Whilst the effects make this more difficult to watch, I really enjoyed this edit from Robert Zuchold the first time round. The jump front wheel undertaker move at 00:54 is really tight! Good job Robert, I hope this isn’t your last flat moves!
Khaled Huerta – Switch & Flow
Awesome crackpacker boomerang crackpacker line from Khaled Huerta, if you know Khaled’s riding you will know a long line is coming! Hit play!
Old School Sundays with John Huddleston
This week’s OSS is dedicated to jam circle king, John Huddleston! Peep his run from the 1988 AFA finals in Wichita, Kansas. Love the tail whip elephant glide whips line at 1:57, so much style. Thatnks Kurt Schmidt loading this one up for the archives!
The Yuki Itoh Flatmattersonline Interview!
Intro/Interview: Effraim.
Photos: Provided by Yuki Itoh.
When I started thinking about a direction change for Flatmattersonline and producing more exclusive content. Yuki Itoh was the first name on my list of people to interview, here is a rider that I look at like the “next one” this guy is blessed with amazing riding skills and style, and I feel like he can be “that” rider if he believes and really elevate our sport/artform to the next level. But at the same time, I quite like that there is a mysterious nature to him, not everything is out on the washing line for all to see. Refer back to his “Welcome to Far East” edit that I still watch to this day for inspiration, but Yuki offers much more than that.
His alias, Yukipkoproject is producing some of the best quality edits flatland has ever seen, that rival Tom at Sevisual in terms of feel, and quality. Here is a rider I really look up to, and I had to know more. I have gone back and fourth with Yuki over the past few months to put this together. Welcome to the Yuki Itoh Flatmattersonline Interview….
Jean-François Boulianne & Jean William Prévost – Artecycle BMX & IGI BMX
Jean-François Boulianne and Jean William Prévost escape the snow with a session at the Taz Skatepark where the Real City Spin contest was held in Montreal, Canada. Nice change of pace with Jean-François Boulianne on front wheel and Dub on the back wheel in this one, hit play!
Fight the Winter 2018 Pre Jam
This weekend it is the annual Fight the Winter contest in Göttingen, Germany. 600 Euros up for grabs at the Kauf Park. The first stop of the German Championships for 2018, hit play to check a short edit of Malte Orth, Alberto Moya, Gino Stuart and more busting out.
Matthias Dandois in Lisbon, Portugal
Matthias Dandois hit me up with some edit news, he just teamed up with Red Bull to film in Lisbon, and uses the city as his canvas. Head over to Red Bull site for a quick interview with the man himself.
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/bmx-matthias-dandois-lisbon
Matthias Dandois performs during Portuguese Cobblestone project in Lisbon, Portugal on December 7, 2017
Photo: Red Bull Content Pool.
Nao Yoshida – The Flat World
Sometimes without planning, things fall right into place. Yukipkoproject aka Yuki Itoh just dropped this really nicely crafted edit of Nao Yoshida. Check back tomorrow for the interview with Yuki where we talk about his riding, filming, and much more!
Throwback Thursdays with Yuki Itoh
Yuki Itoh – Welcome to the Team – FEC from IGI BMX on Vimeo.
On the 18th September 2016, Yuki Itoh made a big statement to the flatland world. Tomorrow I am really psyched to drop an exclusive interview with one of my favourite riders and learn more about this rider that offers so much more than just “tricks”. It seems like as good a time as any to re-up his amazing “Welcome to Far East” edit!
Everything about this Yuki Itoh – Welcome to the Far east Cycles team edit is on point. Yuki is one of the most underrated riders on the japanese scene in my opinion so it’s great to see FEC showed him some love.
Riding wise, the riding and the intricate switches are pretty much all groundbreaking. Here are some of my personal highlights:
– The opposite turbine steam boat ride in flip flip to yammer style backwards spinning xft steam step on fork back to steam turbine to xft fork spinning steam to opposite xft steam flip steam opposite side step into spinning cliff at 1:06! Are you following all that? Yuki’s style is so nimble around the bike, amazing!
– At 2:11 the turbine teakettle to spinning xft crack pivot spinning hang ten pivot opposite one footed spinning crack step over backwards facing one footed spinning ck jump to halfpacker pivot xft backwards spinning xft stream pivot steam to x handed spinning half hiker! Mind blown!
– The last line at 3:03! I will leave that one to you!
Props to Takuya Higa also for the camerawork. Job done! Respect Yuki, liquid flatland at it’s finest. Stay tuned for the interview tomorrow.
Giannis Caternellis – Brakeless Decadez
Giannis Caternellis has been working on brakeless decade variations over the past month, there are some interesting variations to get inspired by. Hit play to see what he came up with!