Martti Kuoppa – The 2015 Flatmattersonline Awards Interview

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Intro/Interview: Effraim.
Photos: Martti Kuoppa, Stephane Bar, and Marcio Massayuki Abe.

When I was thinking who to begin the 2015 Flatmattersonline award winning interviews with, the answer was pretty simple in my mind. Martti Kuoppa took home four of the possible ten categories, why not start with the man that dominated the awards? As anyone who follows FM will know, I like to dig beneath the surface, and the process of how riders get to the top is always intriguing to me. Let’s jump right into the awards interviews with Martti!

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Throwback Thursdays – International Sneaker Pimps

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International Sneaker Pimps from Zachary Poland-Shaw on Vimeo.

ISP's Part 2 from Zachary Poland-Shaw on Vimeo.

ISP's Part 3 Mike Steingraber from Zachary Poland-Shaw on Vimeo.

Euro X-Games ISP's Part 4 from Zachary Poland-Shaw on Vimeo.

Here we have a nice treat for Throwback Thursdays, Zach Shaw kindly in sent in this gem from filmed all over the world during 2000-2001. Great footage from the Euro X Games, Mike S in Australia, X Trials in Louisville. This video comes in four parts featuring the likes of Takashi Ito, York Uno, Matti Rose, Simon O’Brien, Kotaro Tanaka, Martti Kuoppa, Aaron Behnke, Matt Wilhelm, Nathan Penonzek, Alex Jumelin, Trevor Meyer, Dan Rigby, Cory Stratychuk, and many more! Enjoy this throwback treat, thanks Zach!

Matsudo Year End Jam 2015

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MATSUDO YEAR END JAM 2015 from JIMALOG1985 on Vimeo.

Jimalog kills the editing duties on this annual Matsudo Year End Jam edit from the 2015 event. Featuring amazing diverse riding and good vibes from Yuta Watanabe, Toshiyuki “Toshivis” Yoshioka, Shohei “Tenga” Iwanaga, Seiya Kainuma, Takahiro “Eno-yang” Enoki, Akihiko Takahashi,Seiya Kainuma, MIzuki Takahata, Takumi Matsumoto and Adam Kun.

Alex Jumelin off Freegun

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It’s that time of year where there are a lot of sponsorship announcements, and just caught this one on Alex Jumelin’s social media. Here’s what Alex had to say about being off Freegun.

“After 4 years of hard working and representing @freegun , they’ve decided to drop me from the pro team. Fortunately my motivation remains the same regardless of the number of sponsors I got. Hard working is not always rewarded. Nevertheless thanks for these last 4 years.”

Trevor Meyer, Andrew Faris & Day Smith – 1997 B3 Seal Beach, CA Flatland

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Over the past week or so, I have been watching a lot of mid school videos from the 90’s recapturing a big part of my youth I guess. So during this quiet time in the season, here is the 1997 B3 Contest in Seal Beach, California with great riding from the top three at this event, Day Smith, Trevor Meyer and Andrew Faris!