I’m sure it will come as no surprise to you that this weeks OSS is dedicated to Dave Mirra who sadly passed away on February 4th 2016. Since a young age it was obvious to everyone that Dave was destined to be one of the greatest ever to grace a BMX bike. Watch this winning ride Dave threw down in 14 Expert at the 1988 AFA Masters in Wayne, New Jersey. So much control and natural ability.
Forever in our hearts, rest in peace Dave.
Upon hearing the tragic news of BMX icon, Dave Mirra passing away it was hard enough to post the news on the site. Let alone anything else, it felt the right thing to do to give the community time to reflect on such an amazing man and character.
I still pretty numb about the news, Hidenori Ishizaki sent in this awesome new “2016” edit that cheered me up some and perhaps will do the same to you! Hidenori kills the forwards two footed back yard game, definitely give this one a watch when you feel like it!
Last night the BMX World lost the greatest to ever grace our sport. I have shared many great memories together with Dave on the Haro team during the late 90’s, a personal hero of mine, my thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Truly a heartbreaking day!
R.I.P Dave Mirra.
It’s a quiet day at the moment at FM HQ! Let’s go back to April 2009, when James White dropped this “How-to Pinky Squeak” edit with some amazing forward death truck walk arounds and regular death truck walkarounds in this, it’s definitely worth a watch!
All on the lightest flatland bike I think I have ever picked up, in related news: Myself and James will be working on a podcast in March to discuss his editorial winning edit, and of course a long overdue interview with the godfather! Stay tuned here on FM!
BFA Flatland Contest 1989 – Birmingham NEC from Neil Waddington on Vimeo.
Neil Waddington over at Ride On BMX just uploaded some great footage from the archives that ironically myself and Mike O’Connell filmed, great riding in this one from the likes of Sean Clarke, yours truly, Mark Atkins, John Yull, Fergus Heron, Ian Coy, Mike O’Connell, Larry Bull from 6:19 is definitely worth a watch plus many more! Thanks Neil for the upload and a great trip down memory lane.
The annual Toronto contest is around a month away, book your tickets now for what is widely regarded as the curtain raiser for the international contest scene each year! Thanks to Joe Cicman for putting together this hype edit for the event organised by the Canadian Freestyle Organisation, this year the event had a rebrand and is now called Maple Vibes. Jean William Prevost has taken the win in Toronto three years in a row, can he make it a 4peat?
https://www.flatmattersonline.com/toronto-maple-vibes-2016-march-46th
Athens/Atlanta Scene Report – Flatland Manifesto, 2002 from Darren Hough on Vimeo.
Jffe just sent in an awesome Athens/Atlanta Scene Report throwback edit that I couldn’t wait till Thursday on, that featured on Flatland Manifesto Video Magazine in 2002. Great riding from the likes of Jody Temple, Jon Dowker, Jeff Foster, Matt Hulgan, Mitch Hall, Shayne Khajehnoori, Jeff Foster, Kent Pearson, good scene vibes in this throwback.
David Hoffmann made the trip to Malte Orth’s (Fight the Winter contest organiser) house in Gottingen, Germany after seeing his riding posts on FB inside his house. Hit play to watch David and Malte work a tight riding spot really well!
At the start of February and still the year end videos are coming in, check out this year end edit Alan Alfaro from the Philippines put together.
Snow day from James McGraw on Vimeo.
Snow day in Colorado yesterday meant James McGraw has a quiet day at work, and put some work on this sweet new combo, look out for the xft ice cream switch to pedal and regular ice cream around the 00:30 mark, and of course the customary yell of joy at the end!
