First twenty minutes of the 45-minute jam style format flatland BMX contest on 26/9/2015 at the Urban Waves Festival in Kortrijk, Belgium. Hit play to check out Matthias Dandois who took the win, first footage of Viki Gomez on board the KGB Soulrider frame, Alex Jumelin, Sietse Van Berkel, Gilles Van De Sompel and more, good vibes!
Big shout out to all riders and the organisation that made this happen!
RealCityspin 2015 Highlights
RealCityspin 2015 Highlights from IGI BMX / FAREAST / DUB on Vimeo.
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while, and like everything Jim McKay puts out it’s so worth the wait. Grab a cuppa and sit down and watch this amazing RealCityspin 2015 Highlights edit which mixes riding and narrative so well. Look out for a longer video of the contest too in the near future – including Chinatown jam footage and the camping trip after the contest!
Martti Kuoppa – UK Flatland Championship winning run + Interview
Intro/Interview: Effraim.
I caught up with Martti Kuoppa to talk about his winning ride at the UK Flatland Championships, special thanks to Matthew Dyer for officially filming for the contest. Pinoski also has both runs filmed which will be dropping tomorrow, for now check out the 2:30 run from The Boss and read on to see what has to be said about his win!
Stemroller, photo by Matti Hemmings.
Watch his winning second run right here:
Trevor Meyer Snakebite Podcast!
Photo: Micah Kranz
The guys over at Snakebite catch up with Trevor Meyer while he is on tour recently and with a little help from Micah Kranz & Chris Morse they talk about painting Prince’s house, life on the road, why he always rides the biggest bikes, and his dominance of flatland contests during the 90’s. So go ahead and hit play! Shout to Darin Wright for the heads up on this podcast!
C3 Jam Komatsu Photogallery by Marcio Massayuki Abe
Akira Okamura on his way to first place in the open class final.
Marcio Massayuki Abe hit me up with this nice photo gallery to share for all the flatland world to see, congratulations to Akira Okamura taking the overall win in the C3 jam series!
C3 JAM Open Class Final Results
1. Akira Okamura
2. York Uno
3. Takahiro Ito
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C3 JAM KOMATSU Round – Open Class Results
1. Takuya Higa
2. Uchino Yoshiki
3. Takahiro Ito
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Check out Marcio’s amazing photogallery over on his Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.870588679727931.1073741848.467588740027929&type=3
Prasheel Gopal – P Kettle
P Kettle from Pralex Gorier on Vimeo.
We have probably all joked around in this foot through stem steam position, Prsaheel Gopal gets it done and calls it the P Kettle! Short and sweet clip, check it!
Gabe Weed – Huntington Beach Sessions 2015
GABE 2015 HUNTINGTON BEACH SESSIONS from Gabe Weed on Vimeo.
Stoked to come across this new Gabe Weed edit this morning, filmed at the infamous Huntington Beach parking lot. Look out for the hang 5 turbine shove-it to xft hang 5 flip to half packer around the 2:52 mark. So good!
Jason Forde & Pinoski
FORDE&PINOSKI from 1WMBMX on Vimeo.
Hit play for a tight new edit featuring Jason Forde and Pinoski shredding at the Green Mile. Digging the vibe in this one!
Giannis Caternellis – Freestyler #32
Giannis Caternellis celebrates his 32nd birthday with his 32nd episode of his freestyler series! As always there is a lot to take in with Giannis’ edits, on the first watch the stubble duck to one kick to fudge packer at 4:11 stood out to me! Happy birthday Giannis!
Martti Kuoppa wins UK Flatland Championships!
Martti Kuoppa returned to the contest scene with bang yesterday, taking the top spot in qualifying and finals yesterday at the UK Flatland Championships at the Birmingham NEC Cycle Show, closely followed on the podium by Matthias Dandois and Alex Jumelin. Great atmosphere all weekend at the event, I will be posting a repo at some point this week to go into a lot more detail. Big respect to Matti Hemmings for putting the event on, proud to be a part of it! UK Flatland back with a bang for sure. Good times, congratulations to everyone involved! Level Vibes next up here in the UK, 22nd November, not to be missed!
1- Martti Kuoppa
2- Matthias Dandois
3- Alex Jumelin
4- James White
5- Keelan Phillips
6- Josh Briars
7- Steve Green
8= Aran Gillian
Dino Jeffers
10-Jason Forde
11-Bodean Maarsen