Congratulations to Kio Hayakawa for winning the award for the Nora Cup Flatlander of the Year for the second year in a row! James White was this year given the honour of presenting the award.
Kio Hayakawa is the 2022 Nora Cup Flatlander of the Year!
Must Watch: Matthieu Bonnecuelle / 23/7/22
Two Must Watch edits in the same day, I am playing catch up well and truly. One of the most interesting riders in the game right now, Matthieu Bonnecuelle filmed this one in a day and there are so many refreshing ideas to take in and get inspired by.
Must Watch: Juan Niebles / Best of Montreal
Juan Niebles comes through with an amazing new edit that everyone needs to watch, the forward death truck walkover lines are ridiculous, if I had to pick a stand out the line at 4:54 is beautiful and so hard! I’ll be watching this one again and again…
Old School Sunday with Chase Gouin
It’s been a while since I have come across a fresh OSS post, today that changes with Chase Gouin’s run from 1987 Columbus Ohio contest. Thanks Todd Carter for this treat!
Todd Carter: Saturday Night Freestyle
Forward death truck line with an unexpected ending from Todd Carter, this is dope!
Shinichiro Hara: Whiplash g-turn remake
I am so far behind on updates on the site, let’s get back to it anyway. Starting with this sweet whiplash g-turn from Shinichiro Hara!
Nora Cup Flatlander of the Year Nominees are…
Congratulations to Alex Jumelin, Yu Katagiri, Yu Shoji, Kio Hayakawa, and Terry Adams the nominees for the Nora Cup Flatlander of the Year. Who’s your money on?
King of Concrete 2022
Stevie B of Clicked Video Magazine fame came through with a solid edit that captured most of the highlights of an action packed King of Concrete weekend. With yours truly even getting to have a ride, in between MIC duties, judging, tabulating scores, handling music and all the goes with running an event. Thanks Stevie for getting this edit done so quickly, what a weekend!
Joris Bretagnolles wins Fise Experience in Le Havre
Congratulations to Joris Bretagnolles winner of the Fise experience contest this weekend in Le Havre, France. Joris was followed on the podium by Anatole Rahain and Alex Jumelin. Hopefully some footage soon from this event.
Hang 5 Podcast: Episode 26 / Travis Collier
Episode 26 of the Hang 5 Podcast just dropped with Travis Collier, over to Francois Debroux and TC!
“For this episode, we travel to New York state where Vancouver native Travis Collier is now residing. Growing up in the Vancouver Flatland scene of the late 90’s, Travis went to make a big impact on the flatland world with his unique style. One of the, if not the first one to use the pumping technique during combos. A very creative mind, he also designed some flatland products still in use today. After a successful pro career, he went on to found a design agency. That eventually led him to relocate to New York and work with some famous liquor brands.
Here is his story.”