Do yourself a favour, grab a cuppa and take a couple of minutes out of your day to enjoy Renaud Laspeyres’ fresh new edit. Filmed and edited by the talented Pokemon in Toulouse and Hinx, France. I have long been a fan of Renaud’s back wheel riding, and in this edit, he attacks the front wheel too as well as tearing the back wheel a new one.
Old School Sundays with Reynaldo Santillan
87texas masters from rtaylor on Vimeo.
I must admit I had not heard of Reynaldo Santillan before today, here shredding at the 1987 Austin Texas Masters. Such a creative style, thanks Jffe for sending this in.
Japan Cup 2021
Finally some footage coming out from the Japan Cup last weekend, I’ve had a lot of DM’s and requests for footage from the event. For all of those that asked, this is for you. Lots of great riding from the likes of Takumi Isogai, Fumiya Kanna, Masato Ito, and Moto Sasaki.
Paula Hesser & Irina Sadovnik launch FlatQueens!
Great news for the ladies out there shredding world-wide. The female flatland community is a growing, and Paula Hesser and the 2 x UCI World Champion Irina Sadovnik have combined to launch “FlatQueens”, a ladies online competition.
Irina got in contact and had this to say:
Registration deadline 15th of August
Deadline round 1: 30th of August
Deadline round 2: 25th of September
Each run 1:45 min (editing is allowed)
First ever BMX Flatland Ladies Online Competition from women for women and girls.
Pro, Am and New generation (<14yrs) classes available.
4 female judges, 2 male judges
Prizes for top 3 riders of each category, plus 1 wild card prize package for each category.
Go check the website for more details:
www.flatqueens.com
Launching the Flatmattersonline Merchandise Store!
YO!!!!
Today after much gnashing of teeth I am proud to launch the Flatmattersonline Merchandise Store! This has been a goal of mine for many years, and with the graphic design skills of Johann Chan. We are finally able to make this a reality!
Support Flatmattersonline by getting yourself, the very first limited edition FM t-shirt and hoodie.
Link to buy:
https://flatmattersonline.bigcartel.com
Photo credit: @matthocopan
Thanks
Effraim Catlow / Flatmattersonline
François Debroux Rider Profile: Old Dog, New Tricks
There have been many great riders to come out Western Canada over the years. Some of these riders don’t travel and are not active on Social Media. The Grizzly Jam contest is pushed back to next year so our focus is temporarily shifting to tell the unique stories of these riders.
First up is François Debroux, a BMX lifer involved in the sport since the early days. What makes François’s story interesting is that he came back to flatland a few years ago, and is now progressing faster then ever even though he turns 50 this year! Dont’ this miss this one!! Enjoy…
Yuo Hayakawa wins Round 2 AM Ultimate Flatland League
Fresh off the presses!!!
Yuo Hayakawa held onto the top soot from Round 1, to take Round 2 of the Ultimate Flatland League online competition, followed by Miguel Guzman and Say Kypirtidis.
Shoutout to everyone who threw down in this amazing contest and Martti Kuoppa especially for organising this event, looking forward to judging Round 3!!!
UCI World Championships: Pro Flatland Final
It’s taken a minute for coverage to come out from the UCI World Championships in Montpellier a few weeks back. If you missed the show, you can watch the French commentary version above (sounds like Lionel Cardoso on commentary duties, and also a link to the BBC iPlayer broadcast with Viki Gomez commentating. For all of you that missed it, and sent me DM’s here you go….
Raphael Chiquet: BMX Vs Orchestra
After a couple days off updating, starting the week with some updates from across the globe. French style cat, Raphael Chiquet hit me up with this follow up from the OpéRide Video he produced a while back. Choreography, riding and editing on point!
How to Whiplash by Martti Kuoppa
You can never have enough how-to’s in my opinion, today Martti Kuoppa steps to show you how-to whiplash. Some great tips in this short edit, give it a watch and get out there trying the tips shown.