No Flatmattersonline exclusive today, but we do have Varo Hernandez’s final eFise flatland run for you. Varo is one of those riders that really has stepped his game up during 2020 under the watchful eye of his coach, Martti Kuoppa, finishing 7th place in a stacked final is no joke at all. Thanks Varo for sharing this video.
Barre Neirynck: Quarantine Progression
Barre Neirynck just dropped an edit filmed during Quarantine, whilst the world was changing. Barre was at home making the most of the time at home, blessed with an awesome riding spot. Love the chill vibe of this edit from one of the raddest dudes in the flatland scene, Barre is an awesome dude!
George Kikos: New Life in Deutschland
The title suggests George Kikos has made the move from Athens, Greece, so somewhere in Germany. Roding kicks in at the 1:15 mark, good luck with the move George if that’s correct!
Shinzato: King of Ground 2014
Love the KOG footage thats been surfacing lately, I haven’t seen much footage of Shinzato before. Super good style and flow from yet another underground Japanese flatlander from the KOG 2014.
Old School Sundays with Nick Watts
Two edits today from Aussie shredder, Nick Watts, no date to these, but these have a late 80’s if not really early 90’s feel to them. That second edit gave me the Dorkin’ vibes, super good!
Must Watch: Martti Kuoppa ? As It Is
I love surprises on Flatmattersonline, and this new edit from the Boss, Martti Kuoppa caught me by surprise. No hype, just a clean drop and boom! Dedicated to his daughter’s 2nd birthday yesterday.
From the opening steam kick flip crack line with bars regular and backwards you just know this is going to be a serious one.
Martti nowadays concerntrates most of his time coaching others (Terry Adams, Toon Pakphum, Irina Sadovnik) to name a few, but that does not mean he doesn’t devote any time to himself, and he demonstrates that point right here.
Incredible level of riding that few will ever reach, I did call him the Boss many years ago for a reason.
Other highlights for me:
Revisiting his classic xft half hiker pivot to halfpacker hang ten to kick flip to Halfpacker at the 1:14 mark.
2:37: Steam kick flip to hitch! Wow!!!!
And my favourite personally, inside opposite half hiker kick flip to crackpacker, abolsutely amazing! Kickflips are a route not many riders really followed for good reason, MK is one of those dudes that bought kick flips to the forefront in high pressure contests, and in the incredible video parts he has done over the years, including now this one.
Much respect Boss, this made my rainy day so much better!!!
Irina Sadovnik 2nd Place: AFA Dream Run Women’s Class
Irina sadovnik threw down an incredible run to take second place in the AFA Dream Run online contest a few weeks back. Back from injury, and looking better than ever!
Episode 58: Flatmattersonline Exclusive with Claude Hickman
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What’s up everyone? Claude Hickman surprised me today with a fresh clip for episode 58 of the Flatmattersonline exclusives. Keeping the momentum going as we approach 60 episodes!
This is Claude’s second FM exclusive, and this is episodes features another double darkside line, this time from hitch to rear wheel backpacker, I believe they call it a fudge packer in the states (correct me if I am wrong) to peg wheelie lard yard into ice cream darkside to halfpacker. Super smooth style from CH, this comes from years of riding, skills to pay the bills.
Claude on that note has just launched his own “Flatland” clothing brand, hit him up on instagram for the tees, sweatshirt, hoodies and all that good stuff.
Thanks Claude for contributing, whose got episode 59?
Erin Fricke 1st Place Women’ Class: AFA Dream Run 2020
Erin Fricke is having quite the year, another first place to her gathering trophy cabinet, eFise, Master of Creativity and the AFA Dream Run contest. Bit late posting this as I still play catch up on a whole lot of videos and news.
Georich Cardino 1st Place Expert Class: AFA Dream Run
What a talent Georich Cardino is, Georich stomped his way to a well deserved first place in the expert class. This kid is ready for the pro class, keep an eye out for him!