Top 5’s with Alberto Moya!

Yesterday we dropped Moya’s FM exclusive. Really technical riding, hope you all enjoyed that! Thanks to Moya for putting that together as he gets ready for the Voodoo Jam! Enjoy his top 5’s today, great list!


Photo credit: Paula Llorente.

Riders of all time:
Martti Kuoppa
Chase Gouin
Kevin Jones
Viki Gomez
Simon O’Brien

Riders to ride with:
Chiba Riders
Madrid Riders
TooSmall BIkes Crew
Jesse Puente
Alejandro Encinas (EL NEUMA).

Spots to ride:
Plaza de Colón(Madrid)
EL Templo(Madrid)
Chiba Spot (Japan)
Meriken Park Kobe (Japan)
Köln Spots

DVDS:
Impulsivity
Rum 97/05
Run430
S.O.B
Yellow Fever Sleepwalkers

Contest runs you’ve had:
ToroLoco Flatland Expresions
LaTrabaResiste Contest
LaTrabanose Acaba
FieldControl 2009 Battle Against Jeremy Brosset
Barcelona Extreme 2009

Web edits:
TooSmallBikes
Peter Olsen S&M
Takuji Kasahara April 20 (mirror Effect)
E-Clips.

Favourite things about madrid:
Sun
Riders
Spots
Friends and my girlfriend

Places to visit:
New Orleans!!!!
Argentina
Brasil
Amsterdam
and more USA.


Photo credit: Jason Halayko

Gadgets:
Nikon d5000+lens
Samsung Mp3
My computer
My old Nokia and my new X-Peria.

Websites/blogs:
Narcoticonatural.tumblr.com
Flatmattersonline.com
Satanismocatolico.tumblr.com
Global-flat.com
Thecomeup.

Riding Inspirations right now:
Takaaki Fukuda
Matthieu Bonnecuelle
Martti Kuoppa
Jesse Puente
Madrid Riders especially Guelo Monzon

Contests:
O’Marisquiño
Voodoo Jam
Worlds
King of Southsea
Aleçon Bmx Flatland Contest.

Reasons to leave your town/city:
Politicians
Crisis
Studies
Job
Riding.

Travel Destinations:
Japan,
USA
Brasil
Argentina
Holland.

Playlist:
Nina Simone: Feeling Good,
Digable Planets: Where Im from
Shing02 feat Eccy: Ultimate High
Teflon Brothers: Kokkonen On Ykkönen
Bob Marley: Redemption Song.


Photo credit: Alvaro Fernandez

Albums:
Los Costras,
La coja
Aurum.

Tricks to do daily:
Cliffhanger variations
halfpacker variations
weird tricks.

Tricks you cant do, but wish you could (ideal wishlist):
Xfooted stuff,
Bunnyhop Backflip
SuperJumps I have in mind
Cliffhanger with both feet on the bars
Backwards rolling tricks.

Magazines:
ART
Ride
Mongolia
Cream
Penthouse.

Movies:
Melancholia
Blade Runner
Los Soprano(Tv but too good)
SuperBad
Manhattan.

Bike Brands:
Heresy
Suelo
KHE
Ares
ST Martin.

Non bike brands:
Mahou
Don Simon
Stella Artois
Rasmaninof
Desperados.

Things that piss you off:
Politicians
Police
People who step into your combo
Not pulling a combo when filming
and again Politicians.

Watch Moya’s latest Fm exclusive right here:

https://www.flatmattersonline.com/alberto-moya-flatmatters-exclusive

Alberto Moya & Varo Hernandez win the Closing Down La Traba Contest


Pro Podium.

You may or may not remember the story about the La Traba skatepark in Madrid, Spain being under threat a while back, it seems the Judge decided to close La Traba. They decided to do their last competition there! There were Ramp Pro and Am Contest, Street Contest and Flatland Contest, Under 18 and Pro Class. Sad news that the park closing. Congrats to winners Alberto Moya and Varo Hernandez in their respective groups.


Am Podium.

Pro
1-Alberto Moya
2-Alvaro Fernández
3-Guelo Monzón

Under 18
1-Varo Hernandez
2-Mario García Correas
3-Alex Plaza

Alberto Moya wins La Traba contest in Madrid, Spain

Yesterday Moya won the La Traba contest in Madrid, Spain. The place of the competition is occupied and the comp was organised to try and avoid the park from getting closed by the police. There were a lot of volunteers making it happen, so thanks to them and the sponsors for making the competitions possible. Tomorrow a decision will be made if the park stays. Good luck!

Two contests took place. A team contest and a regular battle format contest took place.

Battle contest
1st Alberto Moya
2nd Fernando Bayona
3rd Varo Hernandez

Team battle – 2 on 2
1st Fernando Bayona and Fran Flat
2nd Alberto Moya and David Carmona
3rd Santiago Notario and Guillermo Ramirez

Semi final riders: Miguel Tardío, Santiago Notario and Mario García Correas.
Quarter FInal riders: Guillermo Ramirez, David Carmona Toro, William alexander, Jose Lizcano, Fran Flat, Alex Plaza, Leonardo (Ping Pong), Facundo Maza.

Madrid Flat Session 2012

Today we were a few riders, so I filmed 1 combo of each of us. Many Madrid riders left.
Riders (order of appearance): Alex Plaza, Mario Garcia Correas, Alex(O.F.), David Carmona, Jorge Salas, Varo Hernandez, Facundo, Jose (Murcia), Jose Lizcano, Morgan Peckosh, Gloria, Fernando Bayona, Guelo Monzon, Alberto Moya & Santi Notario.

The 2012 Rebel jam winners are….

Hard Trick
1st Alexis Desolneux
2nd Jesse Puente
3rd Dez Maarsen
4th Matthias Dandois
5th Guelo Monzon

Style
1st Matthias Dandois
2nd Jesse Puente
3rd Kevin Nikulski
4th Thomas Noyer
5th Aleksi Ritsilä

Creativity
1st Jesse Puente
2nd Alberto Moya
3rd Alexis Desolneux
4th Matthias Dandois
5th Thomas Noyer

Congrats to all the winners, Alexis Desolneux, Jesse Puente and Matthias Dandois. The 2012 Rebel Jam kicked ass! Great vibes here in Tossa del Mar.