Lookback: October 2015 – The Flatmattersonline 2015 Year end awards

October was all about Flatark, all eyes on Kobe, Japan! But besides that what else happened in the month of October? Take a lookback…


On October 4th, Canadian Powerhouse Jason Plourde dropped a powerful back wheel line, as he warms up for Flatark in a few weeks, hit play!


A while ago we dropped the news Fabien Stephan was riding for Far East Cycles along with Dub and Benjamin Hudson. Now check his Welcome to edit, signature SF styles and amazing production in this one! Hell yes!


What a nice video to wake up to on October 7th! Heresy just released this amazing trick, no handed turbine whiplash anyone? Matthieu Bonnecuelle just unlocked a new door, the possibilities are endless!

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Lookback: September 2015 – Flatmattersonline 2015 Year end awards

September is always one of the busiest months of the year, and this year was absolutely off the chart. Take a check through my highlights and you will see what I mean!


September 4th will be remembered for Martti Kuoppa’s, 10 Stemlashes! You can always count on the boss to raise the stakes, as if this isn’t enough the description hints of a return to KGB? Great news! Someone looks like they are ready for flatark…

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Lookback: July 2005 – The Flatmattersonline 2015 Year end awards

July was yet another amazing month for flatland in 2015, as is the nature of the beast with so many videos daily. You can forget what happened and when pretty quickly, lets go back through what went down in July!


GG.M.image Riders, Viki Gomez, Alberto Moya and Varo Hernandez in BCN, for Barcelona Extreme, grabbing a session at the waterfront spot right by the legendary Sea Walls. Viki ends this one as we all thought about doing, but he did it! Good times! Proper summer time vibes to begin July with!


If you missed this one on instagram, it is definitely worth checking this piece of creativity out! Hell yes Fork one!


To celebrate Jody’s 27th anniversary riding bikes, Jody just dropped this short but sweet “Summer Short edit”. After battling a severe back injury for the last year or so, it is great to see some fresh Jody Temple footage. Stoked on the half hiker pivot karl bar flip line at 00:49, and the hang nothing bar flips at 1:17 is so good! Much more than that Jody’s and I guess the Athens crew as well, always look like they are having a blast on their bikes! That’s ultimately what it is all about!

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The return of Level Vibes tomorrow!

Level Vibes 3 from brian on Vimeo.

With the return of Level Vibes tomorrow, let’s go back to November 2000. LV jam style, featuring James White, Phil Dolan, Viki Gomez, Martti Kuoppa, Jimmy Petitet and Alex Jumelin. Enjoy this video from the old UKflat website!

Level Vibes Format & Schedule announced!

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MR Level Vibes himself, James White just announced the format and schedule for this legendary event that will go down in Crayford, Kent on November 22nd. Great to see the man himself put his own twist on his event! See you there!

Schedule & judging formats

12:00 open practice on both areas

13:00 Old School class
1 1/2 minute run. Anything goes from the old/mid days. Will be judged on presentation, style, execution and entertainment value!!

13:30 Beginner Class
Peg wheelies and endos is the sort of level I expect in this class. If you’ve gotta trick come and try and do it. 1 Minute run (you don’t have to use it all)

14:00 Expert class
2 min run. If you’ve got an array of tricks this is the class for you! Judged by 5 professional judges .

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Professional contest:
15:00 Progressive Battle Jam
16:00 Contest runs
The only contest to separate the men from boys combining the two elements of flatland in one.
You get 50% of your overall score in the Jam with the focus on difficulty and progression. Then a 2 minute run with the focus on consistency for the rest of your points. Simple!
Both will judged by five trusted judges. The battle jam will be a one in one out jam circle in no order. You will be judged on how you ride throughout the Jam not necessarily just your best trick. No complicated judging format just try your hardest and must progressive stuff to get the highest mark you can. The 2 minute run will be traditionally judged with all the elements but focussing on consistency.
17:30 prize giving and close.

James White.

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Level Vibes Promo – 22nd November

The godfather of UK Flatland, James White just dropped in this tight Level Vibes promo hype clip to whet the appetite. Here’s what the man himself had to say:

“The original and best Flatland contest is back!
Beginner, old sch and expert classes. Then Intense vibrations as the worlds best battle for honour!
22nd November 2015 crayside Lesuire centre, Crayford, Kent, England.”

The Green Mile Jam – #SAVETGM

THE GREEN MILE JAM from 1WMBMX on Vimeo.

There is not much of a better excuse for a jam, than your local riding spot might be soon unrideable. The local council are considering changing the surface to a astroturf surface, Jason Forde and the TGM crew are battling the council to try and preserve this iconic riding spot in West Norwood, London. At short notice the locals held a jam this past weekend, quite a few out of towners made the trip to celebrate the Green Mile, including some tasty back wheel lines from James White. Plenty of good memories riding this spot over the years. Good luck to Jason and all the guys with keeping the riding spot going, so much history!

Throwback Thursdays – Intrikat Background

This weeks Throwback is dedicated to everyone that took part in this classic Intrikat Background Video back in 2001. To this day, still one of the best videos of all time!

Featuring Terry Adams, Bobby Carter, Stephan Cerra, Phil Dolan, Anthony Durbano, Gonz, Chad Johnston, Alex Jumelin, Martti Kuoppa, Mike MacPhaden, Jeff Desroche, Lee Musselwhite, Akira Okamura, Nathan Penonzek, Tagi, Mike Sommer, Jody Temple, James White, Matt Wilhelm, Eno Yang, Kotaro Tanaka, Takashi Ito, Eugene Collins, Scott O’ Brien, Eric Stefano, Shawn White.

It’s been three years since I last posted this! Enjoy a great trip down memory lane and thank you Chad J for this!

Extreme Barcelona 2014

Extreme Barcelona 2014 from James McGraw on Vimeo.

James McGraw just dropped this nice edit from the Extreme Barcelona event, here is what he had to say:

“This year marks 30 years of competing in flatland events around the world. This video is a quick summary of my most recent trip to Barcelona. I had a blast riding with my BMX family and thought it would be good to share. Big Shout out to Viki Gomez for organizing the event and Dominic for hands down winning.”

Throwback Thursdays – A Way To Enlarge Time

For the weeks throwback we go back to 1996/97 and a video put together by Eduardo Sousa and Colin Smith. Featuring the likes of Amos Burke, James White, yours truly, Phil Dolan, Andrew Faris, Jesse Puente, Day Smith, Marton Szilagyi and many more!