The Nora Cup nominees for 2025 are in for Flatlander of the Year, the nominees are Julien Baran, Kio Hayakawa, Yu Katagiri, Yohei Uchino and Yu Shoji! Who does your your vote go to?
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16 YEARS OF FLATMATTERSONLINE!
“To document, share and progress”, the mission statement if you like of Flatmattersonline has remained consistent since FM’s birth in 2008. As I wondered what I can produce to celebrate our 16th anniversary, I asked around a few friends as I always do for some feedback. One of the ideas was to showcase 16 highlights throughout the years, that idea stuck in my head for a few days before I started going through the archives and thinking this had a nice feel to it.
I enjoyed going through content I had forgotten about, and I thought you at home would do also.
It’s hard to fathom its been 16 years being Flatmatters, I appreciate all the support I have been receiving especially recently. It seems as I am pretty much the only consistent the only flatland website, riders seem to appreciate the work that goes into running the site much more.
It would be interesting to hear back from you at home, what are some of your most memorable moments?
*The actual anniversary was Saturday 30th November, which I missed being at work all day.
I’ve added website links and videos as well for a reference for you all.
Here we I go! Thank you Flatland for 16 amazing years!
Flatmattersonline To document, share and progress!!
Effraim:
FISE SHANGHAI 2024: UCI Flatland World Cup Men Final
Catching up with updates around the globe continues, today we have full coverage from the early morning start at Fise Shanghai. With Johann Chan on commentary duties, Kio Hayakawa came out on top, with Jean William Prevost and Ryo Katagiri rounding out the podium spots. Hit play and watch this unfold.
Yu Katagiri wins Fise World Series Semi Finals in Shanghai
Battling the weather elements today. Congratulations to Yu Katagiri stepping up his level today to take the top spot, followed by Toon Pakphum and Sietse van Berkel who both had amazing runs. The weather forecast isn’t great for tomorrow, but hopefully we can make finals happen. Top eight goes through to the finals.
Repo: BATTLEGROUND 2
Repo: Effraim.
Photography: Effraim, Thaddeus Schau.
Videos: Brant Moore.
Bit late with getting this repo up on the site, after a very busy summer. I finally have some time for myself to return to riding and updating the site regularly. Hope you all enjoy this one!
As I boarded my first flight home from the FA Battleground contest, I planned to start writing a report on the event for the site. Then, over the tannoy, we were told that we were unable to land in Chicago because of a thunderstorm. Off to Indianapolis we went, to wait until we could land in Chicago. I thought to myself, was this trip all worth it? The flight home was already delayed by twenty-four hours, and now was going to be even longer.
The Battleground contest had a real family community vibe that we really need right now. As this event clashed with the Olympics, I thought to myself, what do we really need to help the sport grow? More events? More jams? Better communication between riders? What is it that holds us back?
FA Battleground 2024: Full Results
The annual Battleground contest full results right here, sorry for the late upload on this. Needed 24 hour recovery after a nightmare trip back home, repo still incoming. Congratulations to all the winners!
Pro.
Kio Hayakawa
Jean William Prevost.
Matt Wilhelm
Lee Musselwhite
Dustyn Alt
Terry Adams
Austin Luberda
Jean Francois Boulianne
Omari Cato
Remy Denoyer
Dax Wolford
Ryan Russell
Bo Wade
Cesar Rangel
Experts.
Ed Jolie
Francois Debroux
Anthony Schneidewind
Steven Lapsley
Lee Mejia
Jerry Milborn
Andy Sheltraw
Andrew Graziano
Andy Pandemic
Masters / Mid School Legends.
Ruben Castillo
Bryan Huffman
Todd Carter
Dave Nourie
Ron Monis
Old School / Vet Class.
Matt Veach
Ron Seay
Brent Schulze
Tony Abasolo
Bert Williams
Peeps
Glenn Mehltretter
Colin Ashe
Ron Metzger
Mark Johnsen
Keoth Richardson
Soon to be.
Brant Moore
Kevin Czaba
Joel Munday
Kelly Oldfield
Bri Welch
Ricky McHenry
Dan Pickering
Emil Hetzger
L.A. Mallin
Julien Metzger
Best Trick.
Jean William Prevost
Yu Shoji wins Fise World 2024 in Montpellier!
Congratulations to Yu Shoji winner of the 2024 Fise World contest here in Montpellier France for the second year in a row. Matthias Dandois signed out of his amazing contest career with a strong second place finish, followed by the amazing Yu Katagiri who couldn’t hold onto his first round and semi final victories. What a contest!
Yu Katagiri wins Semi Final at Fise World Montpellier
Semi finals just went off at Fise world in Montpellier, France. Yu Katagiri held onto the top spot with an amazing run followed by Yu Shoji and Ryo Katagiri. Top eight make tomorrows finals…
CHIMERA A-SIDE presents – BMX FLATLAND 1st Round
Chimera A-Side run a dialled set up, check out this awesome edit featuring footage from all classes. Next round is fast approaching this month, I’m mid FM awards mode so am still catching up on some edits that I have missed along the way. Don’t sleep on this one.
Chimera A-side Tokyo 2023 Highlights
Great highlights edit from the recent Chimera A-Sode contest in Tokyo, featuring Women’s Class, Ams, and the Pros. Amazing riding from the Katagiri brothers Yu and Ryo, Kio Hayakawa, Yu Shoji, and many more.