Many of you will have seen the entries from the Master of Creativity Pro qualification round unless you have been in a cave or something, however it is still awesome to see all the top ten entries back to back and some new faces rising to the top. Congratulations to all the finalists, finals is going to go off! Congratulations to Yu Shoji taking the top place spot. Good luck everyone for the final round…
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Moments Flatland Film by Anthony Schneidewind
A real treat tonight from over ten years of footage primarily from the Mid West scene in the USA. Anthony Schneidewind is not only one talented rider, but also quite the film maker. Featuring the likes of Chris Armstrong, Ron Monis, Todd Gully, Seth Johnson, Chad Gale, Kestrel Roopnarine, Dan Hamilton, Marty Clark, Anthony Schneidewind, Chase Gouin, Jean William Prevost, Mates Tucek, Will Redd, James McGraw, Matt Wilhelm and many more.. This one is well worth your time and attention, and all in dedication to a special man who touched all of our hearts, RIP Hiro Tsuchida.
Review: Landscapes 3
Review: Effraim.
I am sure I write this every time I review a video, I feel it’s important to say it without trying to sound like a broken record. It really is a brave move to make an online video these days, especially if you are charging for it online. It’s quite common in skateboarding, but hasn’t filtered over to flatland really.
Landscapes 3 comes in at 1 hour 12 minutes long, I can’t even imagine how much working time that is for the creator, Stewart Munro putting all the pieces together, selecting riders going back and forth with riders gathering footage, picking the music to fit each rider, the list goes on.
Landscapes 3 is available to download now!
Landscapes 3 is available to download right now (link below), full length flatland videos are a rarity these days. Today is a good day, props to Stewart Munro for making this happen yet again. Look out for a review shortly.
“Landscapes 3 is a new full-length video showcasing some of the best flatlanders from around the world featuring Aaron Frost, Chris Vasileiou, Erin Fricke, Keelan Phillips, Keita Uchino, Kio Hayakawa, Masato Ito, Mates Tuček, Mateus Beckmann, Nick Watts, Steven Hearn, Varo Hernandez, Shinichi Kib, Thomas Deschenaux, and Simon O’Brien.”
Nice Nice Very Nice – Teaser
“Nice Nice Very Nice” is the full length follow up to “Forget What You Heard”. A flatland film by Steven Lapsley featuring Enoki Takahiro, Fabien Stephan, Gurvan Le Bloc’h, Mates Tucek, Pedro Melo, Raphael Chiquet and Varo Hernandez.
Available FREE worldwide to stream and digital download May 11, 2019.
The 2018 Flatmattersonline Year End Award Nominees are…
Hello everyone!
Great response to voting this year for the 2018 Flatmattersonline Year End Awards, this really is a labour of love for me and my chance to really give back to the content that I post throughout the year and also reach out to you the readers of Flatmattersonline. Thank you to all the readers that took the time to vote, this years voting was really interesting. A definite shift towards how you decide and who you vote for. Let’s get right to it..
– Effraim Catlow / 10 Years of Flatmattersonline.
Editorial Vote:
Rider of the Year:
Matthias Dandois
Yu Katagiri
Jean William Prevost
Alex Jumelin
Sietse Van Berkel
Edit of the Year:
James White – Stop the World
Benjamin Hudson – Done Deal
Matthieu Bonnecuelle – Riding Waste
Jean William Prevost – Puro Flat #2 Spring
Denes Katona – Rolling Stone
Most Progressive Rider:
Jean William Prevost
Sietse Van Berkel
Alex Jumelin
James White
Yu Katagiri
Outstanding Contribution:
TBA ON ANNOUNCEMENT DAY.
Line of The Year:
Austin Luberda – 3:05 from the Autumn Flow edit.
Jean William Prevost – 3:52 End Line Puro Flat 2.
Yu Katagiri – Bikeflip line at 3:00 from the Yu Katagiri 2018 edit.
Sietse van Berkel – Final Round Entry from Master of Creativity 2018.
Dominik Nekolny – Best trick from Sport Zone contest.
* Go back and search and watch these! Incredible…
Reader Choice:
Rider of the Year:
Yu Katagiri
Ryo Katagiri
James White
Jean William Prevost
Sietse van Berkel
Edit of the Year:
Jean William Prevost – Puro Flat 2 Spring
James White – Stop the World
Denes Katona – Rolling Stone
Yu Katagiri – 2018
Joe Cicman – The idea in brief
Most Progressive Rider:
James White
Sietse Van Berkel
Ryo Katagiri
Yu Katagiri
Jean William Prevost
Contest Run of Year:
Dominik Nekolny BMX Cologne Finals
Jean William Prevost Fise Chengdu Finals
Ryo Katagiri BMX Cologe qualifying
Dominik Nekolny Hungarian contest
Yu Katagiri BMX Cologne Finals
Breakthrough Rider of the Year:
Mates Tucek
Sietse van Berkel
Julian Baron
Austin Luberda
Kio Hayakawa
Year end award winners announced:
Friday 11th January.
Who will be the 2018 Flatmattersonline Rider of the Year?
The exclusive content here on Flatmattersonline keeps coming. Whilst I was out at the annual Battle in the Rockies contest a few weeks back, I caught up with some riders to ask them who they thought was the Rider of the Year as a prelude to the up and coming FM year and awards that will be open to vote from 17th December.
Battle in the Rockies Day 5
This week is seriously going so fast, it’s already time for Friday’s update as we head to the Battle in the Rockies an hour away in Denver, Colorado this morning. We woke up to sunny skies, and after getting the FM updates done it was time to wash the Slab before we started riding. As I started washing the floor, Bobby Burge showed up and helped lend a hand to get the riding spot ready for a session in the sunshine. It was time for the AFA pre jam at the Slab.
Battle in the Rockies Day 4
After arriving into nice weather in Denver, Colorado on Monday. We have a few days of bad weather and been unable to ride James’ flatland slab riding spot at his house, pretty teasing when you can see it as you chill in the house, to say the least. Yesterday, we woke up to sunshine and after updating the site filmed a quick how to with the help of Mates Tucek. The how to is now up for you to view.
Battle in the Rockies Day 3
Day 3 of my annual Battle in the Rockies trip, and if there was any day for a chill day this was it. We woke up to snow and freezing temperatures in Monument, Colorado. After a little discussion at breakfast it seemed like the best day to get contest stuff organised ready for the weekend, trophies done, Halloween, etc.
We started the day with a visit to Touch of Shade, James’ business. James was organising the trophies, getting banners ready and even offered to make an FM banner and stickers, so if you are at the event this weekend. Come and see me for some free stickers, stoked! Thank you James!
James has been in the game a long time, so it’s always amazing to check the memorabilia he has displayed around his work place and office. For example, check his previous signature frames above with London Bikes.
After a few hours and lunch at the Tintadome it was time to head back to James’ house and get ready for Halloween and Trick or Treat with his kids. Halloween doesn’t seem so big in the UK, but here it was a huge deal. The snow had stopped so we took the opportunity to dry the flatland slab ready for some outdoor sessions Thursday and Friday when it is supposed to be back into double figures once again. Mates Tucek took the chance to have a ride for an hour or so, whilst myself and James moaned it was too cold to ride for old guys.
Trick or Treat as an experience walking James’ neighbourhood as the kids collected enough Candy to keep them going for a month or so. Never seen anything like it, it was a nice end to a much needed relaxing day. The sun is coming out now as I type this and the Slab is looking good for a session today, can’t wait! Short and sweet today, hope you are all enjoying the updates at home!
