Springtime is here, and as we all look forward to the summertime. The contests are more frequent, everyone is getting more riding time, and the content on FM grows.
It’s not often we kick off month with a Must Watch edit, but we did that in May of this year, and boy was it a treat!
Japanese flatland legend, Hiroya Morizaki teamed up with Taichi Kunieda to drop these two brand new amazing back wheel lines. So great to see Hiroya is still pushing hard, hitting the rewind again!
FLATDEV 2016 HIGHLIGHTS from magsociety on Vimeo.
Great official highlights edit from the biggest contest in Mayalsia, FlatDev! Enjoy the best moments right here featuring the likes of Matthias Dandois, Jean William Prevost, Moto Sasaki, Takahiro Ikeda, and many more.
March is always a good month, springtime is coming and after a long winter its nice to be able to ride outside again. Not to mention generally there is a whole lot more content coming through from riders worldwide.
On the first day of March, Paul Chamberlain just dropped a real nice promo for the Down Underground 2016 series, filmed at his local riding spot in Summer Hill. Plenty of awesome hang 5 variations in signature Paul Chamberlain smooth style, well worth watching again.
Hit play for a sweet Official highlights edit from the Fise World contest in Edmonton, Canada featuring Alex Jumelin, Matthias Dandois, Percy Marshall, Adam Kun, Joris Bretagnolles, Jean William Prevost, and Benjamin Hudson.
#standwithscotty bike jam from Rich Slezak on Vimeo.
Vans flew Matthias Dandois out for the #standwithscotty bike jam hosted by Ryan Guettler at the Van Skatepark in Southern California. Peep some great riding from Matthias, Gabe Weed, Ryan Russell and Bo Wade from the 1:06 mark all for a great cause.
As promised today we have more qualification runs from the Com’in Lyon contest. Check out the runs from Alex Jumelin, Matthias Dandois, Josh Briars, Sebastian Grubinger, Remy Dynoyer, and Charles Paty.
Hit play for a great recap from the Flatark 2016 contest, with insight from the likes of Yohei Uchino, Matthias Dandois, Jean William Prevost, Benjamin Hudson, Moto Sasaki, Viki Gomez, and many more.
Matthias Dandois and Alex Jumelin are back with episode 19 of the Can you make it flatland how to series, this week showing you how to halfpacker with guest appearance from Paul Dezeix. Get learning and good luck!
If you couldn’t get the live stream to work like me, its great to see this uncut footage from the livestream put together by Martin over at Global Flat! Featuring the semi final battles with Yohei Uchino vs Dominik Nekolny and Matthias Dandois vs Moto Sasaki, the final battle between Matthias Dandois and Ucchie starts around the 23:30! Enjoy!
David Hoffmann sent in this awesome agoride edit from the BMX Masters 2006, I’m not sure if I posted this before or not.
Nevertheless, this is certainly worth a rewatch! One of the most important events on the flatland contest calendar, that retains a certain aura year to year when I’m there. Hit play for amazing combos from the likes of Viki Gomez, Martti Kuoppa, Matthias Dandois, Adam Kun, Seppl, Justin Miller (Kickflip backpacker line at 2:28 into his hitch kickflip backpacker!), Chris Bohm, Bram Verhallen (lookout for his Xft 360 Kickflip hitch at 1:34!), Frank Lucas, Kotaro Tanaka, Wolfgang Sauter and Keelan Phillips.
