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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Yu Katagiri wins Arkleague 2024 in Yokohama
What a weekend for Yu Katagiri !!!! Taking the win earlier today Arkleague after his win Chimera A-side yesterday! Yu was followed on the podium by Yohei Uchino & Naoto Tamaru you can watch the event on our Instagram story today! Best trick format and the riders pushing to the max!
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 Final Highlights
Catching up on a whole load of updates to start the week, as we start a busy week here on Flatmattersonline! Peep this Open highlights from the recent Chimera A-side contest, the level of riding in this final battles was so intense!!!
Chimera A-Side: Pro + Womens Highlights
The Chimera A-side finals will go down as one of the best contests I have been to, the level of riding during the finals in particular was absolutely off the charts. There were some heated battles during that journey to decide the winner, Yu Katagiri and that 360 bike flip line at the end showed no mercy. Laying it all on the line for the 100k prize money. Flatland needs more of this… cracking edit that needs to be watched, congratulations also again to Carin Hommura, winner of the Womens class!!
Yu Katagiri wins Chimera A-Side 2022
Congratulations to Yu Katagiri winner of the 2022 Chimera A-side contest in Omiya Japan! Followed on the podium by Kio Hayakawa, and Yohei Uchino. What an intense contest with so many crazy battles and that final!!!
Saga No RUN 2022
Yohei Uchino, Moto Sasaki, Fumiya Kanna go head to head battle style at the annual Saga No run contest in Japan. Gotta love the underground Japanese events!
Flatland returns to the X-Games: Practise Footage
It’s been a couple of weeks since the X-Games in Chiba, Japan! I had a couple of clips left on my phone from practise, from two days of filming during practise. Featuring the winner Kio Hayakawa, Terry Adams, Moto Sasaki, Yohei Uchino, and alternate Yu Katagiri who didn’t get to compete sadly.
Great to see flatland back at the X Games!
X Games Japan Day 3: Contest Day
Yesterday was a good day for flatland, the return of flatland to the X Games after a 19 year hiatus. They started just like every other so far, you collect the bag with your covid 19 test on your door handle, get the test done.
Daily procedure, it is what it is. Boring part out the way, ready to enjoy the rest of the day.