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!

Watch the finals here:

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!!

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.

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Kio Hayakawa wins Gold at X Games Japan

From X Games alternate to X Games Gold, what a story for Kio Hayakawa who saved his best line for the final hitting a ridiculous blender 360 bike flip back to time machine ending with a downside foot jam decade out!

What a moment for Alex Jumelin winning his battles with Yohei Uchino and Moto Sasaki. Alex pulled his new 1080 nose manual to take a well earnt second place spot.

In third place, Moto Sasaki pulled one of the lines of the contest in his third place battle against Matthias Dandois, with a crazy hang 5 pivot to Xft crackpacker turbine into Xft backwards spinning crackpacker and ended with an amazing halfhiker pivot to opposite Xft halfpacker backwards hitch out.

That was intense! I will post a little repo tomorrow! Flatmatters at the X Games here in Japan, what a contest!!

Results.

1. Kio Hayakawa.

2. Alex Jumelin.

3. Moto Sasaki.

4. Matthias Dandois.

5. Terry Adams.

6. Viki Gomez.

7. Varo Hernandez.

8. Yohei Uchino.