Great footage from the recent Japan Cup in Hiroshima, needless to say the riding level is off the charts, great riding from the likes of Yu shoji, Yu Katagiri and more. This is a great watch!
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SAGA No Run 2025
Case in point to what I was saying on the previous post, the recent SAGA No Run contest is full of gems, 36 minutes of raw footage to sink your teeth into. 14 year old Takatora Hishikawa (check his mind melting back wheel line at 24:36) to which he ended up taking the win beating heavy hitters such as Yu Katagiri and more, love these grassroots events!
Nora Cup Flatlander of the Year Nominees are:
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?
Must Watch: Osaka Tour / Yu Katagiri & Friends
Great to see some fresh Yu Katagiri and Takato Moriya footage out of Japan, throw in a TEP posse edit and you know your onto a winner. Great mix in styles between Yu Katagiri, Yuta Watanabe, Sota Watanabe, Kota Ikeda, and Takato Moriya.
Yu’s banger at 1:10 had me hitting the rewind numerous times to work what he did, good mixes in styles between all the riders, short and sweet with Takato finishing their visit to Osaka at 2:53 with more back wheel craziness.
I love to see this out of the Japanese riders, we don’t see enough of these guys on the site!
THE 2024 FLATMATTERSONLINE YEAR AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
It is time to get into the winners of the 2024 Flatmattersonline Year End Awards. We had a record number of people voting this year, as well as some good suggestions for how the awards should be announced for next year. Congratulations to all the winners, and also everyone who was nominated.
I will be in touch with the winners soon for their contact details to send the medals out!!
Flatmatters!
READER CHOICE RIDER OF YEAR + CONTEST RUN OF THE YEAR + LINE OF THE YEAR + EDITORIAL CHOICE RIDER OF THE YEAR
YU KATAGIRI.
Yu Katagiri won the reader choice by a fair margin it’s fair to say. With around 60% voting for Yu, and you can see why.
He got my vote much like my vote for Nora Cup, because he’s pushing the sport and dropping brand new tricks and taking risks in his contest runs which is pushing the sport at the highest level.
This might not win contests all the time, but does win respect and he’s setting a standard now which is so promising for the future.
Not to mention when he does get it right, it’s something to experience in real life. Hence why many of you voted for his winning run at the Japanese championships in November! Jaw dropping perfection in signature snappy Yu Katagiri style.
And you can’t forget Yu dropping the no footed backwards spin levitating and jumping through to switch foot ice cream on the opposite side on Jimalog’s Umikaze edit, this move sent shock waves through the flatland scene. I haven’t seen a trick like that for years, this levitating line broke new ground, and physics for sure. Well deserved Line of the year!!
Congrats Yu for winning four awards in 2024, the future is so bright for Yu!
Yu Shoji wins Semi finals: UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
Congratulations to Yu Shoji winner of the UCI world championship semi final under the lights here in Abu Dhabi, followed by Yu Katagiri, Matthias Dandois and Jean William Prevost. The top 4 we’re all in the 90’s. Amazing level tonight, finals tomorrow!
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!!
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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.
Moto Sasaki wins Chimera A-Side
The Chimera A-side at The Shoshazen Engyoki Temple popped off this weekend. Congratulations to Moto Sasaki who won the event followed by Yu Katagiri & Takato Moriya. Level was insane!