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Fise UCI World Cup Alabama Results

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Stop 2 of the Fise / UCI World Cup went down last week in Birmingham, Alabama. Congratulations to Yu Katagiri taking the win in the Alabama humidity (even causing Yu heat exhaustion in prelims), Yu was followed by Japanese team mate Yu Shoji, and Jean William Prevost on the podium.

The Womens Elite class was dominated by the Japanese girls, with UCI World Champion Chiaki Todaka back on top form having an amazing first run to take the win, followed by Carin Hommura, and Sona Yoshumura rounding out the podium.

Congratulations to Bryan Huffman taking the win in the Open Class followed by Kelly Baldwin, and third went to Axel Reichertz from Germany, although attendance was small in the open class it was good to see this event happen on the Fise stage.

THE 2025 FLATMATTERSONLINE YEAR END AWARDS: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

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It’s time to announce the winners of the Editorial and Reader Choice 2025 Flatmattersonline Year end awards. 2025 was one of the better years, in terms of edits, instagram clips, add to to that of course jams and contests in recent times.

As I put together the editorial side of things running Flatmattersonline. I like to discuss why I’ve picked the winners and offer some insight. It’s time to get into the details, it’s cliche to say, but truly just to be nominated feels like a master achievement in my opinion.

Let’s kick off with your votes in the reader choice category….

Effraim.

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Must Watch: Matsudo Year End 2025

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The annual Matsudo Jam took place on the 6th December, last year. This feels like an annual tradition at this point, the year doesn’t start until we see Jimalog’s annual Matsudo jam getting dropped.

This jam round, Akihiko Takahashi, Yu Shoji, Takahiro Ikeda, Shinichiro Hara, Masashi Itani,
Varo Hernandez, and Anatole Rahain throw down their latest moves.

Already two must watch edits this year, thank you Jimalog for contributing to the flatland culture once again!

Yu Katagiri takes top spot UCI World Championship Prelims in Abu Dhabi 2024

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The first preliminary round just got done here in sunny Abu Dhabi for the 2024 UCI World Championships. Congratulations to Yu Katagiri taking the top spot followed by Matthias Dandois and Yu Shoji. Top 12 make semi finals tomorrow.

Hang 5 Podcast Episode 43: Yu Shoji

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Francois over at Hang 5 Podcast just dropped episode 43 with Japanese powerhouse, Yu Shoji!

“For this episode, I sat down with a 22 years old Japanese shredder taking the contest scene by storm. He is the 2023 pro flatland champion and currently sitting in 3rd place in this year’s ranking. He calls Moto Sasaki his mentor. Rides both front and backwheel. Does a whole bunch of crazy jumps. He is a ball of energy and yet shows a high level of maturity. This is a bit of a short episode taped while we were in Montreal for Urban Games in late March. I give you Mr Yu Shoji.”

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