It’s that time, 2016 was a great year for Flatland. I’m sure I say that every year, but we evolve every year. This is one of the many great things about our art form/sport, it is one of the ingredients that fascinates us all.
The Nominees are as always fascinating, you the readers of Flatmattersonline have spoken once again, it is always interesting to see your views! I personally found the Rider of Year hard to pick just five, so I have six. I decided after much gnashing of the teeth, I would be just taking one rider out for the sake of it. Without further a due, below are the editorial and reader choice for the 2016 Flatmattersonline Year End Awards. Thanks to everyone that voted. The winners will be announced Tuesday January 10th, congratulations to everyone that has been nominated.
– Effraim Catlow / Flatmattersonline
Editorial Choice: Rider of Year
Matthias Dandois
Jean William Prevost
Pedro Melo
Viki Gomez
John Yull
Alex Jumelin
Editorial Choice: Edit of Year
Viki Gomez Viva Core 11
Matthias Dandois Flat side of things 3
James White Me Summer 2016 Bits
John Yull Fall
Charles Paty Windless 111
Reader Votes:
Rider of year
James White
Jean William Prevost
Viki Gomez
Pedro Melo
John Yull
Edit of Year:
Charles Paty Windless 111
John Yull Fall
Quentin Pelorson seeking part 3
James White me summer bits
Landscapes
Brand of the year:
S&M
IGI
Quest BMX
Kuoppa Gomez Bikes
Heresy
Innovation of the year:
Joe Cicman: The Terradoom
Heresy BMX Descend 0/15 forks
Brandon Derbowka Suicide Hiker
Master of Creativity
Fishbone Rebel Fork
Contest Run of the year:
Moto Sasaki BITR
Ucchie Flatark Final Run
Viki Gomez BMX Cologne Final Run
Dominik Nekolny Flatark vs Ucchie
Pedro Melo, Master of Creativity, Final Video
Most Progressive rider:
James White
Pedro Melo
John Yull
Martti Kuoppa
Jean William Prevost
Breakthrough rider of the year:
Joe Cicman
Pedro Melo
Benjamin Hudson
Hidenori Ishizaki
Quentin Pelorson
Thank you Effraim, 8 years of Flatmatters! Your the man that keeps it altogether, I would like to just give my thanks publicly here on the site!
Thank you Stephen, much appreciated!
I guess no one watched Lindsey Bode ?
Ahhh I’m just a little fish, amazing selection of riders all deserve credit, thanks Adam!
Progressive rider means,they are supposed to,have done something different and progressive from last year lol.,Just saying
Collectively, we gave Martti most of the credit. It’s reflected in previous awards.
no words for how stoked.
Congrats to all the deserving riders, edits, and companies! Thanks Effraim for what you do.
Thank you Steven!
I think it’s a very good choice!
I hope Charles wins something! I think his edit with all the water was amazing!
I was HOPING for GIANNIS to be in there , Legend Guilds HAS a POINT about LINDSEY , especially ALL the CRAZY stuff hed post on his FACEBOOK ……………D A I L Y !!!!!!!!!!! STILL STOKED VIKIs MASTERS run got in here though !! Man I don’t KNOW HOW you do it BIG E , running this site 24-7 …….WITH RUNNING your SKATEPARK , I had a friend who ran a skatepark……..ITS AROUND the clock CONSTANT work , like ALL THE TIME !! UP KEEP , CUSTOMERS , VENDORS , ETC , ETC !!! THANKS AGAIN for THIS site !! We all LOVE YA for what you do !! ONE MORE THING …………….everyone watch APOSTASY by MATTHEIU !!! It has that riding SOLO at your sesh spot , getting in the mindset to progress / feel your bike VIBE !!!!!
@ Rodney, Adam, Lindsay…
You the readers are the guys that vote, Lindsay for the record did get a number of votes its not like he didn’t get any (he got more than some top 5 pros!). But equally you can’t say, James White, Pedro Melo, John Yull, Martti Kuoppa and Jean William Prevost didn’t progress the sport this year. As a culture we need to respect what different riders bring to the table, you can’t please everyone.
Seems biased.
If you were to say Martti and John for 2015 , I would have agreed. Nothing bad to say about their riding at all, saying didn’t see much footage from either for 2016 compared to some other riders. You are right,can’t please everyone.Simply stating my perspective. A concept not always welcome in the flatland world. Anyway. Effraim thanks for running the site.
I didn’t personally vote for Martti, the readers did, although MK did do a lot of things throughout the year that helped push our sport. John for me had an amazing year, so disagree with that.
I think you could say biased, if maybe the reader choices were different. But take a look Adam, also Lindsay didn’t really feature on the site all that much that is perhaps why he hasn’t featured as highly as what you are saying. Personally, I don’t care who wins, I just try to make the best call I can based on the coverage I see as I run through the site for the year.
OH YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH !!!! I VOTED for the TERRA-DOOM , stoked THAT got in !!!!!!!!!!
thank you, Rodney. You’re so dope
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