The Jeux Urbains contest just went down this past weekend in Montreal, Canada, and if like me you missed it, there is full coverage of the flatland finals above, and best trick footage below.
Congratulations Varo Hernandez taking the win, followed by Sietse Van Berkel, and Shu Sugawara in third place.
1. Varo Hernandez.
2. Sietse van Berkel.
3. Shu Sagawara.
4. Benjamin Hudson.
5. Julien Baran.
6. Terry Adams.
7. JF Boulianne.
8. Dustyn Alt.
9. Juan Niebles.
10. Steve Bergeron.
11. Chris Bohm.
12. Carin Hommura.
It’s been a good week for Must watch edits, and Julien Baran comes through with this amazing flat/street hybrid edit to promote his new hook up with G Shock.
Style for miles, and the last ender is a banger! What a future this kid has…
If you familiar with the Voodoo jam edits, you will know the name: Erik Otto! Erik always captured the best footage, and four years on from the Red Bull COB in New Orleans, Erik comes through with this awesome mini documentary of the event. If there was ever time to grab a cuppa, it is right now!
Really enjoyed going back into the archives this morning, and came across this Issue 2 of Jeff Desroche’s Vibe Video magazine with an amazing Level Vibes section, with stand up riding from Martti Kuoppa, Viki Gomez, Alex Jumelin, Phil Dolan, James White, and Jimmy Petite. Well worth a watch back!
Yes it’s one clip, but deserves the Must Watch tag. I have seen Yu Katagiri attempt this line in a few contests, but have no luck. Next level difficulty, and the style to boot.
Love the pedal straddle-roni step over to opposite side pedal roni jump to pedal junkyard, wow! Thanks to Nina Suzuki putting this together, hope to see more from the Japanese scene.
The contest season has started over in Japan with Ryo Katagiri taking the top honours out in Kumamoto, followed by Young buck, Takatora Hishikawa and Yu Katagiri.
Look forward to watching this one back, just caught the last battles on the livestream this morning.
Pitt Street Skatepark in Portsmouth was the venue for the 2nd Annual @rollonflatland jam.
The once derelict food superstore has been converted an amazing All Wheels, All Ages, All Skills, All Weather skatepark that now serves the community far and wide.
The idea of the Roll On Jam was the brain child of Freestyle bike rider Mike O’Connell @mikeobmx, who whilst now in his 50’s still rides most days. “My desire is to continue to give something back to the sport that has given me so much since I was ten years old, and be part of the solution” said Mike.
The event saw around 30 riders of all ages and skill levels enjoy a relaxed session followed by both Expert and Pro competitions.
Huge congratulations to the winners: ( full results soon).
Expert
1st TGM Maz
2nd James Ovens
3rd Ellis Morgans
4th Jake Lloyd
Pro
1st Yinka Thomas
2nd Steven Green
3rd Jason Forde
4th Amos Burke
5th Matt Cole
A big thank you to all the sponsors who supported the event. @bsdforever @steelyflats1991 @deadsailorbmx @t77bmx @pittstskatepark @backto_the_lab amazing handmade trophies from Leroy at @atomicwelding , gifts from Steve Habbishaw plus @mikeobmx , Jacob @pittstskatepark each throwing down the £100 cash prize for 1st place in Pro.
Thanks @handsome_dave_rocker on the decks, with judges @emer_johann and @rangajobsy
And finally massive thanks to MC for the event, my first ever riding buddy and right-hand man for this event Effraim Catlow @effraimcatlow whose career achievements include multiple contest wins, judging, hosting events, multimedia activities and running freestyle academies, Big E is BMX! Be sure to check out his recent Union Tapes interview.
It was amazing to see the BMX community come together for a second year. Thank you to everyone who made the trip, riders and spectators, and everyone who helped behind the scenes. #bepartofthesolution
James White reviews the new BSD Carbon XLT Rims, that he’s been testing for the last six months. “I made this video mid last year when I first got the rims. 6 months on and they are still running like new and haven’t broke a single spoke!”
Who’s tempted? I know I am…
My Bicycle Union podcast is live, great catch up with John Dye a few weeks ago at Volt BMX in London.
We talk about my younger years growing up surrounded my amazing talented riders such as Carlo Griggs, Jamie Morley, Carl Westfield, Vince Gregory, Martyn Knight, Craig Campbell and many more at Southsea Skatepark.
My days running a ‘zine, growing up riding with Mike O’Connell, competing all the world, winning the worlds and the controversy, sponsors, Through to modern day, judging all over the world, starting Flatmattersonline, taking the DIY approach, riding in my 50’s, sampling all eras of my riding and running a flatland school.
There’s a lot on here, enjoy!
