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Flat Matters – Jean William Prevost Podcast

May 16, 2018

Effraim at Flat Matters caught up with Jean William Prevost for an interview!

Here’s a rad one Effraim over at Flat Matters sent over for you guys to check out. Here’s a podcast interview where he sat down with Jean William Prevost to talk about a ton of ground from riding in Canada, hitting up contests all around the world, sponsors, his thoughts on contests and the future of flatland and much, much more. If you have an hour to spare and you’re interested in flatland, this is well worth a watch. Check it!

“Here in the UK, we have this saying “Every Dog has his day”, well…Jean William Prevost had a whole year and deservedly won a lot of contests, awards (Nora Cup, FM) but his achievements go beyond that with his work for inside the flatland industry with Far East and IGI. This year at Bike Days I caught up with the man to talk about how his year unfolded, we discuss everything from winter training, winning contests, motivation, helping bring on other riders, video parts, Flatland in the Olympics and while lot. Years of hard work to get to this level. You definitely want to grab a cuppa or whatever you do. Get the headphones and enjoy this podcast!

00:34: Winter training, escaping the Canadian winter, hitting the contest season running?

1:54: What does the Toronto contest in March mean to Dub?

4:11: Friendly rivalry with Dominik Nekolny, being motivated after getting second?

4:34: Winning Fise Montpelier, motivation after winning?

6:11: Helping Far east cycles grow.

8:10: Having responsibility as a pro rider and bringing on otter riders such as Joris Bretagnolles?

9:08: The igi brand.

10:19: After winning Fise Montpelier, then going to Ninja spin and winning. Prepartion right before the contest, contest rituals before runs.

12:28: No one riding like Dub, where did your inspiration come from?

13:54 From one of the best runs of the year at Ninja spin, to dropping another contender for run of the year at BMX Cologne. How do you focus for finals after pulling such an amazing run in qualifying?

15:05: Do you have a set amount of turbines you do in a contest in your lines cause it seems like you could do however many you want?

15:56: Variety in a contest is not only a front and back wheel thing?

16:22: If you could talk directly to a judge, and you had three most important factors to consider in making a result what would they be?

18:17: Practising on perfect looking marble floors then going to wooden floors, how does that translate for you?

20:17: Which point in the year did you think I can win the overall FiseWorld championship title?

22:10: Who’s going to remember you in 100 years?

22:33: How much of contest riding is preparation and how much is mindset?

23:29: 3 minute run or battle format?

25:13: One minute runs, two tries.

26:34: The energy you out into runs seems higher than everyone else out there, how long did it take for you to get to the point where your throwing down flawless runs?

28:48: Winning Flatark, pulling out a new forklift variation to take the win?

31:42: From Flatark to BITR? Battling Austin Luberda?

33:45: Who’s the hardest rider for you to battle?

33:57? Making it?

35:13: Despite winning last year still the underdog?

36:24: Is flatland ready to be in the Olympics?

36:56: Granite marble at contests as a standard?

38:35: Real City Spin?

40:27: The nickname Dub?

41:10: How much training goes into contest riding on a regular day?

42:33: The recent Puro Flat video project?

45:23: Focus for this year?

47:28: Representing Canada, so many flatland greats coming from your country?

49:00: How long are you at home out of the year?

49:56: Advice for up and coming riders?

51:04: Outro.” – Flat Matters

Hydraulic Brakes On A BMX Bike?

February 7, 2018

It’s always interesting seeing how people take ideas and create it. Jimmy Biondi wanted to see if he could get hydraulic brakes on his bike…

We know… We know… Everyone rides brakeless these days. Actually, not everyone! There’s still a good number of riders out there that run brakes and love them. Over the years, BMX brakes haven’t changed a whole lot, though. We’ve seen the same style of U-Brakes, V-Brakes and even a brief run in with disc brakes that lasted about two minutes over the years, but we haven’t seen much when it comes to hydraulic brake systems. Jimmy Biondi decided he wanted to try it out to, so he spent a year and about $600 to figure out how to get a set of Magura Rim Brakes to work on a custom Titanium fork with mounts. The process was a little more complicated than expected, but in the end he ended up with a crazy brake setup that he likes a lot and could be easier to maintain than traditional BMX brakes with springs. You can learn all about how he did it over on Flat Matters where he talks about the motive, the process, hurdles that he had to jump and more. It sounds like he’s already starting to play around with figuring out how to get hydraulic rear brakes using a hydraulic rotor that would all the bars and bike to spin without cutting off the flow of oil. If you’re a design, product, BMX nerd… This is definitely worth a peek!

Anyone else ever played with hydraulic brakes on a BMX bike or have seen anyone else do it? What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments below!

James White Bike Check

January 23, 2018

Get a look at James White’s Fit Benny L setup with a bunch of custom mods…

It’s a pretty much endless world of possibilities when it comes to customizing your bike. Whether it’s doing a custom color combo or making some tweaks to parts, running different combinations of parts, etc… It’s rare to find two custom bikes that are identical. Flat Matters caught up with James White to take a closer look at his current Fit Benny L setup that he’s been riding on. This is a mix of parts, with a few mods and a bunch of custom paint. Hell, you can even find the Beastie Boys “License To Ill” record label on his sprocket (so good). There are a lot of details, all of which you can check out over on Flat Matters. This might be a flatland bike, but it looks like it would hold up just fine riding street, too. Best Hentai Movies https://hentai-moon.com selected hentai videos.

Flatmatters 2017 Year End Awards Winners Announced

January 16, 2018

Flatmatters have announced the winners of their 2017 Year End Awards…

It’s that time of the year for Flatmatters to recognize the best flatland riders and riding that went down over the course of the past year. For 2017, they have Rider of the Year, Edit of the Year, Most Progressive Rider, Line of the Year and Outstanding Contribution awards. You can find out who won and who came up as the runner up for each category over on the Flatmatters Website!

Effraim Catlow – One Session

December 5, 2017

Effraim Catlow coming through with the goods from a single flatland session…

We’re always stoked to see what Effraim Catlow is getting into over in the U.K. Here’s a look at a video he whipped up from a session he was able to get in recently that went from just a session to filming a bunch of combos to make a full edits worth of riding. Take a peek! You won’t be disappointed.

“It’s been a long time coming, three years in fact since my last edit with Ollie Denny. During that time, I have been battling injuries off and on the bike, it’s been hard to get any rhythm. Ironically I just crashed on my roadbike a few hours before we filmed this.
Matti Hemmings popped down this past weekend, and quickly turned from “Let’s get a few tricks” to “might as well film an edit Effraim?”. In one session I did 7 combos I was pretty happy with, the ender though got corrupted. So That will have to wait for the next project.
If you listened to my interview with Scott O’Brien you will have heard me talking about this idea of releasing EP’s before the LP. let’s call this the One Session EP.
Thank you Matti Hemmings for taking the time to film in this “One Session” edit.

Tune: Mr Brown – The Time Stealer.”

“Landscapes 2” Trailer

November 20, 2017

Check out the trailer for the new “Landscapes 2” flatland DVD that Stewart Munro produced…

Here’s a gem we spotted over on Flat Matters! It looks like Stewart Munro has been busy getting this new “Landscapes 2” DVD together featuring a bunch of flatlands finest. Above you can find a trailer that gives you a good look at what the video has in store from a handful of different riders from around the globe. Take a peek! If you’re digging the video, you can download a copy right here.

““Landscapes 2” is a new full length video showcasing some of the best flatlanders from around the world. Featuring Bert Ribul, Brandon Fenton, Chad DeGroot, Hidenori Ishizaki, Koichi Forkone Higo, Paul Chamberlain, Raphael Chiquet, Shinichi Kiba, Takuji Izumi and Simon O’Brien.” – Stewart Munro

Art Thomason – October 2017 Video

October 23, 2017

Art Thomason coming through with some fresh footage from his flatland sessions as of late…

Whenever we check Flat Matters and we see Art Thomason has a new video, we get super pumped. It’s not every day that you get to see riding from a guy who spends his days working at NASA and his free time riding flatland. Here’s a fresh batch of footage from some of his backyard flatland sessions over the course of the past few months. As always, Art is dialed as ever, and it looks like taking the brakes off didn’t hurt things, either. Take a look!

“Here are a few tricks I have been working on over the past couple of months.” – Art Thomason

8 Year Old Takato Flatland Skills

October 11, 2017

It’s not every day you see a kid this young crushing it…

We were just checking out Flat Matters when we stumbled across this video featuring young Takato laying down some real dialed flatland riding. What’s crazy is that Takato is only 8 years old and he’s already SUPER smooth and making it look so easy. If this doesn’t blow your mind, we suggest you grab your bike and give it a whirl… We would imagine we’ll be seeing more of this kid in the future. I was probably running around hitting myself in the head with a whiffle bat when I was 8 years old…