Head over to Flat Matters to check out an interview with Autum Bicycles owners, Matti Rose and Thomas Hirsch, to talk about the brand and them winning the 2014 Flat Matters Online Awards Brand of the Year award. Good read!
DownUnderGround – Round 1: Sydney
Here’s one I spotted over on Flat Matters for you to check out. It appears that the flatland scene down in Australia is alive and well! Check out this video from the first stop of the DownUnderGround series that was held in Sydney last month! Looks like a good time to me!
“Downunderground – Australian national flatland contest series took place in Sydney on the 18th of January 2014. It was a fun weekend for all. Thanks for the support from Freestyle Now, Colony BMX , Hell on Wheels and 2020 BMX magazine. Visit bmxflatlandaustralia.com for more information.“
Flat Matters – Thomas Noyer FM Online Awards Winner Interview
Head over to Flat Matters for a real good interview with Thomas Noyer, who took home the title of “Best Edit of the Year” in the first annual Flat Matters Online Awards! Good read, rad photos and the video that landed him the winning spot!
Flat Matters – The Must Watch Edits of January
Head over to Flat Matters for all of the BEST flatland edits that dropped in January all in one place! So much goodness to check out!
Mateus Beckmann 2014
Here’s a fresh one I spotted over on Flat Matters featuring Mateus Beckmann getting wild. The footage is a little rough around the edges, but this is filled with some insanely good flatland riding. Take a peek!
Kevin Nikulski – Epic BMX Flatland Night Session
Here’s a rad one I spotted over on Flat Matters! Kevin Nikulski teamed up with Stephan Fohlich and his RED Epic and filmed this dialed new video. Slow motion flatland edits are always a treat… This is even crispier from the quality of the film so that makes it even better! Enjoy!
“One Night, after a long shooting with the RED Epic my friend Kevin Nikulski and me got nothing to do.
So we decided to shoot some more. Here is what we’ve got from that idea.
Rider: Kevin Nikulski
Filmed and Edited by: Stephan Fröhlich
Thanks to Kevin for this spontaneous shoot and to his Sponsors Shokomonk, Snipes, Relentless Energy and KHE Bikes.
Music by Data Romance – Night Section (Check it out on: itunes.apple.com/de/artist/data-romance/id437083591)“
Alexis Desolneux – You Are Your Path
Here’s a dialed new one I spotted on Flat Matters featuring Alexis Desolneux, who has been behind the lens of all of the Heresy videos. Stoked on this self filmed gem!
“« I don’t know any friend or even professional filmer who would have the « patience » of my tripod. Filming with a tripod clearly has its limits in terms of picture quality and representation of a rider’s motion but at the same time, with this video part, this was the only way to realize it. Always available to document, always there for me with the video camera to try to capture a moment that may happen—or never. There are certainly a few things in that video that I would like to re-film better someday or just improve the riding itself. But there are also a few things that I have no certainty to ever capture again on film and, for that specific reason, self-filming was essential to manage the stress and effort of trying to make something happen — be it just once.
But this was all part of the fun in the end : the fear or doubt to never be able to realize a motion you’ve been dreaming about for months or years, abruptly replaced with the profound joy of finally doing it—being able to tell yourself that today was the day and to just go home with a big smile on your face. It is true that the journey can be more important than the destination itself but finding yourself taking a picture of that destination is not a bad feeling ! And more often than not the starting point of another journey.
With these four little minutes, I hope to share with you a little piece of the incredible fun I had building this video part and to also make you want to go out and try to catch that rare moment of yours, enjoy riding and make your day a good day in the process. Thank you for watching. You are your path » — Alexis
PLAY IT LOUD !
EDITING : LOTFI HAMMADI. lotfihammadi.com
SELF-FILMED 2011-2013
MUSIC : YEAR OF NO LIGHT, « ABBESSE », AUSSERWELT, CONSPIRACY RECORDS/MUSIC FEAR SATAN 2010.
yearofnolight.free.fr
yearofnolight.bandcamp.com
SPECIAL THANKS : Lotfi HAMMADI, Johan and YEAR OF NO LIGHT, Matt @PROFILE RACING profileracing.com / Matthias & Oliv’ @SAVATE savateskatesocks.com / Alex V @Vans France vans.fr / Remy @BMX FORCE SHOP bmx-force.com“
Sport Import – Stephan Kornely 2014 Edit
You’re definitely going to want to check out this fresh one I spotted over on Flat Matters featuring Stephan Kornely putting down some amazing flatland riding in cities around the world for Sport Import out of Germany!
Filmed and edited by Waldemar Fatkin
