This is my Gang! ahah

I just love the feeling of this photo so I thought I would post it here!

Bad Bar Available!!!

The Bad Bar is finally available!
I really liked how the 2 pieces street bars looked, but the back sweep was way too big to ride flatland, so I designed a street bar with almost no back sweep!
I LOVE it!!!
Go get it here:
http://koxxpublic.axelor.com
Nouveau guidon haut de gamme A Bad Thing dessiné pour le flat newschool.
Conçu en tubes 4130 CrMo 11 butted et traité thermiquement après soudure, il est donc léger et très resistant.
Height : 8.75’’
Width: 25.5’’
Upsweep : 1°
Backsweep : 6°
Weight: 720g

MarieJade Evening

Brand new street edit from south of France....
I love it!!
Peace

MarieJade-Evening from MarieJade on Vimeo.

This is My Flatland Bike

So today I went to the AbadThing Warehouse to pick up their new products for 2010 (Bar, stem and my Frame), I put together a Flatland Bike I'm really psyched on!!!
More info soon, For now on, Enjoy some Pictures from Dorian Huet!
Peace
Click on the photos to enlarge Them!

View 1.















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Nope, I'm not down with Flatland ahaha

Facebook Friends request Locked...

It sucks that facebook friend request is locked to 5000 people... I can't add you no more on it so I'm gonna create a fan page to keep on sharing with you guys.
Let's do this!
Peace
M.

EVEN MORE STEREO PANDA SALES!!

LAST CALL!
PRICES ARE GOING DOWN FOR A SECOND & LAST ROUND!
GET READY!
Via STEREO PANDA

Young Money new Mixtape

Click on the photo and go download some good U.S Hip Hop to ride with!

Interview Red Bull Flat Jazz

"Quatre des meilleurs riders au monde qui rencontrent des musiciens à la pointe de leur art, ça ne peut donner que quelque chose d'exceptionnel !"















In French only, sorry guys!

A 21 ans, Matthias Dandois est déjà double champion du monde de BMX Flat (2008 et 2009). Il est aussi l’initiateur du projet Red Bull Flat Jazz et l'un des quatre riders internationaux qui y participent.

Comment abordes-tu le projet Red Bull Flat Jazz ?
Je trouve ça excitant parce qu'à côté du BMX, je possède aussi un background de musicien : j’ai joué de la batterie pendant 7 ans avant de me mettre au vélo. La musique est un art qui me parle vraiment, et je m’entraîne d’ailleurs tous les jours en musique. Ça me porte, ça dynamise les mouvements.

La culture musicale attachée au BMX Flat est plutôt rock à l’origine ?
C'est effectivement très rock, voire électro-rock, un peu comme dans la culture du skateboard. C’est pourquoi je trouve que cette rencontre avec le Jazz est novatrice, car ce n'est pas un pari évident. Mais ce qui est intéressant, c'est que les musiciens avec lesquels nous travaillons sont à la pointe du jazz moderne. Il ne s’agit pas de jazz traditionnel comme on pouvait en entendre dans les années 50, mais d’une musique très impulsive, très mouvementée, accidentée. J’avais moi-même une vision un peu old school du jazz, et j’ai été sidéré lorsque je les ai entendu, ils dépoussièrent vraiment l’image de cette musique. Le lien avec le BMX est donc apparu clairement.

Sur quel terrain se rencontrent les deux disciplines ?
En vélo, on évolue dans une logique de quasi-improvisation, c’est une discipline très axée sur le freestyle. Logiquement, la musique qui s'en rapproche le plus est le jazz. Les musiciens ont un canevas de départ, des chorus, des moments où ils vont se retrouver ensemble, mais évoluent le reste du temps en improvisation, ils brodent, ils partent en solo, exactement comme lorsqu’on fait des tricks à vélo.

Comment as-tu travaillé avec eux ?
Chaque rider propose un choix musical que le groupe adapte en version jazz. Ils savent absolument tout jouer et sont capables de remixer n’importe quel morceau. En ce qui concerne le déroulement, on s'accorde sur les grandes lignes et le reste sera très freestyle. En réalité, il est très difficile pour un rider de se caler exactement sur une musique ou, à l’inverse, pour les musiciens de se caler sur les riders. Il s’agit donc plutôt d’une interaction globale : tous les détails ne seront pas forcément calés, mais la rencontre entre les deux disciplines dégage quelque chose. C’est une sorte d’expérimentation.

Tu as l'air particulièrement enthousiaste...
C'est quelque chose de très nouveau pour nous tous. Nous nous sommes rencontrés, nous avons répété... Ce sont deux univers qui se connaissent peu mais qui se regardent, qui se jaugent, qui échangent et qui expérimentent ensemble. Quatre des meilleurs riders au monde qui rencontrent des musiciens à la pointe de leur art, ça ne peut donner que quelque chose d'exceptionnel !

via www.redbull.fr/flatjazz

Riders Match Jury

I'll be Judging the international video contest Riders Match. Gonna be interesting since there will beSurf, Skate, Bike, Windsurf, Kitesurf, Wakeboard, Crew et Crash. Check it online There
www.ridersmatch.com
Pour cette nouvelle Summer Session le Riders Match "Online World Contest", la compétition s'adresse aux pratiquants professionnels, amateurs, hommes et femmes en Surf, Skate, Bike, Windsurf, Kitesurf, Wakeboard, Crew et Crash.

- Crew : ou "compétition par équipe" ; si vous êtes une bande de potes, un shop, une association, une boite de prod' ou une marque de glisse, cette catégorie est directement faîte pour vous !

- Crash : Pour cette catégorie, upload simplement ton ou tes slams les plus spectaculaires, dans les différents sports ... ça va faire mal !


Ainsi du 20 Juillet au 15 novembre 2010, les participants, qu'ils soient Riders ou Crew, pourront mettre en ligne la vidéo de leurs plus belles performances et se confronter au jugement de la communauté des autres riders ou des fans.


Pour participer au Contest, chaque rider (ou chaque crew) devra dans un premier temps créer son profil puis s'inscrire au Contest Summer 2010 en remplissant un formulaire et en uploadant une video.

WWW.REDBULL.FR/FLATJAZZ

www.RedBull.fr/FlatJazz
Check it out Check it out!!!

Red Bull Flat Jazz teaser!

Enjoy!!

Red Bull Flat Jazz

I'm really proud to introduce you to an incredible that gonna take place in Paris 9th September. Viki Gomez, Yohei Uchino, Alex Jumelin and I will meet 3 of the best new school jazz man on the planet for an incredible show! Jazz is as much freestyle as BMX Flatland so it's going to be an incredible experience!! Stay Tuned!
www.redbull.fr/flatjazz

Red Bull Flat Jazz est un projet sportif et artistique né de la rencontre entre deux univers a priori étrangers : le BMX Flat et le jazz. Lors d'une soirée exceptionnelle organisée le 9 septembre 2010 au Cabaret Sauvage à Paris, quatre des plus grands athlètes internationaux de BMX flat s’invitent à repousser les limites de leur discipline en évoluant et se confrontant librement sur les compositions des Vautours, power-trio de jazz expérimental. Une performance explosive en perspective...
www.redbull.fr/flatjazz

Best combo at the Masters

Definitely not my best combo but since we only had one try....
Thanks a lot to Dominik Wrobel at Woozy Bmx for sending this in!

Style 43 Bmx Masters Video

footage filmed while at the 2010 Bmx Masters in Cologne Germany (16-18th July). mainly footage from the Flatland final, however a few clips from the riders Qualifying runs.
all riders featured in the Finals with exception of Waldemar Fatkin, which unfortunately we didn't have any usable clips, none the less the video is in roughly reverse order of the results.

BMX MASTERS 2010 GERMANY FLATLAND from STYLE43.COM on Vimeo.

Thanks to James Smith for sharing!

New Set Up!

Comming back from the BMX Masters, I told myself that I was going wrong way and was about to burn my head with Flatland, so I'm gonna drop flatland for a couple of month and ride this new bike for the summer, Street baby! Let's see what happend!



Frame: ABT Street Fit
Fork: SimpleBikeCo
Crank:Odyssey 2Bolts 175mm
Stem: Odyssey Minimalism
Bar: Twenty FrenchKiss
Pedals: Odyssey
Seat Post: A Bad Thing
Seat: Odyssey Pivotal
Tires: Odyssey Aitken
Wheels: G sport
Freecoaster: Khe Geisha
Headset: Odyssey
Grips: Odyssey
Pegs: A Bad Thing

Top 3 Highight BMX Masters

siick siiick Riding!

Final Run, Bmx Masters

Never rode any better once in my life! Check it out!

BMX Master Wrap up!

This week end was nothing short of amazing, 3 days of BMX, sunshine and party! That was by far the best Bmx masters I've done in my life! Here's what happened.
I arrived in Cologne on thursday night with Alex, Elodie, Yamcha and Remy. We build up the Stereo Panda Booth and then I went for a quick session with Alex on the spot. The floor was perfect (size and surface wise), in the middle of the contest, between the super ramp and the skatepark, awesome! at night we stayed at Anna place who was wiating for us with Myla and some homemade pizzas! thanks so much!
The following day was the pro qualification. Alex Jumelin is definitely back at the top of his game and had a super clean run, Raph did what he could to qualify and did it well! Jesse Puente is the man, he's fucking 75 years old or more but still can shred his bicycle like no one else! 3rd place in qualification. I end up 1st pretty stoked. At night we had a super nice BBQ at Anna's place which was amazing.
The following day was the amateur qualification. With more than 60 riders suscribed, it took a while! The level was amazing! I was shocked by the level of some riders. Dudes from Estonia and Panama was the highlights of the amateur for me! They're gonna be so good!!!
After the qualification finished it was time for the Pro final. So many people were here to support the rida'z, Catfish was on the mic, the sun was shining, everything was set-up!!
Raph was the first to go and pulled a right footed bike varial at the end of his run. Since he rode only 20 times since one year, it's pretty amazing! Alex was the next. He started his run nicely with a long front wheel combo and ended it up with his new banger tricks (Nose wheelie, nosepick tailwhip back to nose wheelie...). Dominik Nekolny is the man, he's so dialed and does the most tech tricks ou there. Deserved 3rd place for him! Adam Kun rode awesome and pulled his signature decade in the middle of his run! I was the last to go, and I pulled exactly everything I wanted to pull, didn't touch, even halfcab whip to pegs wheelie first try, but still didn't make the first spot. The judge explained us for 3 hours that it was really tight and shit and they finally put Adam 1st with 0,5 pts more ahahaha. Fuck it, I'm stoked for Adam! 1st big win for him!!
And actually I don't have to complain cuz I won the Suzuki best tricks contest on Sunday!!
Talking about Sunday, It was also the amateur final day. Davis Dudelis took the first spot with an amazing run. Congratz to him!
The Saturday night party was going offffff!!! Alex got fired of the club for destroying the toilet and I don't remember anything after 2 a:m! ahaha sick guys!!
I would like to thanks the Deep Bmx Crew for what they did. Everyone was stoked to have Flatland at the bmx masters. Big up to the sponsors too: Deep Bmx, Power Balance, Stereo Panda, Pull-In, Suzuki and Felt Bikes! siiiick guys.
In the other discipline:
-TJ Ellis won dirt with a crazy front tailwhip on the last jump.
-Brett Maddog Banasiewicz won the Park with a double downside whip transfer and a perfect Cashroll
-Alex Coleburn did pull a flair to footjam on the sub box of the super ramp and goes back to England with the top spot!
See you next year!!!

The Panama kids!! Soooo good!

















Stereo Panda Booth!

















No hand the final















I love this photo. focused















More Fuckin' BMX!


1st Adam Kun
2nd Matthias Dandois
3rd Dominik Nekolny
4th Jesse Puente
5th Shintaro Misawa
6th Dez Maarsen
7th Viki Gomez
8th Alex Jumelin
9th Raphael Chiquet
10th Waldemar Fatkin

I'm right now...

... On the way back from Cologne and it's been such an amazing week end! Best bmx masters I've done so far!
I took second place at the contest. I did everything I could to win, didn't touch, did all my tricks but still not win... Looks like people start to get bored to see me on the top spot :) whatever Im so happy for Adam! First big win for my Hungarian friend! Congratz buddy!!
Moreover the week end ended up good for me: I won the Suzuki best combo !
I'll write a quick report here during the week so stay tunned!
Some love to the Deep BMX Crew, they did a PERFECT job organising the flatland contest!!!
Peace!

Off to Cologne for the BMX Masters

I'm going to Cologne today to enter the bmx masters contest 2010.
I've never ever win this contest so I'm really motivated to do good, but of course, first of all, having fun there!!
Cya!

Vote for this guy!!

http://www.puresolo.com/users/29366


Voilà un lien pour le vote de mon pote Rafik Bourayou, un très bon guitariste qui aura peut être la chance de jouer avec Mark Knopfler si il remporte ce concours.
Il faut créer un compte, faire jouer la chanson et aller en dessous du bouton play pour mettre des coeurs(jusqu'à 5)
Merci beaucoup.

Video mission

The last two days have been a true video mission for me!!
On Monday I shot the whole day with a 3D Camera which was pretty fun because I did that with all my buddy from Paris, Then on Tuesday I shot a Red Bull trailer during 14 hours!!
The trailer is gonna be A-MA-ZING believe me, I can't wait to show you!!!
Here are some photos!

Shooting!






















We went to some nice locations!!


After he drove the whole night, no sleep, Vincent shot photos the whole day... He was tired! ahaha

On the Road with...

Vans!
The Vans U.S Team is mental and they did a road tour with a video everyday.
Here is the Episode 1:


Episode 2
Episode 3
Sooo amazing!!

One hour with...Charles Paty!

Today I rode at the famous opera spot and Charles Paty was there. At the end of the session, Mika Machard filmed a few clip of him with my Iphone and I edited (not really well aheum...) this short video for you guys!
Hope you enjoy it!! This guy can do NoseWheelies! ahaha

One hour with Charles Paty from Matthias Dandois on Vimeo.

00:51

Publication

Vincent Perraud told me I have a publication in the English Magazine CASE, I'm pretty stoked on it!!!
Photo took in Austin by Vince himself! Siick Guys!

Alex Poirier!

My Rob Roe Teammate and Pralex co-founder Alex Poirier post this to my facebook wall and I thought it was pretty cool! Nice switch son!

Gruesome bike slam to fall. from Pralex Gorier on Vimeo.

BCN-Hossegor-Paris

Right after the contest in Barcelona, I drove to Hossegor with Alex, Elodie Jumelin and their kids.
Just before going there, we met up with the japanese crew in BCN at the swimming pool. The highlight of this day was Kotaro. He dived, but went too high and too steep, the pool was not deep enough so he hit his mouth ahahah check out the photo. That was 30 min of dead laughing.
We arrived in Hossegor late on monday night. We stayed there untill thursday night. We were basically on holidays so you know what does that mean: Beach, swimming pool, good restaurant, hanging out with everyone from Pull-In, and also filming a web edit.
This trip was nothing short of amazing thanks to Pull-In, I would like to thanks them as well as Elodie, Alex and their kids for the great 4 days!
Some photos for you guys!

Kotaro Face right after the crash ahahha






















We rode some great spot!





Nathan Jumelin over his brother Gabin!!






















Naked dude in the street?






















ElodieXGabinXNathan!




Chilling






















Alex has a new style!

The T.A. Interview

My homie/Team mate/Actor/Funniest rider alive Terry Adams has an interview up on Fat Bmx so you better go and check it out! HERE

Pull-In Flat on The Beach!

Pull-In Underwear is awesome!
After the contest in Barcelona, we asked them if we could take some holidays in Hossegor where they 're located.
I had some amazing times there with the Jumelin's family and after chilling on some beaches we found the time to film this summer feeling edit!
Hope you like it!

Holidayyys!!

No updates for the last couple of days cause I was Chilling in Hossegor (South of France) with the Jumelins family!
Buy watch out! Tomorrow Ill hook you up with some wild photos and a sweeet web video!
Yooo

BCN Extreme Results

Here are the results of the Barcelona Extreme pro final:
1st Viki Gomez
2nd Takahiro Ikeda
3rd Zohei Ucchino
4th Dominik Nekolny
5th Matthias Dandois
6th Moto Sasaki
7th Tsumotu Kitayama
8th Kotaro Tanaka
9th Guelo Monzon
10th Jesse Puente

I'm so happy for Viki! He deserved it and It's cool that he wins in his country.
This was a really fun week end and it was 3 days of partys, fun, Beach, Bitches and BMX!!
See you at the BMX Masters!!!
Oww and yeah I didn't win this one! I should ride more flatland than street if I wanna win contest! Well 5th place is definitely not bad!

BCN update

So I arrived yesterday morning in Barcelona along with Frank Lukas. We went to his hotel to drop off the bags. Red Bull called me 10 min after to tell me they booked the Red Bull athletes a huge apartment in the city center of Barcelona... OK!! I went there to chill for a while and then went to the Forum where the contest takes place.
The venue was not opened because it was on construction but I somehow skipped the security check and could ride the Flatland area for a while. The surface is amazingly smooth and grippy! It's a lil bit too big for me but heh, that's cool!
It was way too hot to ride so I went to the beach for a while.
Later in the afternoon I met up with some of my street rider friends, Vincent Perraud and the Soul Bmx Mag media team cause they were shooting a video for 6.0. I stayed with them the rest of the afternoon.
Everyone got hurt so we decided to go film some flatland clips close to the beach. I pulled some stuff and then it was time for the Apero.I had some beers with them, watched a movie and it got pretty late so I went to bed.
Today is the open practice so make sure you are around!!
Peace

Red Bull athlete apartment!

















The spot is in construction! Look at that beach in the background!