Shane Badman just put together a new bike with some fresh new colours. You can read about the special paint job over on the Newcircle site by clicking here now. Check out his Colony parts list below…
Broc Raiford has been off the bike for a little while since he lost a few teeth but is getting back into now. The other day he had a little chilled session with a bunch of flatlanders including the likes of Terry Adams & Matthias Dandois.
We are the proud presenting sponsor for the JoMoPro World Flatland Circuit that is going down this coming weekend. It should be a huge event with riders coming from all over the planet. Click here for more info now.
Simon O’Brien was recently up in Brisbane to film & crashed riding the bowl at Fairfield. His knee has now swollen up pretty bad & is in a lot of pain. Hopefully he isn’t out for too long & will be back on the bike soon enough. Rest up mate.
Simon O’Brien sent in a quick email on some stuff he has been up to of late, read on below. Simon also heads over to Japan next month as well.
“The other day made the 7 hour trip out past Albury to Mulwala Lake where I did a demo on the Friday night and Saturday with the Showtime FMX crew. Good times hanging out riding and partying.
I also took part in another of Shaun Gladwell’s art projects in Sydney. This project will
be shown in Melbourne in May. Again the topic is spinning but from a different angle, the footage looked amazing!” – Simon.
If you are into flatland & you have been looking for an excuse to travel to Tasmania, then you will want to make sure you are down there for this on February 19th. Check out the video the guys put together for where the event is to be held. Looks really sweet.
The series is presented by Newcircle & supported by many other good folks including us here at Colony. In fact, we’re giving away an Apprentice complete bike for the year end prize for the beginner/advanced class. So get your flatland moves on & get on down to it.
Last year we hooked up Fat Tony from Ride BMX with a Colony flatland set up. He wanted to get into flatland & see what he could learn & have some fun along the way. He didn’t get out on the bike as much as he had hoped but still managed to get some clips down. Check them out below.
Simon O’Brien’s signature frame & fork for 2011 has a special feature in that for every one purchased comes with a free copy of Simon’s latest DVD, aptly named DejaVu. Not only do you get to ride the Australian flatland legend’s own set up but you get to watch his skills over & over at your own leisure. Check them out at the following dealers… Newcircle in Australia & 3edge works in Japan now & Flatland Fuel in a few weeks.
Simon recently did a demo in Orange, NSW & the trip there took much longer than expected due to flooding in the area. The 6 hour journey turned into 11 hours but he made it OK even though his car nearly died. The demo was fun though even with the small bouncy stage he had to ride on.
Our flatland guru in Japan, Rayyan Ibrahim (formally known as Shintaro Misawa) was in Malyasia recently for a comp there at a festival called Kulsign. He did well enough to get 2nd place behind Mat Dagu who also rides for us through our Singapore connection, 20 Inch Circle. Good to see the guys out there killing it, congrats !!
BMX Flatland Top 3:
1st. Ahmad Shaiful Azis (Mat Dagu)
2nd. Shintaro Misawa (Rayyan Ibrahim)
3rd. Hezlan Abdul Ghafar
Flatland Fuel are having their holiday giveaway again & you can win yourself a bunch of stuff for simply making a purchase including the chance to win one of our Apprentice complete flatland bikes which are due out very soon.
Simon O’Brien was in Bathurst recently doing some flatland demos at Newton’s Nation last weekend. Good to see the word of flatland being spread to the masses.
