The DownUnderGround contest series has been rolling in Australia since 2008 and Freestyle Now has supported the series since day 1. BMX flatland in Australia is very small compared to other disciplines of bmx but with the DownUnderGround national bmx flatland contest the art of flatland can grow. This year DownUnderGround is into its 7th series. Round 1 took place in Sydney in February and round 3 will be taking place in Melbourne on the 28th of November. These are physical contests where riders all converge in one location and compete. As Australia is a large country it can be difficult and expensive for riders to travel to lots of contests during the year so the “video round” was created. It gave the opportunity to still hold 3 contests in the year to work towards a year end title yet riders only had to travel to the two locations, Sydney and Melbourne.
The video contest concept is simple, each rider in pro or advanced or beginner classes gets to submit one contest video run, between one and two minutes long, as if they were riding at a flatland contest. (It must be unedited and continuous, no video cuts) It can be filmed on any device, quality of video is not important. You don’t need to make the video fancy or have music backing or spend stacks of time editing it. You are judged on the quality of your riding not the quality of the video. The video run gets judged using the same criteria as a normal contest, difficulty, consistency and variety. Points are awarded and these points go towards the year end title.
To get the full details and all the information on DownUnderGround the video round and how to submit your video head over BMXflatlandAustralia and start riding and submit your videos, Australian flatland needs you.
