The finals of series three DownUnderGround is almost upon us. Sunday 21st August will see the finals take place at the Ausbike expo in Melbourne at the Melbourne showgrounds. Australia’s best flatland riders will all converge at the one location along with some international riders so they can throw down all things flatland and compete for a stack of trophies and prizes from the contest supporters Newcircle, Freestyle now , Colony , skingrowsback , 2020 bmx mag
Round two DownUnderGround Australian flatland contest series had been captured by John Young. Freestyle Now is proud to be one of the main supporters of the contest series. Round three – the finals will be taking place in Melbourne at Ausbike expo on the Sunday 21st August. More information will be coming via our coming events page. For now enjoy the videos and go out and ride.
The next round of DownUnderGround national bmx flatland contest series will happen on the 25th June in Sydney.
The contest is set to take place next to the Summer Hill skatepark in Summer Hill just west of the city. Flatland riders from around Australia will be converging on the location to compete in round 2 of the national contest. There will also be a category for the best non flatland, flatland trick to entice not just flatland riders there but some of the local street and park riders.
Freestyle now squad members Paul Chamberlain, Shaun Jarvis and Andrew McDermott will be attending the competition. This will be the first contest in this series that Andrew will be attending so he is keen to do place well so his points will go to the year end ranking. Paul is currently in second place in the pro class, while Shaun is in second place in the advance class in the contest points tally.
All riders are super stoked to be attending and we wish the Freestyle Now squad members all the best in the competition.
Squad member Shaun Jarvis was in Tasmania last month to compete in DownUnderGround national bmx flatland contest series. Shaun took out 3rd place at the competition. Friend and all round top bloke Matt Wootton has compiled and awesome edit from the competition. Have a watch and get ready for round 2 to take place in Sydney in June.
The new series of Downunderground national bmx flatland contest series will be hittin off on February 19th just outside of Launceston Tasmania. Bridport is the fine location for this awesome event. Squad member Shaun Jarvis will be making the trek over the Tasman Sea to compete in the national event.
Check out the promotional video the Tazzy crew put together for the comp. it is defiantly shaping up to be a must go to event.
The 19th of February will see the isle state of Tasmania flooded by Australian flatland riders as they all converge on Bridport for round 1 of DownUnderGround national flatland contest series. This is the third series to take place with the last two very successful.
Freestyle Now Squad member Shaun Jarvis will be heading to Tasmania to compete with the rest of the advance class riders and will try to defend his national title which he took out last year.
The riders in Tasmania have put together a great promo video for the contest so be sure to check it out.
Squad member Shaun Jarvis had an amazing weekend over in Brisbane attending the finals of DownUnderGround national flatland contest series. With riding hard every day and shredding at the contest there was fun had by many. Shaun won the competition by only a few points and by doing so took out the year end title of the series. Congratulations. Be on the lookout for Shaun at the upcoming Freestyle Now shows that are coming up over the next few months. The first show being at the Gingin market day on the 11th September
Downunderground round one Perth 6th November 2009.
Supported by Newcircle –Freestyle Now – Colony – Rebel Yell Bmx Mag – Airwalk
The weekend just gone saw the start of the new series of the Newcircle Downunderground Australian national bmx flatland contest series. Round one went down at the Canning agricultural show on Friday night 6th November.
Riders from all over the country were in attendance and the action went down hard and fast. DJ Drew was on hand to throw down some phat beats and keep the pace up tempo. In the competition the riders are split into to classes, Middies and Advanced. These two classes cover the broad spectrum of skills that are present in the flatland community here in Australia.
Freestyle Now squad member Jason Parker took the win in the Middies class. Jason was not going to ride due to some back wheel problems but after some good advice from Queenslander Brett Dighton he kept his wits about him and took top spot with his unique style of tricks. Perth rider Mike Brandt rode some solid runs and kept his feet off the ground and on his bike to score second. Squad member Shaun Jarvis must have had an off day and could not keep his bike and feet connected all to well. Park and street rider Andy took to the comp well and made some new friends in the process. It was awesome to see him competing.
Left – Shaun Jarvis – cross footed elbow glide, Right – Jason Parker – Mc circles.
In the advanced class the riders had to compete to find the order for the battle round finals.
First up was squad member Andrew McDermott. In his first run he was a bit rough but his second run was far better and knocked back some solid trick. Representing his home state of South Australia and sponsors Newcircle and Colony, Shane Badman has a somewhat off first run but his second run more that made up for it. Queenslander Brett Dighton put out some super tough new links but a few too many touches was his only drawback. Ben Moran from Victoria is a very original rider and put some of his originality to good use. With original manoeuvres mixed with some mad spins Ben seemed to be focused. With the qualifying over it was time to battle it out in the qualifying order of Andrew, Brett, Ben, Shane.
Left – Andrew McDermott – Hitchhiker, Right – Ben Moran – Defying the laws of physics. Photos by Andy Fortini
Battle round 1
Andrew McDermott v Brett Dighton
Tricks were done and the judges awarded the win to Brett unanimously
4th place to Andrew McDermott and $100
Battle round 2
Brett Dighton v Ben Moran
With two battle rounds said and done the judges could not split them, so they had to battle again. Brett was stating to waiver with the demanding amount of riding he was getting through, but with some fine riding from Brett and with Ben having a few touches Brett took the win.
3rd place Ben Moran and $200
Brett Dighton from Queensland throwing a half hitcher on his way to 2nd.
Battle round 3
Brett Dighton v Shane Badman
This could have gone either way. If Shane made too many mistakes and Brett was on it, it could have made for some interesting results. But that did not happen. Brett had the tricks firing out but they just did not have the same level of intensity as Shane had. Shane was on it and put out two solid 30 second battle runs all while ripping his thumb nail in half in the process. The judges collectively knew Shane had it in the bag.
2nd place Brett Dighton and $300
1st place Shane Badman and $400
Shane Badman taking the first place with tricks like this spinning cliffhanger.
Round one of Downunderground was a great success. The contest format was dialed. The setting was great, with a mass of people being exposed to bmx flatland, the surface was good and a happening vibe went down all day.
Round two waits in Sydney.
Round one of the new series of the Downunderground – the national bmx flatland contest series heads to Perth in a few weeks and hits the Canning Agricultural show on Friday night November 6th. With riders from all over Australia showing up and with $1000 up for grabs in the advanced class you can be sure this comp will set the standard very high in the flatland culture in Australia.
Squad member Andrew McDermott will be hitting up the comp and is getting prepared to throw down some mad skills.
Andrew spinning a time machine
Andrew throwing a brakeless decade out of a rear wheelie
