by Freestyle Now
on 27. Feb, 2015
in Bmx, Competitions, DownUnderGround, Flatland, Paul Chamberlain, Shaun Jarvis
Congratulations to Freestyle Now squad members Paul Chamberlain and Shaun Jarvis for taking out 3rd places at DownUnderGround.
DownUnderGround is the Australian national bmx flatland contest series. Round 1 of series 7 took place in Sydney on the 21st February. Freestyle Now has been supporting DownUnderGround since it started in 2008. At this round Freestyle Now squad members Paul Chamberlain and Shaun Jarvis both competed and both took out a 3rd place in their classes. Paul hit many hard tricks in his two runs, but with hard tricks comes the difficulty of pulling them and his constancy was a bit low. Paul took out the 3rd place in the pro class with Lee Kirkman from Queensland taking out 2nd place and Boteck from Malaysia winning the top spot. Shaun had a good first run but his second run was just not working until the last 30 seconds. Shaun got the 3rd place in the advanced class while Matt Wootton from Tasmania took out 2nd and Philipp Frueh scored the 1st place. if you would like more information on bmx flatland in Australia then check out the BMXflatlandAustralia website.
Shaun and Paul taking the 3rd place at DownUnderGround.
Paul Chamberlain mid crackpacker turbines (rolling forwards to backwards)
Shaun Jarvis mid back wheel to front wheel switch
by Freestyle Now
on 17. Feb, 2015
in Bmx, Competitions, DownUnderGround, Flatland, Jams, Paul Chamberlain, Shaun Jarvis, Video
DownUnderGround, the Australian national bmx flatland contest series is now moving into series 7, the contest series has been rolling since 2008. Freestyle Now is proud to have been supporting the contest series since then. Round 1 will take place this Saturday in Sydney at Waverly Park just up the hill from Bondi beach. Australia’s top bmx flatland riders will mix it up with international riders and all will converge on a flat piece of land and roll around in circles doing some radical stunts. The contest is open to all riders no matter what bmx they ride. Last year in Melbourne a street rider took out the beginners class for the win. There are three division for competitors to enter, beginners, advanced and pro with great prizes on offer from the contest supporters Freestyle Now, Colony bmx and Primary threads.
Colony have thrown in a on off prototype flatland to be raffled off on the day. The proceeds from the raffle will go towards a cash prize for the pro class and the winner of the raffle comes away with the frame. Check the flyer below for all info on how to enter, but the essential details are, $10AUD will buy you 5 tickets Entries can be accepted from anywhere in the world, but if you win and you’re outside of Australia then you will need to pay postage on the frame Payment can be made two ways, Paypal – flatpaul@hotmail.com or to arrange bank transfer, contact us directly here. Closing date for entries is 20 February, Tickets will be on offer on the day as well.
Freestyle Now squad members Paul Chamberlain and Shaun Jarvis will be attending the contest and throwing down some good old radness. Below are their video contest submissions from 2014 round 2 the video round. If you’re in Sydney or on the east coast of Australia you should be attending
Paul Chamberlain
Shaun Jarvis
Check out last years Sydney contest video to get the vibe of what will be going down on Saturday 21st February for the start of series 7
by Freestyle Now
on 04. Dec, 2014
in Bmx, Competitions, DownUnderGround, Flatland, Paul Chamberlain, Shaun Jarvis
Freestyle Now squad member Paul Chamberlain has taken out the 2014 DownUnderGround year end Pro title. The DownUnderGround national BMX flatland contest series has 3 rounds and Paul was only 22 points ahead of Shane Badman so at the finals last weekend in Melbourne it could have been either way for these two riders. Paul placed 4th in Melbourne just 2 points below Shane who took the 3rd place. DownUnderGround has had 6 series of competition with Paul taking the title in series 1, 3, 5 and this series 6.
Paul Chamberlain rolling his way through a dumptruck underpass at round 3 of the 2014 finals in Melbourne
Freestyle Now co founder and main boss man Shaun Jarvis took out the 5th place in the advanced class at the round 3 competition in Melbourne. A heavy crash on the day before the competition resulted in a server sprained thumb which hampered his riding a bit n contest day. Shaun ended up as a result of his 5th placing taking the 3rd place in the year end title for the advanced class.
Shaun Jarvis whips it in backwards mode at the DownUnderGround finals
The new series of DownUnderGround kicks off in Sydney on the 21st February 2015, make sure you keep up to date with everything bmx flatland over at the BMXflatlandAustralia website.
by Freestyle Now
on 26. Nov, 2014
in Bmx, Competitions, DownUnderGround, Flatland, Paul Chamberlain, Shaun Jarvis, Video
Round 2 of DownUnderGround, the national bmx flatland contest series has just been completed and the results are in. The contest is a flatland video contest where flatland bmx riders from around Australia had to submit a unedited contest video between 1 and 2 minutes, just as if they were at the contest. Freestyle Now squad Paul Chamberlain took out the 1st place in the pro class, congratulations. Freestyle Now boss man and co founder Shaun Jarvis took out 3rd place in the advanced class. Both of these riders will be in Melbourne this weekend for round 3 – the finals of DownUnderGround and both riders are in contention to take out the year end title in their respective classes.
Check out more information about DownUnderGround over at BMXFlatlandAustralia and the full results and videos here.
Paul Chamberlain 1st place in pro class
Shaun Jarvis 3rd place in advanced class
by Freestyle Now
on 11. Nov, 2014
in Bmx, Competitions, DownUnderGround, Flatland, Random, Video
DownUnderGround has been rolling since 2008. Freestyle Now is proud to have been supporting the contest series since then. This latest series, series six is now coming to an end and the finals are now set. Round 3 the finals of DownUnderGround, the Australian national bmx flatland contest series will take place at the famous Melbourne Imax spot in Melbourne on the 29th November. The contest is open to pro, advanced and basic riders with Colony bmx once again supporting the contest.
Check out the video from round 1 that took place in Sydney earlier this year.
by Freestyle Now
on 24. Sep, 2014
in Bmx, Competitions, DownUnderGround, Flatland, Jams
DownUnderGround the video contest for 2014 so get your cameras ready and start your flatland game on. DownUnderGround, the Australian national bmx flatland contest series started in 2008. It has gone through a few changes since then with it being 4 physical contests, but with Australia being such a big country travel to that many contests becomes expensive. DownUnderGround now has two physical contests, round 1 in Sydney and round 3, the finals in Melbourne and round two is a video contest.
The video contest concept is simple, each rider in pro or advanced 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.
DownUnderGround round 2 – the video round is open to all riders within Australia keen to throw down. (Even international riders staying in Australia at the time of the contest)
1st place – Share in $400 worth of travel to get to either round 3 – the finals in Melbourne 29th November or for round 1 series 7 in Sydney January 2015) – thanks to Freestyle Now
2nd place – pedals, grips and t shirt – thanks to Colony
3rd place – grips and t shirt – thanks to Colony
Once you have your video completed and you are happy with your run you will need to submit your video to BMXflatlandAustralia.
It’s simple to do, head over to www.wetransfer.com
Once all that is done, click on “submit” and it’s all done – simple as that! Your video will be uploaded to wetransfur. BmxFlatnadAustralia we receive an email notification that your video is uploaded. From there they upload all the contest videos to their YouTube channel.
Make sure that the file size is not to large or it will be difficult to submit.
Entry’s close 3rd November so all videos will need to be submitted by then to be eligible. On November 4th the videos will all go live on the net through the BMXFlatlandAustralia YouTube channel. The videos will be judged by the judging panel (announced soon) with results posted shortly after that.
Get out there and film, nothing is stopping you. Full details on the on the entry information can be found on the format and judges page.
Last year squad member Shaun Jarvis took out the first place in the advanced class with this below video entry submission, you can look at the 2013 video contest results here.
by Freestyle Now
on 24. Sep, 2014
in Bmx, Flatland, Random, School Assembly's, Scooter, Skateboard, Stunt shows, Video
Recently Freestyle Now was invited to the Waroona High School for a school presentation. The focus behind the school presentations is to demonstrate and to educate what radness is all about but to also provide a motivational presentation to inspire others. The week that Freestyle Now visited Waroona High School it was in the middle of mental health week and the “R U OK” program was in full swing. Freestyle Now brought in a few of our ramps to the Waroona school and set about to put on a rad show. For the assembly presentation the younger students from the Waroona Primacy school also attended so it was super loud with lots of people screaming. After the performance the primary students went back to class and our founder of Freestyle Now Shaun Jarvis gave a motivational presentation to the high school students on his past experience about “R U OK” and how it is important to have something in your life that you can turn to that is creative and constructive. For Shaun it has been BMX. At the end of the presentation the students got to hang out with the Freestyle Now squad and ask questions.
We got a few photos from the day and one of the teachers Jo Evans was rad to offer her video footage to us to post up.
R U OK is an important question to ask your friends, as sometime they are feeling the weight of problems and issues and a simple gesture of asking “R U OK” can be all they need to know you care and are willing to listen. If you feel you need assistance with any mental health issues get in touch with lifeline.
Squad member Mitch Harris gets it done in front of a loud Waroona school crowd.
Clockwise from top left – Mitch Harris flips the maple – Matt Adkins down whips – John Manning and Mitch candid shot – Matt Adkins rotates in a vertical direction.
by Freestyle Now
on 24. Jul, 2014
in Bmx, Flatland, Paul Chamberlain, Video
Freestyle Now squad member and S&M Bikes roller Paul Chamberlain likes his bikes a little unique and always likes them set up to help him with his progression. Check out Paul’s latest S&M set up listed below. Have a look over at Paul’s profile page to get to know Paul a little bit more and see what makes him tick. His latest update is here and you can also have a read of his latest interview over on BMX Flatland Australia with this link.
Frame – S&M Intrikat 19.5 top tube
Fork – Odyssey Flat forks – minimal offset
Headset – Hell on Wheels
Stem – Highroller BMX stem (made by Quamen)
Bars – T1 Salt Lake bars – I love these bars. Just what I wanted.
Grips – T1 Grips
Barends – Camacura stainless steel
Lever – Odyssey small Monolever
Cable – Odyssey Linear
Brake – Eclat (rear brake only)
Seat post – S&M Pivotal post
Seat post clamp – Built into frame
Seat – United pivotal
Cranks – Primo Hollowbites 165mm
Pedals – Primo plastic Stricker Tenderizers
Bottom bracket – Fit
Sprocket – 28T S&M Tuffman sprocket
Chain – Odyssey Bluebird chain
Front wheel
– rim – Colony contour 36 hole
– hub – Colony clone
– spokes – stainless steel
Rear wheel
– rim – Colony contour 36 hole
– hub – Colony clone male axle RHD 9T drive
– spokes – stainless steel
Pegs – Suelo alloy on the front, Animal Butchers with no plastic sleeves on the rear
Tires – 2.1 Animal GLH tire on the front, 1.75 Odyssey Frequency G on the rear
Tubes – black rubber ones
Any modifications – Skingrowsback cross bar and stem pad which is basically the most useful thing on my bike. It comes in so handy for plastic man stuff which was killing my knee before. It was made in Australia too which is a novelty these days. Check it out! www.skingrowsback.com. Left stainless steel gripstop made by Brett Dighton. Got a seriously old dust cap on the front wheel. That’s probably about it. It’s my bike. It’s short, light and does the job.
This video below contains a mix of Paul’s riding, it’s about 12 months old now but shows how diverse Paul is on his bike.
by Freestyle Now
on 11. Jul, 2014
in Bmx, Flatland, Paul Chamberlain, Photos
Freestyle Now squad member, Sydney resident, father of Beatrix and rad roller, Paul Chamberlain is constantly progressing his riding. Never to be content with just doing the same tricks he seems to change his bike parts to force himself to change his styles. From no brakes, two pegs, three pegs, high seat, low seat and back to four pegs, all of these modifications push him into different styles and tricks. He recently sent through an update on what’s he has been up to lately.
“I’ve gone back to a more flatland specific setup over the past six months. I’ve been riding quite a lot. Basically at least a couple of hours a day. I feel good. Working on a new style. No touching the seat (Haven’t put my hand on the seat since the 3rd of March), no pumping and more stepping up onto the tire. Mostly front wheel at the moment, but I’m always keeping the back wheel alive. Last week I hit a car at a roundabout because I went from a chrome rim to a black one and the brakes didn’t work as well. Lucky I was wearing a helmet and bag – That took most of it. Lucky escape. Get the right pads for your rim! I was out for a week, but I’m back riding again. I am heading to England in August with my wife and daughter to see my family, and planning to head to ja[an again in October. That’s about it really. Between working, riding and family I don’t have time for anything else. Thanks Stowaway distribution and S&M bikes – very stoked.
One of Paul’s newest tricks, inside no handed bar split hang on.
Paul’s bike, his helmet and a switch can 10 captured.
Spinning in circles while the locals at Summer Hill look on.
by Freestyle Now
on 27. Jun, 2014
in Bmx, Flatland, Shaun Jarvis, Video
Freestyle Now founding member Shaun Jarvis send in a update on what he has been up to over the last few weeks, looks like he is one busy dude.
“Hey all, hope everyone is getting rad. It’s good to be back home in Perth. May was a hectic month of travelling with Canberra, Melbourne, Cunnamulla and Exmouth it is good to be back and riding more regularly. Travelling is super fun but it can be hard to get some riding sessions in at my favourite spot the Perth Concert Hall, headphones on and just letting it roll for a good few hours. I’m super stoked to be progressing on some new links and tricks and will most defiantly be stoked to roll them out for DownUnderGround coming up soon. I’ve been getting some of these sessions on video and making some short edits, it would have been rad to have so easy access to video 20 years ago.
I’ve been working a fair bit on getting some new ramps made and best of all finalizing the work on our trailer with a roll in for our stunt shows. Still a bit more work on the trailer to do but hope to have the roll in finished in a few more weeks ready for the invite competition in Rockingham. I got to say I’m super stoked on things at the moment with a stack of new events planned and coming up.
I am just loving riding so much being on my bike is so dam good. This year will mark my 33rd year into BMX, and I’m just as stoked now as I was then. Stay rad.”
Below are some of Shaun’s videos from his latest flatland sessions at the Perth concert hall
