BMX Flatland: FULL COMPETITION | X Games Japan 2023

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Watch the spoiler-free, full competition of BMX Flatland at X Games Japan 2023!
How medal event is judged:
Head to head, 8-person competition in bracketed "battle-style” format.
The 120 second countdown clock begins as the first athlete attempts their trick. Athletes can stop their 120 second clock after they complete a trick/combination of tricks (or miss) by raising their hand, at which point the other competing athlete then attempts their trick/combination of tricks and their 120 second clock begins. This process continues back and forth until 120 seconds have expired for both athletes and the judges declare a winner of the battle.
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@BixbySnyder209 Жыл бұрын

Such a privilege to get to watch these guys killing it. Flatland is just so extremely technical and cool to the point it just utterly fries my brain. Nothing but mad respect for these guys.

@strawFate Жыл бұрын

GOOD GOD how is this not more popular?? some of the most mind-boggling performances in all of sport, period.

@DnB-BMX 10 ай бұрын

Look at the London and New York rideouts, SE bikes and the big wheelie bike/bmx scene ... Its still happening

@k-v-d1795 10 ай бұрын

Boring af

@strikingmachine2975 9 ай бұрын

with all due respect, why are all the riders just Figure Skating out there?

@DnB-BMX 9 ай бұрын

@@strikingmachine2975 to be fair it's more like figure skating while erecting scaffolding, which would be undeniably quite impressive

@smashedlegends Ай бұрын

@@k-v-d1795 go play videogames kid.

@Merdock-yp2xj Жыл бұрын

First time I’ve actually watched flatland xgames, might be one of my favorite BMX events now, amazing to watch

@omgvague 7 ай бұрын

Tried doing flatland 20 years ago. Its incredibly difficult. The balance and precision needed is otherworldly.

@Cereal_Killer007 8 ай бұрын

Katagiri's first run was perfect...I dont see anyway anyone could ever top that. It was poetry in motion, he may as well have been a ballerina with the bike as his partner. To think hes doing this at 18 yrs old blows my mind

@JAWS_164 Жыл бұрын

They Brought Back the BMX Flatland to the X Games let’s Goooo!!!🔥🔥🔥

@D.Mom0 Жыл бұрын

Katagiri was pretty much dancing with his bike, sick skills.

@infinitybless7132 10 ай бұрын

💯

@about80crickets Жыл бұрын

Im glad the commentators were able to name one or two tricks

@tech12mods Жыл бұрын

hahahah and its frigin scotty cranmer

@patmygroin Жыл бұрын

They should of had Terry Adams and Scott O’Brian do the commentary.

@ashleybmx4130 Жыл бұрын

😂

@tstatus1206 Жыл бұрын

A nice spin there

@reggielavoie5048 Жыл бұрын

Youd need the micro machine dude to keep up with whats going on.

@rustyfan89 11 ай бұрын

Man I missed flatland as a teenager in the 80’s I lived the beginnings of all freestyle bmx I loved street but spent most evenings on the street in front of my house riding and perfecting flatland tricks imitating R.L. Osbourne and Mike Buff for hours and hours. I’m 54 now and Dennis McCoy was my idol growing up in fact I still have my 1985 Haro Master and still ride it

@KevinWillis2 7 ай бұрын

I've missed watching BMX flatland for so many years. Loved this. Thank you!

@crzzymnn911 8 ай бұрын

Flatland always blows my mind because the balance and control these guys have is amazing.

@o.g.aurthermorgan3104 Жыл бұрын

Cool to hear Scotty commentating nice hearing it from a guy that knows what he is actually talking about

@2Swift4u Жыл бұрын

In this case Scotty actually does not know what he's talking about because he doesn't know much about Flatland as he's said himself multiple times on his channel before. But he made the best out of it.

@rizen3467 Жыл бұрын

David beckham was wild

@lucasoliveira1851 Жыл бұрын

It's so amazing the flow and connection between the rider and the bike, looks like a dance.

@lancelarvie1132 Жыл бұрын

this has to be one of the most difficult events to judge. everything is so mindblowingly impossible it’s hard to say that one of them should lose

@MOUNTAINOUS Жыл бұрын

this is so great. i am over 50 and i make flatland videos also. i do early 80s flatland stuff.

@mahatmagundi6747 Жыл бұрын

Flatland must be the most technical, awe inspiring bmx contest ive ever seen. Katagiri truly earned the gold, the tricks he pulled out were next level. I would dare to say superhuman! :D Way to go

@calon7936 7 ай бұрын

I think he lost to Dandois tbh but that’s me

@deedontworry Жыл бұрын

Yu Katagiri is next level! 😂🔥

@BloodyMindset Жыл бұрын

fact

@jeffstreck Жыл бұрын

Yu is in a Katagiri of his own ❤️

@Shintikibob Жыл бұрын

Insane skills he got!

@bestbeforeapparel 11 ай бұрын

I was looking for a comment about that, insane transitions literally had to watch again and slow down speed

@df3kt 11 ай бұрын

Yea man that last line was absolutely insane

@jordanlarson6488 Жыл бұрын

Love that flatland is back. Scotty a little out of his element, but still brought great vibes lol.

@wellbaby1 Жыл бұрын

Did it go somewhere?

@Therealbackslabbath Жыл бұрын

So stoked to hear Scotty’s voice over this!!

@SONOFABITCH Жыл бұрын

I'm not!

@golddigger4306 Жыл бұрын

Neither, couldn’t comment a sing flow, trick or difficulty. Imagine training on the top level to have the commentary team not understand the language 😢

@SONOFABITCH Жыл бұрын

Scotty's a nice guy and all that, I just don't understand why you'd have a football guy announce a tennis match.

@SONOFABITCH Жыл бұрын

@@golddigger4306 NOT EVEN A SING FLOW??

@liamstrange4939 Жыл бұрын

Some of the best flatland i have ever seen 😮😮😮 I’ve got so much respect for these super powers that these athletes hold its a blessing 🙏

@bigben1986 10 ай бұрын

Kevin jones paved the way!!!! do your home work!!!!

@nofood1 Жыл бұрын

Dandois was doing some tricks I’ve never seen him do before. 👌 And Yu is not from this planet. 🥴

@thatican Жыл бұрын

We don't live on a 1000mph spinning ball flying around the sun at 66,670mph while blasting thru space at ridiculous speeds of over 500,000mph. There is absolutely no curvature. Mass bodies of water always finds its level. Is why it's called sea level and not sea curve. P1000 cameras zooming in on boats that supposedly disappeared behind the curvature back into full view. Pilots never have to dip the nose of their plane down to account for curvature. Sun and moon are alot smaller and local under the firmament with us. Not penetrating light and heat from 93 million miles away penetrating light and heat from endless space. We've purposely been indoctrinated by these parasitic elite think it's funny that they can brainwash us. Eric Dubay on KZfaq destroying these ball earth priest. Check it out for yourself. Your common sense will take over. You will ask yourself how the Fck did I call for this dumb shite.. 🙈🙉🙊🕵🤔😂👍

@jaymason2493 Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see a Dutchy competing in this. Well done Sietse, that no hander combo looked sick!

@Caribbeanrykerriders 11 ай бұрын

PREVOST IS NEXT LEVEL

@infinitybless7132 10 ай бұрын

Katagiri is. 😎

@brianmontanez9288 3 ай бұрын

Amazin Fn Trick With the backward and upside down and flippin it back up, SICK...

@Salvation7 Күн бұрын

This bows my mind man. How could practice be enough

@ironleeFPS Жыл бұрын

Gotta love how even Scotty has no clue about the names of even a single trick these guys are doing😂

@playr4 Жыл бұрын

Easily my favorite competition. So glad it's back. 💜

@katsuragi7892 Жыл бұрын

Katagiri extremamente superior 😱

@Felipera369 Жыл бұрын

Com 18 anos kskskkskss

@bmxadventures Жыл бұрын

When Katagiri Flooped the Pig I pooped'em. That was incredible! 22:22 He just stomps the pedals so clearly.

@TheOneSoulMate_ Жыл бұрын

Amazing to watch. Some incredible tricks and balance. Great competition this year.

@LL-be3qt 8 ай бұрын

So glad flatland is back!!! Was always my favorite to watch, even though I was a skater not bmx. Just crazy to watch!

@qualm43 Жыл бұрын

We need Effraim Catlow on the mic for this event. He has deep knowledge of specific switches the riders do, how long they've been doing them, etc.

@nofood1 Жыл бұрын

he is a judge most big events not sure if he judged this one

@kylelongstaff Жыл бұрын

I never watched a full flatland comp before but with Scotty Cranmer announcing time just flew by.. I swear this was a 10 min video

@user-qg7qg5ot7g 6 ай бұрын

Nothing but mad respect for these guys

@BloodyMindset Жыл бұрын

katagiri is insane bruh

@MrTJP777 11 ай бұрын

The bike flip reminds me of the first attempts at the motorcycle backflip... Great performance from everyone!

@tomwindsor7491 Жыл бұрын

Incredible flat land bmx, 🤯🤯🤯the celebration at the end was the best😂😂😂

@4ever2high0 Жыл бұрын

This blows my mind that people are able to do with those bikes.. respect wish I could do it

@Salvation7 Күн бұрын

I know

@alexanderbrito4563 Жыл бұрын

Cada dia quedo más asombrado esto son los legendarios.❤

@sfghhhcvwtw Жыл бұрын

i like the breakdancebattleflair this kind of comp bring. i would love to see points in the end so we see quarters and half finals. astonishing talents anyways on display...found myself clapping in front of the computer haha

@mike54996 11 ай бұрын

Katagiri, though! 😮 18?! I've been trying tricks on BMX for years. I'm 32. That's way beyond me! Very impressive!

@infinitybless7132 10 ай бұрын

He’s insane.

@deeplookman Ай бұрын

im speachless, its insane how they are so good

@HUKIT. Жыл бұрын

Jumelin looks like a singer in boy band from the 90’s.

@Flatgod Жыл бұрын

He definitely has some Duran Duran hair going on. Lol

@Dawks12 Жыл бұрын

David beckham vibes

@MARLEYDIDIT Жыл бұрын

or George Michael from *WHAM!*

@cruiser82 Жыл бұрын

That is the representation of old school, I grew up watching his skills, one of my favorites along with Martti Kuoppa.

@darkone9572 Жыл бұрын

I believe he'd be better off with some smaller pants

@motopolak 7 ай бұрын

All of these guys definitely have their own style. Shout out to the tricks that don't look hard but are super hard, if Uchino had pulled off that combo at 5:57 back into a reverse manual that would have been so sick. But Katagiri was insane, no doubt; he was so fluid in everything and definitely deserved Gold!

@imacomputer1234 Жыл бұрын

insane! too bad dandois and katagiri had to face each other in the semi!

@dawie4853 Жыл бұрын

Well deserved W!! So good

@megablaps Жыл бұрын

This was ok and all, but… I kind of miss the diverse style that smooth Simon Obrien, Matt Wilhelm (king of spin), Terry Adams with his insane aerial switches, Waldemar Fatkin, Justin Miller, Martti Kuoppa, the long rolling tricks; whiplashes, undertakers, jugglers, hiker kickflips, turbine cliff hangers, time machines, deathtrucks, I could go on.. Even if these commentators knew any names of some of these tricks, it would be over before they mentioned them. It’s seems to have (d)evolved into just pumping a steamroller into another spinny transition where you keep circling the drain (so to speak) and push enough energy into it to get yourself back out. There are a few times where I was wrong and the trick could actually be held. No full hate here, just there’s heaps of area to ride.. why ride on a dime?

@GinjaNinja77 Жыл бұрын

I feel like Prevost is the soul surfer, and Katagiri is the young technical phenom. Prevost fought the good fight with his flow and bold moves, but in the end passed the torch to the more efficient Katagiri, spinning like a top and flipping the bike to and fro. This, of course, is the only flatland BMX video I have ever seen.

@cyberhoney4 7 ай бұрын

Sasaki and Kataguiri that was my favorite heat. Shame they both couldn't advance and I love that Sasaki showed true sportsmanship at the end when he wasn't advancing.

@robertwhite2676 6 ай бұрын

When did David Beckham start bmx?

@noehadi4653 24 күн бұрын

Wkwkwkw

@Playterae 10 ай бұрын

UCHINO WAS AMAZING 🎉bravo Guys 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@whoever6458 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how often these riders end up bending their rims. That was some sick riding!

@SONOFABITCH Жыл бұрын

Not that often!

@matthewdickerman3142 Жыл бұрын

The axle is usually what will bend.

@mking9231 Жыл бұрын

Straight up AMAZING!

@Bmx-Rider83 Жыл бұрын

Super power level,Flatland is amazing !!

@herps4life33 Жыл бұрын

This doesn't seem possible lol the skill insane

@adamh9077 4 ай бұрын

Flatland has been around since the 80s

@futureoffunk9802 11 ай бұрын

Huh? 😅😅😅 I wouldn’t even know how to begin to learn one of the tricks. This is beyond human level 🤦🏾‍♂️

@fadlyazmi5090 4 ай бұрын

Jumelin look like david beckham in flatland

@arich9124 11 ай бұрын

Great crowd and atmosphere!

@tubuskyandrews1513 11 ай бұрын

Jumelin looks just like David Beckham

@user-pg2xk8ct3d Жыл бұрын

True Flat! Respect!

@kevinmartin7354 Жыл бұрын

You can trace everything done here all the way back to Kevin Jones in the ‘80’s.

@nofood1 Жыл бұрын

no sht

@Winglessflight97 Жыл бұрын

Cool to see that they set it up somewhat like breaking. Stylistically, that makes sense.

@macreencky8180 6 ай бұрын

Esse e o meu espote favorita . Parabens pelo campionato

@wellbaby1 Жыл бұрын

So good to see dub at the x games

@mindbomb2000 Жыл бұрын

Great commentary!

@davidfordyoyoguy Жыл бұрын

The person controlling the timer.... Just one example taking over 3 seconds to stop the clock is an ETERNITY for people with even basic reaction time.

@panickysmurf5502 Жыл бұрын

Was thinking this myself some of them start late into the trick and others cutting it off seconds later almost like it was a Japanese person on the timer favouring their own country to win

@davidsmith2910 3 ай бұрын

Katagiri killed it

@marciachavarria128 10 күн бұрын

Super , es divertido.

@matthewpople9639 10 ай бұрын

When i rode i always had a dream of combining street and flatland together. Flat is So much more interesting than Park to me, despite the major skill levels, it just leaves me cold.

@MM-ig1iv Жыл бұрын

I remember the 98 xgames flatland. I actually video taped it.. and watched it all the time over the years before vhs went extinct. Trevor was unbelievable, the machine!

@thecommonsenseconservative5576 8 ай бұрын

Man I was just thinking the same thing like what happened to this sport though like there's no one watching this back when Trevor Meyer was there geez it was packed

@GreenMountain565 4 ай бұрын

Yep I remember Trevor from the 97&98 X games. People didn’t like the guy (they said he stole Chase G’s style) but man he was sooo good in competitions. I think the last year flatland was in the X games was like 2000/2001

@youngyoya2231 8 күн бұрын

16:49 bro ate that

@degz1s 9 ай бұрын

hes so clean with it!

@jmzamoarts4151 2 ай бұрын

Dandois is a master piece in all this competition, he killed it from the beginning, I even feel that the 18yr old k was just being favoured for he has been great too but not to dandois level

@RobertDJBooseBell 2 ай бұрын

Insane! BMX ballet

@tecassemino 2 ай бұрын

Incroyable 🤩🔥

@martinkorn2668 11 ай бұрын

I remember before 20 years When I Was doing flat but now the things is very crazy

@legenderekonwheels Жыл бұрын

Front Bri/Inward Bri is correct. Fantastic job on commentary, Scotty. LETS GO RWILLY!!! FOR THE SCOOTS BRO!!!🤘🛴🥇

@flatism Жыл бұрын

YU🎯

@MrD347 9 ай бұрын

Love watching this , however could someone please explain why they don’t have brakes on the bike? I’m curious as to what changed in this style

@mbrosstudio 10 ай бұрын

Love it.

@Hriuke Жыл бұрын

Scotty loves the flat land!

@its_z33ro 8 ай бұрын

Flat's going strong these days! 🙌

@jknewb6276 Жыл бұрын

Wowsers there's like nobody there for a xgames competition

@Zeno_Zarathustra 8 ай бұрын

Bicycle Ballet is so sick

@chris_boehm 10 ай бұрын

BMX Flatland ❤ auf die 1

@unstablegenius2325 11 ай бұрын

Awesomeness’s 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🔥🔥🔥🔥

@normanmason3623 3 ай бұрын

Dat Boi cold look like Travis Barker on tha Drums .From Canda that's he ride

@k-v-d1795 10 ай бұрын

Crowd going wild

@azodinmusic 8 ай бұрын

This is a works of genius

@eatincrabmeats 11 ай бұрын

awesome

@joshlockie9285 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if brakeless has improved this sport. A lot of other riding it improved but with flatland I see guys getting too much speed built up. I feel like it made the flow worse for a lot of tricks. It’s gotta be way harder though, I’ll give ‘em that.

@chuckgood3972 11 ай бұрын

Nah. Breakless is the only way to go with flatland imo. It shows true balance