01 Matthias Dandois - France $1000 (BMX Flatland World Champion 2009)
02 Youhei Uchino - Japan $700 (Ranked 2nd in World Circuit for 2009)
03 Terry Adams - Louisiana $450
04 Viki Gomez - Spain $350 (Ranked 3rd in World Circuit for 2009)
05 York Uno - Japan $250
06 Shintaro Misawa - Japan $250
07 Matt Wilhelm - Chicago $250
08 Hiroya Morizaki - Japan $250
09 Pete Brandt - California $250
10 Raphael Chiquet - France $250
11 Art Thomason - Texas
12 Yuki Sakai Japan
13 Takeomi Okimitsu - Japan
14 Aaron Frost - Texas
15 Takao Fukuda - Japan
Expert Results
01 isaiah jordan
02 diego tejada
03 cesar calderon
04 alexis lagrassa
05 alex poririer
06 eric wright
07 bryan huffman
08 tyler gilliard
09 ramon
10 ryan
11 chris anderson
12 brant
13 alan young
14 johnathan tamayo
15 huck edwards
16 damien bacci
17 koit
18 omari cato
19 pinoski montagne
20 jim mckay
21 josh duffek
22 danny harrison
23 jerry milborn
24 roy deguzman
25 julio cotto
Terry picking up the boys at the Airport. Ucchie last years Champion is the first to arrive. He is ready for battle!
Backyard session at Terry’s house.
Hiroshi the cook and judge.
Shirts will be available for $15 at the contest. Limited numbers, once we run out that will be it.
Please check the event page for the schedule update!
Thanks
OBZ
Hiroshi Uehara has been a head judge of King of Ground, the Japan flatland championship since 2006. He also once judged X-Games in 2003 and took important roll at 2007 Circle of Balance in Japan. He is also supposed to judge all rounds of BMX Flatland world circuit this year.
He has been riding for over 10 years since middle 90’ and actually rode BMX professionally for a while several years ago. He is currently spending more time on improving his business as a founder of Fourthirty, one of the successful apparel brand established by riders.
Here is a small interview with Voodoo Jam DJ Matthew Play.
Name? Born Matthew Brian Simmons. I go by the pseudonym Matthew Play.
Age? 27
Hometown? Amite, Louisiana
How long have you been a D.J.? I first learned to mix @ the age of 15 or so, but I have been writing and producing music since I was 14 in a number of different projects before focusing solely on electronic dance music.
But in the end I have to feel it out and go from there. What you planned on playing isn’t always what is going to go over best. Gotta come prepared.
What was your experience from last years event? Last year was so much fun. It was great having riders from all ends of the earth coming together for an event like this. The interaction between the crowd, the riders, and myself was amazing. I look forward to the same thing this year.
What is your favorite music to mix at an event like Voodoo Jam? I feel like at an event like this it’s good to keep that energy level up. I feed off the crowd and the competitors. I hope they do the same in turn. The type of music that, to me, encompasses this is Indie/Nu Disco. It’s really fresh and young. Artists like Tiga, Boys Noize, etc.
Last words? I just wanna thank Terry for giving me the opportunity to be involved in something like this. Keep an eye out for upcoming events, mixes, and releases @ www.myspace.com/matthewplay
Japanese Flatland legend York Uno will use his other skills to hype up the party and DJ the Expert finals competition.
