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Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« on: September 29, 2012, 07:35:21 PM »

Very interesting edit here from Ko-ichi; creativity both in bike setup and riding. It's a curious hybrid of old- and new-school, using an "interesting" bike setup. What do you think?

« Last Edit: September 29, 2012, 08:36:12 PM by jm »

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2012, 07:44:04 PM »
Loved it! Not keen on the bars tho :)
''let me tell ya something i did a front n rear wheel hang on the cloping on the slide of the spine, now i stick to street!''

''do you freestyle?''

However serious you take it general public sees us as just dicking about on 'kids' bikes, some people could do to remember that and smile a little.

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2012, 07:51:49 PM »
i love japanese riders !

the word that always comes to my mind is "open-minded". they're all about FREE-style, and that's what is so interesting about them.

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2012, 08:03:44 PM »

Flatlanding on a bmx with a fixed gear or a bar like that (I mean with the cross bar coming from the same tube than the grip tubes) has already been done few years back (Trevor Meyer, Shintaro Misawa), but that's against the trends in 2012 so that's pretty cool!!
And the riding is dope!!  :beer: :beer: :beer:
The editing is nice too
and the fact that the rider is wearing large jeans (baggy style) these days adds some good nice flavors to the mix!

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2012, 11:15:20 PM »
Weird style but it was awsome!!! he has some good moves too!

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2012, 12:56:22 PM »
This is killing me, WHERE IS THAT BASSLINE from? It's instantly recognisable, yet I am
unable to place where I (and anyone else from my era) knows it from.



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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2012, 01:28:00 PM »
Very cool edit. Much based around his own attitude rather than on modern trends. Some grown-up mind for me which is pretty rare these days... Ohh forgot he`s from Japan :)
Better to ride not so smooth but with your own style, than trying to be a copy.

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2012, 05:41:31 PM »
This is killing me, WHERE IS THAT BASSLINE from? It's instantly recognisable, yet I am
unable to place where I (and anyone else from my era) knows it from.


i got fiiiiive on it~

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2012, 05:48:07 PM »
Refreshing take on some really old tricks!  His bike is, well, his bike.  Nicely done!
"A puppet no more!"

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2012, 05:51:43 PM »
Thank you SO much for that, it was driving me insane.

However, I have never even heard of Luniz (as far as i can remember... )

So I suspect I only remember the song from another flatland video from years ago... I wish
I had the mental capacity to back that thought up.

I blame the weed.

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2012, 12:29:17 AM »
I think it was the Ganji tour video

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2012, 12:51:01 AM »
f*ck yes. Super fun to watch.

Edit: Why the hell did it censor me? What are we, children?

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2012, 08:36:56 PM »
Not children, just riding childrens bikes, remember? :P

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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2012, 08:40:33 PM »
I think it was the Ganji tour video

You may well be right sir.

Alas I cannot spend any more time racking my lacklustre brain on the matter
because I am starting to suspect it is I who am discombobulated by my own memories.


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Re: Ko-ichi aka Forkone | One Night Edit | Japan
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2012, 08:45:20 PM »
Not children, just riding childrens bikes, remember? :P

That's very true :)