When Matthias started bringing street oriented tricks it became fashion. When some other guy rides freestyle people start calling it non-flatland. Kinda strange for me.
No doubt Tim is a boss. I'm just saying, this isn't "Video of the Year" like Effraim was saying, and no I don't think he's the Dark Knight of Flatland with the whole "flatland needs him" thing. It's fun and awesome and all but if anything it's detrimental to flatland. Obviously dude can do whatever the f*ck he wants to do on a bike, but I don't even want it associated with flatland. I'm "the flatland guy" with in the group of street kids and they're all asking me to do flip and sh*t off of my bike because they saw this video and think it's flat. You know those douche bags that roll down the road and see you cruising and holler "DO A BACK FLIP!"? This is their dream. This kid will do a backflip for them. He will do the f*ck out of a backflip for them lol. Once again, do what you wanna do, not hating at all, have fun on your bike or whatever, but keep this sh*t away from flat man.
I showed this video to my brother and he said it reminded him of WILLIAM SPENCERWILLIAM SPENCER-HOLLARADO!
good lord I havent been on this page in forever and 5 seconds back first thing I see is rad still making dumb ass comments.... I mean lets be real here. Tim video has blown the f*ck up and shown ppl A LOT of flatland tricks. True its not all flatland but you can say there is none in there either. Had 5 ppl inbox me that doesnt ride bikes at all about his video yesterday. da f*ck have you done for flatland? has anyone ever even seen you ride? Let the guy do his thing my god. Hatin from the side lines is f*cking lame af...
Im with Rad on this one I think its gimmicky i think there is maybe 2 tricks in there that qualify as original and i think it appeals to the lowest common denominator.The hype its getting is beyond me call me an old purist with a bias for technical capacity but there are so many more hardcore impressive riders out there deserving there shine getting no attention and why? because they refuse to sacrifice or dilute there riding down to roly poly gimmicks.I rarely say this but big up Rad for having the balls to think and speak out on this one as for the rest of you and your trademark hurrrr praise or yooz haterz well we know how that goes.As a result of this video i expect way more kids getting into flatland! yeah good thing right! now they can learn gimmicky sh*te instead of actually pushing trick boundaries to.I love Tim mind and its true doing your own thing is great and encouraged but for me there needs to be a balance of skill and idea and for me skids and landing on flat down bikes is not it, any of my parkour friends can do that first go no effort. i only say this because i know some of you struggle to grasp the concept of separating criticism from personal attack.
I think his riding is some of the most creative, interesting, and groundbreaking done today. His edits are always entertaining and memorable. In a sport that claims to value creativity over everything else, I'm surprised at some of the comments here. Things that make you say "hey, that's pretty cool, why have I never thought of that?" are good too. People can't say "flatland is all about creativity" then try to hem in what creativity is okay and what's not.