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which contest is the flatland world championship?
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ido rosen
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Flatland the Country
which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 10, 2018, 06:37:21 PM »
I was always confused about this.
I always thought that the IBMXFF championship is the official also for flatland world championship.
but I know that many riders consider the bmx masters in Germany the
flatland world championship.
and then I saw that flatark was introduced as flatland world championship.
there was also the world circuit set of contests which were considered as flatland world championship.
So, which one is the real thing?
Thanks
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DaddyCool
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 10, 2018, 07:13:42 PM »
Good question!
I think today it is similar to boxing. Many different titles at the same time...
I think BMXCologne like it is called today is not considered as World Championship any more. At least the organisers themselves to not state it like this.
But Flatark, IBMXFF, World Curcuit... Who knows?
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ido rosen
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 10, 2018, 07:19:17 PM »
and all these contests occur in the same year but there can't be more than one world championship per year, at least when compared to others sports.
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MICHELE
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 10, 2018, 11:36:03 PM »
i think the original and real was the bmx masters, wich is the one with the longest history.
At the moment in my opinion there is not a real world championship.
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ido rosen
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 11, 2018, 01:33:46 PM »
I see what you mean Michele, the strange thing is that several contests adds "flatland world championship" to their title.
would it be fat fetch to think that the IBMXFF is the real one since they are a international bmx freestyle federation created by riders? I'm not saying they are, I'm just thinking about it...
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 11, 2018, 04:03:05 PM »
and you forgot to talk about the recent UCI flatland comps, and title, organized by FISE
this is the freestyle aspect of flatland competitions
many initiatives, no real institution with authority, yet at least
Personnally I don't mind that little mess
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ido rosen
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 11, 2018, 04:17:16 PM »
Yes I agree that is "
the freestyle aspect of flatland competitions"
I don't mind the mess either, I just wanted to know if maybe someone else knows which contest is
the real world championship.
Regarding "authority" and "institution", those two words don't go hand in hand with flatland
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out~riding
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 13, 2018, 04:43:44 PM »
Several "
BMX Worlds
" were held in Cologne (last one in 2012), so some people will still refere to the Masters as a World Championship, but it isn't now, they don't claim it on their
website
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The
BMX Flatland World Circuit
is a worldwide circuit... I guess it was supposted to take over that position of a World Champion for flatland. It would seem more fair as there are more events you can participate in but then again, if you have more money you can travel to more of them and get a higher ranking....
Now UCI / FISE seem to be wanting to take over the World Championship...
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ido rosen
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Re: which contest is the flatland world championship?
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January 13, 2018, 05:48:03 PM »
out~riding, yes all these events are confusing.
regarding the world circuit, I have mixed feelings about it:
on one hand it can be expensive to travel to all the events especially if one of them is in japan or usa,
but on the other hand you are not judged by one contest.
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