Two videos to check out.

Flatland: Chad Johnston of S&M who rides brakeless and pegless which means every move could be adapted to modern street and park riding....well almost
http://vimeo.com/5852702

Street:New rider for United Tom Sanders. NICE!
http://vimeo.com/7264935

Olympia Street Jam

First I want to say thank you to Deschutes River Cyclery/Tumwater, Joyride Bikes/Lacey, Oldtown Bikes/Olympia, and The Bike Stand/Olympia who really pulled through with parts, and gift cards for the riders who participated in the event. A special thanks to Grindstaff Trophies in Tumwater for making awards at the last minute for us.

BMX is as subdivided in it's riding disciplines and maybe more so than other cycling. Occasionally you will find a freestyle rider at the dirt jumps, a weekend BMX race, or even practicing a flandland trick in a parking lot but really "Freestyle" is about melding all the disciplines of BMX into one to concur riding curbs, ledges, skateparks, and just about any object you can think of around town.

On Saturday October 3rd I held a little event for the local freestyle riders. We met at the Olympia Farmers Market at noon. The ride started with 10 riders and grew to 25 as we moved around. The basic ideal was to ride from one favorite riding spot around town to the other. The format was really loose but Freestyle is all about disorganization, and doing what comes freely. When it became time to move on to the next spot a vote of who won, meaning did the coolest trick at that spot, was taken and we would move on to the next location.

We ended up making a large loop from the market past the marina up to the east side neighborhood, post office area, capitol, down town and back to the Port of Olympia water front park. The event came to a close as the sun was starting to set. When it came time to hand out awards the Street King Medals went to Morgan Chance, Robin Slootmaker, Dolton Holt, and Rance Hutchinson for the best tricks. A nice surprise of the day for me was that prizes by a vote of the riders went to the riders most in need of parts for their bikes before the top riders got anything.

Unfortunately we didn't have a working camera until the end. Here is a link to some riding from Garrett Reynolds who won three NORA Cups this year (BMX version of the Emmy or Oscar) to give you an ideal of what Freestyle is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjyGiRrWfgY

P.S. Garrett Reynolds is good but Olympia has some riders that can give him a run for his money.