JoMoPro 2010 1st Place Expert

Bryan Huffman

Interview with Bryan Huffman

April 19, 2010

BMX Freestyler- I know you were not thinking you were going to take first place. Do you think your ready for Master Class?

Bryan- Maybe, hopefully by the end of summer. I’ve had a really rough year riding wise with my knee surgery and all so I don’t feel ready at the moment.If I could ever ride the way I know I can then I think I could do ok, not sure I could win the master class though. I may enter Masters at the Ohio contest.

BMX Freestyler- You have been back in the game now for awhile. How many 1st places have you taken since your return?

Bryan- Just a couple…the first Indy contest, Fight with Flight this year and now JoMoPro which was a complete surprise. I felt ok about my Finals run, but I shouldn’t have qualified to begin with.

BMX Freestyler- Was there anyone that you were totally phyced to meet at JoMoPro?

Bryan- No one in particular. I was just glad to see everyone and glad to see some really good riding going down.

BMX Freestyler- I heard through the grape vine that there is a Jam happening in NC. What are the details?

Bryan- We do a jam every year usually in May. It’s May 29th in Winston-Salem, NC. It’s a nice jam at a great lot so come ride with us! More details are under the Events section on global-flat.

BMX Freestyler- Any last words, Shout outs?

Bryan- Thanks to you Mark for all the work you do for flatland and for the interview. Thanks to Steve for the am series. Both you guys need to be up for the NORA award. Thanks to Isaiah for driving most of the way to JoMoPro because I was too sick to drive.

Bryan Huffman is very humble about his riding. He is one heck of a nice guy to boot. Check out his contest footage from JoMoPro 2010.

1st Place Expert Class

Mobile Link http://www.vimeo.com/11022773

Bo Knows Flat Session

    Bo Wade was in Austin,Texas this past week. He was riding all week long with many of the crew members. On this day we came out in full force to show our support. Jim was not riding and was on the camera filming the entire session. Bo's friend Michele was snapping photos through the whole session as well. The photos have not surfaced yet but the video is now up. Thanks to Team McDuff!

Bo Knows Flat Session - G6

Johnny Tamayo 2nd Place Expert Footage

     I have known Johnny Tamayo for some time now. We have made many rode trips and rode our bikes in many parts of Texas and beyond. I was even apart of the road trip that took him out of Texas for the first time. Johnny was requesting his footage from his final run. I took it a step further and put together all of his contest footage. Johnny is apart of the Byke Project Team. Be on the look out for a How to Turbine McCircle.

Interview with Johnny

BMX Freestyler- Looks like your about to conquer the Expert Class. What other tricks do you want in your bag before you move to Master Class.

Johnny - Well in fact I have an entire new back wheel link that is currently in the works. This link will eventually end in a pedal-time machine which I am completely stoked about! Mastering this new link will definitely push me into the master class (whether I qualify or not). I'm also working on a few tricks that should have been knocked out a long time ago like hang 5's and believe it or not the steamroller. I plan to mix these into my existing front wheel links.

BMX Freestyler- What kinds of things were in your goody bag?

 Johnny - My goody bag was amazing! I received a pair of Chase Gouin bars, Flatware grips, TONS of stickers, and a really nice poster with all the greats illustrated on it (Chase Gouin, Aaron Ross, Chase Hawk, etc.) It looks like Odyssey really hooked it up for this one.

BMX Freestyler- How many Ninja Swords do you now own and what did you do with your newest one?

Johnny - Well this is my first Ninja Sword believe it or not. I didn't expect it to be so authentic! As soon as we got back into Houston I put it to work and cut sections of Hector Garcia's front yard. It was a blast! I hope to get a few more in the future. Then I could start a tree trimming service. 

Photo by Fat Tony of Ride BMX

BMX Freestyler- Are you planing to compete in Ohio and what class if you are?

Johnny - I most certainly will be attending the Ohio competition. I think I'm going to finish out the year in expert class just to see if I can get that 2nd place standing. Next year I'll be entering master no matter the outcome of this next competition. I think it will push me to ride harder if I know i have to hang with the masters.

BMX Freestyler- Last words, Shout outs?

Johnny - I'd definitely like to tell Austin what's up and that I wish I were there every saturday. Thanks to the few guys in Houston that are starting to ride more nowadays. Lastly thanks to you Mark for putting in the personal time to get exposure for flatland and helping those who already ride! Keep progressing everyone!

2nd Place Expert Class Johnny Tamayo

Mobile Link http://www.vimeo.com/11015230

Photo from Kelly and Monique Baldwin

    The Baldwin family have dedicated them selves to high quality photography. As a team they don't miss a thing. They were both shooting photos through out the entire event. This is the most amount of photos that they have taken during a single event.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

See Kelly's Contest run here.

JoMoPro 2010 8th place expert class

Omari Cato

I met Omari Cato at Terry Adams Dreams premiere. Ever since then every time I have seen him he has progressed and pulled harder more complicated tricks. I had the honor to film his very first contest at Voodoo Jam. Now he has placed in the TOP 8 of the expert class. He is definatly on the way up. Check out this footage.

JoMoPro 2010 8th place expert class

http://www.vimeo.com/11035296

Voodoo 2009 Omari's First Contest

JoMoPro 2010 7th Place Expert Class

Alex "Magic" Johnson

     Alex "Magic" Johnson is a child prodigy. The crazy thing is he almost didn't make it to JoMoPro this year. He has a ton of heart and learns tricks very quickly. He has even impressed Matthias with the few weeks that he was in Austin riding with The ATX Flatland Crew. Its like night and day when you look back to his very first contest. Texas Flatland Round Up 4. Here is Alex working his Magic on the contest floor.

Mobile Link http://www.vimeo.com/11034689

JoMoPro 2010 6th place expert class

Joel Blatnicky

Joel Blatnicky recently moved from the Intermediate class to the Expert. With a solid performance he made it into the Top 8. He also just and a interview over on Flatmatter.


Mobile Link http://www.vimeo.com/11031270

Joel and Rad Dad