Leo Claro - GroundTactics: Pro, Round 2

In this video, Leo pushes the boundaries of what we know and expect from flatland. An experiment pushing his body and mind by riding without cranks, and without pegs.
It's not a new video, but it's worth seeing again!

Martti Kuoppa: Skill Out

OH MY GOD!
so inspired by his constant progress and new ideas!

Navid Saleki New Era 1

Really pushing new tricks here, I like it



Navid says: "wanted to save up some new tricks to throw into one bigger edit, but i get so motivated by others at the moment that i want to join the new movement towards forward! so here are some ''older'' tricks of my new tricks:P enjoy"

Masatoshi Karino: New Jungle Rider team member

While in Japan recently, Martti added both AKI whose video is a couple posts down, and also Masatoshi to the Jungle Rider team. Here's a short clip of him. Nice job, and congrats!

Akihiko Takahashi Jungle Rider

Akihiko's first edit on his new frame from his sponsor Jungle Rider, run by the legendary Martti Kuoppa. Incredible style, and huge tricks! AKI does things I'd never expect to see rolling backwards. He seems to be the master of his own style. Backwards crackpacker barflip was crazy! Turbining half packer from backwards to forwards, back to backwards rolling was really fresh looking. The switch at around 2:27 alone blew my mind! Sick regular to cross foot jumplashes, backwards pumping and jumping, just everything in this is so good I'm blown away! AND, he does it all with such rock solid smoothness. Masterful!

he says: "Jungle Rider frame is very good!"
I believe him!

click here to visit the Jungle Rider website at www.junglerider.com

Toon GT Final

Toon is a beast:

Rayk Hahne Ground Tacts Final

Akihiko Takahashi Ground Tactics Final

Press Record and Ride: Luke Malone GT Final

Luke throws down a flawless un-edited video for Ground Tactics finals:

Jungle Rider frames are being shipped

Martti Kuoppa's highly anticipated Jungle Rider Holiday frames are being shipped to distributers today. Proceeds from the sales are going to the Ground Tactics top finishers. very cool! I'd love to get one :)

Luke Malone GT Practice

Luke is looking super dialed with this massive front wheel combo:

Dane Beardsley: Ground Tactics Final

I think this is incredible! Check out Dane's unedited flawless entry:

Ronny Engelmann GT 3 practice, 1.1 & 1.2

Ground Tactics Round 2 results (semi finals)

Big respect to everyone who entered, and good luck to those who made it to the next round!


Up to this point, the riders have submitted edited footage, with the best they were able to film. In the upcoming round, the rules change. Riders will be using a 2.5 minute unedited clip of their riding in the next round, increasing the difficulty exponentially. Fans of Ground Tactics will no doubt remember Moto Sasaki's EPIC unedited 3 minute link from the last round:



Ground Tactics Semi Final Results


Amature:


1 Ronny Engelmann

2 Navid Saleki

3 David Dudelis

4 Rayk Hahne

5 Luke Malone

6 Julian Dela Cruz

7 Andrew Wickhan

8 Issabre Gaoussou

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9 Thore Saggau

10 Dustyn Alt???

11 Szabo David

12 Aborigino Sandino Guerrero Stuart

13 Michelle Maiolani


Pro:


1 Akihiko Takahashi

2 James White

3 Taiko Kaneta

4 Dane Beardsley

5 Jean-Francois Boulianne

6 Bert Ribul

7 Aleksi Ritsilä

8 Jason Plourle (tie)

8 Pakhpum Poosa-Art (tie)

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9 Keelan Phillips

10 Leo Claro

11 Thomas Noyer

12 Matti Hemmings

13 Miquel Monzon

14 Masatoshi Karino

15 David Hoffman

for more info visit ground-tactics.com

Leo Claro Ground Tactics- on Minimalist bike

This is unusual; Leo's bike has no pegs and no pedals. How does he ride it? Check it out:

Lee Musselwhite's Ground Tactics entry

Really stoked it's available, banger edit! *Round 1

Lee Musselwhite: Ground Tactics

Round 1

Andrew Wickham

Andrew is super rad. Very stoked to see him in GT:

Kazuma Nakajima Ground Tactics Round 1

Akihiko Takahashi Ground Tactics Round 1