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2024 had an event or two on the calendar. From the regular C1 events to national championships to continental championships and UCI World Champs, but 2024 also had two Olympic Qualifier Series on the agenda and the Olympic Games. For Park riders it was a busy year. With the events listed on the UCI International calendar riders know they can score ranking points. After 12 months of collecting points left and right the standing looked as follows. We only list the top 20 where hundreds more competed this past year. So making it to this list means the riders didn't do too bad. Points do count towards nation rankings (top 2 riders' scores count for that) which qualifies quota spots for events like the continental championships and world championships. So even if there is no big prize at the end of the season, it still matters to do well. Also it guarantees you (top 72-ish) a participation spot at the UCI World Cups. Anyway, if you're competitive, a look at Tuesday's update of the ranking is interesting. Participating at more events on the UCI International calendar helps move up. Sitting around doing nothing does not. Points fall off the table after 12 months. But anyway, 2024 was the year of Jose Torres and Hannah Roberts. Their Olympic medals sure helped with that.

Men Park
1  TORRES GIL Jose  ARG 29, 5770 UCI ranking points
2  JEANJEAN Anthony  FRA 26, 5450
3  NAKAMURA Rimu  JPN 22, 4920

Events on the UCI BMX Freestyle calendar provide ranking points. These points are handed out at the UCI World Champs, Continental Championships, C1 comps and National Championships. At the end of the year you can see which riders are ranked highest over the course of the past 12 months. it's a rolling ranking meaning that points get dropped once they've passed the 12-month point. New points are added each Tuesday when riders have scored some over the weekend. Who's got the biggest bragging rights for Flatland over 2024? Here's your top 20 in both Men and Women.

2024 Flatland Ranking Men
1 PREVOST Jean William CAN 38, 4230 UCI Ranking points
2 KATAGIRI Yu  JPN 19, 4040
3 DANDOIS Matthias FRA 35, 3790
4 SASAKI Moto JPN 39, 3450
5 SHOJI Yu JPN 22, 3170
6 GOMEZ PIERNAVIEJA Jorge  ESP 43, 2640
7 ALT Dustyn GER 33, 2360
8 HAYAKAWA Kio JPN 22, 2340
9 HERNANDEZ DEL POZO Alvaro ESP 29, 2310

It has become a reoccuring event, the Dutch National BMX Park championships. A few editions have taken place at Skateland Rotterdam and a couple at Area 51. On November 30th the Dutch park scene got together in Eindhoven for the 2024 edition. The Park had been upgrades with a spine and a smaller box jump on the street section and transfers between the bigger ramps and the new ramps were possible during the riders' runs. Anyway, a free pick to choose whatever you preferred. Jikke Schraffordt made the right choices and won the U15 women class. BMX Amsterdam also picked up the title in the U15 Men class in the name of Saimi Paulissen. Barspins, ET's, tire grabs, no-handers, X-ups. T-bos, cancans over the spine, alley-oop 270s, and a 360 over the new box jump. Saimi's run was packed and he beat Madhu Furst and his younger brother Oden to it. Scooter rider Jesse Bust decided to borrow Daniel Wedemeijer's bike and had a go at the 15+ class. And guess what, he won! In good Daan Melis fashion he showed no problems taking his scooter tricks and adapting them to the BMX bike. If Jordan Clark can do it... Jesse pulled flairs, flips, did Toboggans, cancans, 270s and 360s after only one hour on the bike. Next to scooter champ he can now add BMX champ to his C.V.

Indy Kramer did not have much competition in Elite Women but even if there would have been more girls, they would have to do well to beat Indy. Multiple Dutch champion at age 16. No-handers, 360 X-ups, T-bogs, transfers, alley-oop 270s, cancans, all on the big ramps in the park. The red/white/blue jersey will be framed at some point. Maybe.

UEC European Flatland Championships results. 16 November 2024
Men
1 DANDOIS Matthias FRANCE 91.00
2 GOMEZ PIERNAVIEJA Jorge SPAIN 88.33
3 BARAN Julien FRANCE 86.66
4 ALT Dustyn GERMANY 86.00
5 RAHAIN Anatole FRANCE 82.66
6 HERNANDEZ DEL POZO Alvaro SPAIN 77.66
7 JUMELIN Alexandre FRANCE 70.66

Results Freestyle series Costa Rica Bac Park 10cio, Costa Rica 22 September 2024
Men Park:
1 Kenneth Fabian TENCIO ESQUIVEL 31 CRC 200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Dante TABUYO OCHOA 23 MEX 160.00
3 Derek SOLANO LOPEZ 20 CRC 130.00
4 Gamaliet Alexander OSEGUEDA REYES 27 CRC 110.00
5 Anthony Joel DE LEON GORDON 27 PAN 90.00
6 Rob DARDEN 43 USA 70.00

Women's Park Results Qualification. Top 12 to the finals. Cadenazzo, Switzerland. 20 September 2024.

BMX Park Women:
1 MICULYČOVÁ Iveta CZECHIA 3 86.00(1) 87.83(1) 86.91
2 DUCARROZ Nikita SWITZERLAND 3 80.00(5) 85.23(3) 82.61
3 LESSMANN Lara Marie GERMANY 3 81.33(3) 83.40(4) 82.36
4 MÜLLER Kim Lea GERMANY 3 76.66(6) 85.66(2) 81.16
5 PARDOE Sasha GREAT BRITAIN 3 85.83(2) 62.16(6) 73.99
6 RENDALL TODD Elsa GREAT BRITAIN 1 68.33(7) 74.66(5) 71.49
7 FERNANDEZ-MIRANDA AZCOAGA Teresa SPAIN 2 80.33(4) 51.66(10) 65.99
8 KRÄMER Indy NETHERLANDS 2 66.66(9) 62.00(7) 64.33
9 PIPE Holly GREAT BRITAIN 1 68.00(8) 48.33(11) 58.16
10 LIUBIMOVA Valeriia FRANCE 2 53.33(10) 61.33(8) 57.33
11 PEREZ Laury FRANCE 3 50.33(11) 57.00(9) 53.66
12 SEIDLER Lillyana GERMANY 2 40.66(13) 46.00(12) 43.33
13 NEUNER Michelle SWITZERLAND 1 45.16(12) 24.33(16) 34.74
14 PLOUSEY Julie FRANCE 2 39.33(14) 30.00(15) 34.66

Results Spanish National BMX Park Championships - Park Parc del Forum - Barcelona, Spain 13 - 14 September 2024

Men Park:
1 Daniel PEÑAFIEL FERNANDEZ 36 ESP 200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Jaime FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ 29 ESP 160.00
3 Pol D AZ LORENTE 18 ESP 130.00
4 Saul VILAR MAGDALENO 17 ESP 110.00
5 Bernat RIGAU MONCUSI 20 ESP 90.00

Results Extreme Barcelona, 14 Sep - 15 Sep 2024, Barcelona, Spain

Results Men Park:
1 Kieran Reilly GBR
2 Jude Jones GBR
3 Kenneth Tencio CRC
4 Justin Dowell USA
5 Julio Jonathan Mosquera Camacho ECU

Results Adelaide 500 BMX Freestyle Adelaide, AUS, Australia 23 - 26 November 2023

1 Declan BROOKS 27 GBR       200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Daniel SANDOVAL 29 USA   160.00
3 Brandon LOUPOS 30 AUS     130.00
4 Alec DANELUTTI 23 AUS      110.00
5 Joji MIZOGAKI 17 JPN           90.00
6 Samuel GIBSON 25 AUS.       70.00
7 Jaie TOOHEY 32 AUS             50.00
8 Samual GRACE 20 AUS          30.00

France and Japan grab Flatland titles in Glasgow. With record numbers on the entry list the BMX Flatland competition at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships was about to be a good one. A new platform was created for the breakdance-style discipline and riders used any opportunity to spend a minute on it to prepare for the runs that they had in mind. Preparation is key and if there is one event on the calendar this year where the athletes prepared for, it’s the UCI Cycling World Championships. That rainbow jersey has a meaning and riders had to go through several phases of competition to get to the final event on Thursday August 10th.

Last year’s UCI BMX Flatland Women World Champion Aude Cassagne is still on the highest