FLAT RIDER OF THE YEAR - KIO HAYAKAWA - NORA CUP 2021

If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe :)    / @ourbmx   If you like what we do and want to support, check out our online shop... https://ourbmx.com/shop #bmx #ourbmx #noracup The Nora Cup Flatland Rider of the year is Kio Hayakawa! Kio absolutely destroyed it this year. He’s been inventing tricks and pushing the limits of what can be done on a BMX bike. His confident style and originality really sets him apart from other riders. Im excited to see where he goes from here. Congrats Kio! It’s no short feat to be nominated, so we want shout out Matthias Dandois, Terry Adams, Hiroya Morizaki, and Viki Gomez for their nominations. I also want to sincerely thank the brands that to allow NORA Cup to happen: Monster Energy, Source BMX, Cinema, Colony, Eclat, Fit Bike Co, Fly Bikes, Free Agent, Fuse Pads, GT BMX, Haro Bikes, Hyper BMX, Kink BMX, Maxxis Tires, ODI Grips, Odyssey BMX, Powers Bike Shop, Profile Racing, S&M Bikes, Shadow Conspiracy, Snafu, Stacked BMX, Sunday Bikes, and Subrosa Brand. This is a labor of love for us, but it does cost money and the brands I just listed are, quite literally, keeping it going. Again, another sincere thank you from myself and the rest of the Our BMX crew to all of you for the support and for participating in NORA Cup. Your vote most definitely counts. Brief NORA Cup History: The Number One Rider Award was created in 1979 by BMX Action Magazine. Originally focused on racing, NORA Cup had just two categories (rider and team) but it quickly became the most prestigious award in BMX. In 1985, Freestylin’ Magazine introduced most popular freestyle rider, team, and bike categories. The NORA Cup awards ended in 1991 when the publisher of both magazines (Wizard Publications) went out of business. In 1997, Ride BMX and Snap Magazine resurrected NORA Cup and continued until Ride BMX was shuttered in early 2019. The former employees of Ride created Our BMX and continued the NORA Cup tradition… WHAT IS OUR BMX?! In short, we are the Ride BMX staff out on our own. We're building from the ground up and our goal is pretty simple. We want to continue what we love. We want to create great content, feature awesome riders, and contribute, push, and show why we love BMX. We sincerely appreciate any and all support... —Ryan Fudger, Jeff Zielinski, Adam Watkins, and Justin Benthien. http://ourbmx.com   / ourbmx     / bmx