flatland

"I was raised in Delta dirt, sunshine and flatland that goes on for miles and miles," she sings, as people nod their heads and stomp their feet to the beat.

“I think a lot of it is that we populate the scene between the flatland of L.A. and the Griffith Park hill.”

The eastern edge of the city hugs a steep green sierra; development has moved ravenously in the three other directions, across the flatland in the west and up into steep hills in the south, with informal settlements that cling precariously to the mountainsides.

Louis said Parker's best discipline is flatland BMX - doing tricks on the ground, without the use of ramps, however, for Parker, he enjoys the more extreme side.

Louis said this past summer was the first time they decided to look at competitions to enter, and landed on the UK Flatland BMX Championships at the NEC in Birmingham.