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At the end of 2025, our French BMX ambassador Julien Baran flew to Shanghai for the third stage of FISE. He took the opportunity to visit Japan, the birthplace of urban sports and the home country of G-SHOCK. Between sightseeing trips, Julien performed a series of creative BMX tricks, combining style, precision, and urban energy.

Julien Baran and Jean William Prévost were invited to perform BMX Flatland in FISE Singapore for a lead up event to a potential 2026 competition at SCAPE and took the opportunity to explore a bit more of the city including the iconic City Link, where they link up with the local rider/tattoo artist Calvin Tan, and visit other spots such as Marina Bay!

What a performance from Julien Baran!  The French rider delivered an incredible run full of precision, style, and creativity at the UCI BMX Flatland World Cup – FISE Shanghai 2025. 

2eme place au FISE Montpellier 2025. C’était fou ! Merci à tous pour le soutien.

Name: Julien Baran
Age: 18 years old
Hometown: Condé en Normandie, Normandy France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: G-SHOCK / WeThePeople / LesTroisRouxBmxShop

The FAT favorites list:

-Spot to ride: The Park (Samukawa, Japan)
-BMX video: The Flat Side of Things | Matthias Dandois
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: Kevin Peraza | Arizona fire
-Food: Pizza
-Person on Instagram: Courage Adams
|-Travel destination: Japan
-Riders to ride with: Arturito Alegria / Robson Luiz / Naoto Tamaru, so many riders…
-Car: I like fast cars

Check this battle between these two Flatland pro riders ; France's up an coming shredder Julien Baran at only 18 years old, versus Yu Shoji 2023 UCI World Champion going head to head in the middle of a peaceful afternoon day at the mall January 13th 2024 in Osaka, Japan. :) Thanks to Ryuta and Tamao at Chimera for the organisation of this amazing event!

Two worlds collide with this sick Street / Flat split part from Robin Bourhis (Wethepeople / Traffic BMX) and flatland prodigy Julien Baran (Wethepeople). Robin explains more...