Catch & Flow
Competition Status: Active
2023 Competition Date TBD
Catch & Flow brings an intense and explosive energy to both competitors and spectators alike. Players from all of the world gather to face off in this head to head freestyle competition, showcasing a wide array of styles, tricks, and approaches to the game. Competitors are critiqued on a number of different criteria’s, including trick difficulty, combo fluidity, and even stage use and presence. The event’s approach to competitive freestyle was so successful that the format is now a staple in most freestyle divisions, phasing out 7-to-Spike around 2016.
Est. 2014
2022
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Dr. Jeekahn’s Building Shibuya
Host(s): Catch and Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Shinnosuke Togo
2nd - Yasuhito “Yasu” Chiba
3rd - Hiroto “Motty” Motohashi
2021
Location: Online
Platform(s): Zoom, YouTube
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Yasuhito Chiba
2nd - Nobu Norioka
3rd - Soma Fujita
2020
Location: Online
Platform(s): Zoom
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Takuya Igarashi
2nd - Soma Fujita
3rd - Yasuhito Chiba
2019
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Club Harlem
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Kaito Nakajima
2nd - Yasuhito Chiba
3rd - Kengo Kawamura
2018
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Club Harlem
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Bonz Atron
2nd - Nick Gallagher
3rd - Misumi Nakao
2017
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Club Womb
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
Bracket
1st - Bonz Atron
2nd - So Kanada
3rd - Nick Gallagher
2016
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Shibuya Duo Music Exchange
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Jake Fischer
2nd - Wyatt Bray
3rd - Bonz Atron
2015
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Tsutaya O-East
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Bonz Atron
2nd - Nic Stodd
3rd - Taku Hatanaka
2014
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: Shinjuku Takashimaya
Host(s): Catch & Flow Committee
Freestyle (Single Elimination)
1st - Thorkild May
2nd - Taiga Ogawa
3rd - Kris Bosch