Trickcat/Tricklocross Lyon 2026

After a year gap from the last Trickcat/Tricklocorss event in Grenoble, we woke up! This time we moved to one of the biggest cities in France – Lyon. Lyon is a city of few legendary spots (Everybody knows famous Lyon 25!) and legendary riders Gui and Lucas. Full thoughts, galleries, and results after the jump!

Saturday was a day of Trickcat, an event that connects alleycat with tricks. Manifest in the form of Instagram stories, appeared at midnight between Friday and Saturday on the FFF account to give the participants 24 hours to find at least 8 spots out of 9 and do a little side quest. They had to film a trick on each spot and, before midnight, post an Instagram reel with what they filmed through the day.

Most of the participants came already on Friday to be ready in the morning. We had guys from the Netherlands, Germany, and France and guys from Spain were coming the next day. Even a special guest appeared – Troy from California. We had a chill session in the skatepark by the river and ate some French tacos. Most of us waited for midnight to see spots, but nobody was motivated to do the first clips that late, and we went to sleep.

Saturday morning we received a message from guys from Spain that they started to ride already at 7am, directly after their arrival. Most of the participants met at the first spot around 10am and started to look for the best combos. The spot was a wave in the shape of a “Mexican hat.” The heat was unreal, but guys looked motivated. Poney was throwing bars, Gui was skidding… everyone found his own line. What was supposed to be an alleycat becomes almost a jam, as most of the people moved from spot to spot together and were filming each other. Only guys from Spain decided to go their own way, so we had no idea what they were working on. But as Diego, aka Stellardust, was in the team, we knew that something big was coming.

For the next spot, guys decided to go to “Skatepark Gratte-ciel.” A beautiful urban skatepark, which is kind of part of the architecture. Long, soft banks, interesting ledges, and a long rail. Riders were using all the possibilities, and I had no idea where to look first. Mo from Brussels was doing a perfect 180 slider to halfcab slider out with all the style, and local rider Lucas locked on a perfect duster on the rail. Most of the riders were grinding the ledge, but only Crispy made it full pedal from the beginning to the end, which earned big respect. Finn from the Netherlands hit the bench on the side with a 180 footplant like a real ninja, and the official ender went to Youri, who did a huge 180 over the plastic jersey.

From the skatepark we moved to a street spot, which was one of the hardest spots on the map – a staircase with a bank on the side. When we arrived, we saw a rail installed on the top of the bank. By chance there was a scooter jam on the same day, so we just hoped that we wouldn’t cross paths in one of the spots. The first touch with the spot was a little hard, but a few minutes later everybody did his own variation of wallride. Poney killed it with wallride to x-up ride to a 180 bar out combo.

The next one on the list was a famous skate plaza. A steep marble bank with a small cube to grind may look like a challenge, but I was surprised how many original tricks the guys filmed. Luis from France, on the other hand, used the sweet, slightly slippery ground and showed us his signature fakie no-hander barspin slider. A part of the spot was also a short rail from a few stairs. I didn’t expect that I’d see somebody to ride it, but Finn decided that it’s a perfect rail for an icepick. After a few tries Finn found the perfect point of balance and we could continue.

Another skatepark with platforms and perfect banks in our sight. We could start to see that everybody is tired from heat and riding. A lot of manual combos were filmed, and Richie showed us a nice grind with a sprocket stall.

The skatepark next to the river was familiar to people from the previous day. I had news from Diego that they almost finished filming and are heading to the last spot, so I decided to leave the big group to meet them.

Long manual pads were perfect for Diego, and he told me without any hesitation that he’s going for a long backward manual. After a few tries, the camera went out of battery, and the last clip had to be filmed on a different one. Diego took the competition seriously and came with a real cameraman and computer for editing. Diego left, and I waited for the rest to see what the others would do. Crispy went full speed mode and hit the nose manual on one of the pads and the others found almost every spin combo possible.

The second-to-last spot was Musée des Confluences – big, flat ground with huge stairs and steps with banks around. Everybody was exhausted, and most of the people used this spot to film some flatground combos. Youri was chit-chatting with ledges and wallride and big time came when Marc from France chainstay slided a grass hill with a huge style.

For the finish line, we move to famous gap to ledge. It was already late, so we had less and less light. Last clips were filmed in a miniramp just next to the stairs and on flat ledges. Most of guys decided to not ride this spot and went full into editing videos. Around midnight we had all reels posted on @frenchfixedgearfederation. We grabbed the last few beers and went to sleep. Everyone was exhausted from riding and especially from the heat and we still needed to keep some power for tomorrow Tricklocross.

The next day we all met in the park where locals Gui and Lucas prepared the track. After very hard time of choosing the best video, it was time to announce the winners. Mark took third place for his colorful palette of tricks, completing side quest and entertaining reel. Second place went to Finn for big tricks on fgfs and a perfect eye for the spot out of the manifest. Well-deserved first place was for Youri, who, as the only guy, used only his tripod for filming and filmed amazing tricks on every spot with elegance and speed. Also, Youri, big NO STRAPS ride rode all weekend WITH STRAPS!

The next challenge was to build a funny obstacle from wood we brought. After not so long we had a nice and sketchy ramp, and we started Tricklocross. Semifinals were a race in groups of four. Six riders qualified for the finals, which we changed for the time trial. Third place went to Marky, second to Finn, and first again to Youri. Youri was an absolute machine of the weekend and well deserved both first places.

I would like to thank all participants who showed up and all sponsors – @masterbikeco, @ruffbikeco, @poneyfactory.cc, @fixated.fgfs and @ratiobags. It was an amazing time, and it was my pleasure to see all the people who arrived. It was extremely hard to decide who should win; everybody came with his own special style and unique tricks. Seeya next time!