THERE is more to Waubra than meets the eye.The land of windmills is also the home to one of Australia’s top BMX freestyle flatlanders — Ben Moran.Moran said while spring and winter were the off-season for flatland, things tended to pop up.‘‘I do a few demonstrations and they’re quite fun — I did a bicycle film festival one and last month I did a Bar Mitzvah, that was interesting and fun to learn about another culture,’’ he said.‘‘I do go in competitions sometimes, Australia Day long weekend there is the BMX games, I was fourth in that, and Brisbane at the start of (last) month I was fifththere so I dropped a bit, I didn’t ride too well.’’The 25-year-old said there were always friends to stay with when he travelled for a competition or demo.And it all began from watching a video when he was 14 of what some people call ‘‘ballet on wheels’’.‘‘I saw a video of it and I actually didn’t think it was real — I just hopped on my bike and just kept trying it because it’s a lot of fun,’’ Moran said.Some people might be surprised to hear the Waubra Oval was a good spot for flatlanding.‘‘It’s got a flat area at the end of the oval, but there’s a lot of wind of course, but most of the time I ride in (Ballarat), I just work out there.’’And that work is on a farm, but sheepdogs have no worries that Moran and his FBM bike will take their jobof rounding up sheep.‘‘I’m not that fit, I let the sheepdog do that.’’Moran also picks up a bit of cash from his riding.‘‘For demos I get paid, but competition is mainly just for parts — if the competition is big like the BMX Games it’smoney but nothing major, I just do it for the fun, a hobby.’’He used to have a training regime, but these days is much more relaxed about it.One of his favourite tricks sounds like it would be more at home at the beach.‘‘They have funny names — there’s a hang five, on just one peg sort of, and a cliffhanger, I don’t know who invented these names — it’s just a no-handed trick where you’ve got to hang on or it will hurt.’’But he has managed to avoid injury, apart from a few twisted ankles, bruised shins and the occasional hitto his ‘‘private section’’.