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Ethel
I attempted to ride flatland 10 years ago, ended up just using the bike to get from a to b so built up a dirt bike instead, pinching the front end off the flatlander. The frame, drivetrain and rear wheel ended up in my friend's stash but I honestly don't know if he ever built it up/still has it. Will shoot him a message and see if it's still knocking around. Was a Fly bikes something or other. Basic but flatland specific all round. If he does still have it and is willing to part with it it's in Edinburgh but he'll be down next month for my wedding so something might be doable. Will send you a pm if I get any positive noise from him.
I had a couple of tricks but couldn't link anything. As with anything it's just endless practice...
Oh, and learning to jump over the bars onto the front pegs is the hardest thing in the world to summon up the bottle to attempt but really not that hard! You probably will catch your toes and go down face first a few times though, it's really hard to bail from safely compared to most things on a bmx.