darkfest : 17 videos

An all star cast of the worlds biggest and best freeriders gathered in Stellenbosch, South Africa again in 2020 to shred the biggest jumps in the world and change the game yet again. Faster, Bigger and longer! Darkfest 2020!

Few GoPro clips from Darkfest 2020.

We have finally finished the course after 3 weeks solid building! The boys are stoked and decide to test the step up! Things are looking good!

Nico, Clemens and myself show you the bikes we will be using for Darkfest 2020! We tell you all about the set ups and how that helps with the Fest Series jumps! Edit by Sandell Films!

With the announcement of Darklfest 2020, we got all excited and Thomas Sandell Films re edited the Darkumentary for a quick history of Darkfest, all the way from Pure Darkness up to Darkfest 2018. What is next for Darkfest? Find out this January! This Video is Dedicated to Jordi Lunn! Thanks for the memories and Rest in Peace buddy we love you

More best of 2018 from the man Nico Vink !!! Filmed by Clay Porter John Reynolds Chris Seager Thomas Sandell Shaperideshoot Bart Cautaerts Jelle Harnisfeger Thomas Di Giovanni Sam Needham This video is brought to you in collaboration with Scott: https://www.scott-sports.com Check out Nico's Best of 2018 here: https://youtu.be/ifek0QUHlnE Check out Nico's 2018 in POV right here: https://youtu.be/z4vQY6OoQLM Follow us on social media for more daily Loose Riding: http...

Sam Reynolds has been consistently stepping up his freeride game, from competing at FEST series to recently winning his first Crankworx medals in Whistler. Whilst there Blake took a closer look at his newly released Polygon XquarOne. Sam will also be competing at the upcoming Audi Nines on this bike, alongside Blake! Subscribe to GMBN: http://gmbn.eu/subscribe Get exclusive GMBN gear in the GMBN store! http://gmbn.eu/St Frame: Polygon XquarOne DH Carbon Fibre with aluminium swingarms Forks:...

Sam Reynolds has been consistently stepping up his freeride game, from competing at FEST series to recently winning his first Crankworx medals in Whistler. Whilst there Blake took a closer look at his newly released Polygon XquarOne. Sam will also be competing at the upcoming Audi Nines on this bike, alongside Blake! Subscribe to GMBN: http://gmbn.eu/subscribe Get exclusive GMBN gear in the GMBN store! http://gmbn.eu/St Frame: Polygon XquarOne DH Carbon Fibre with aluminium swingarms Forks:...

Sit back, strap in and get behind the scenes of 5 years of dirt, sweat and cheers with The Darkumentary! Follow Sam Reynold’s and his all time crew journey from the roots of Pure Darkness to DarkFEST and all the carnage in-between! Get more at https://www.monsterenergy.com

The Fest series 2018 Kicks off in a heavy way down in Stellenbosch South Africa. Check out what the boys have dubbed 'The greatest line of all time!'

The Fest series 2018 Kicks off in a heavy way down in Stellenbosch South Africa. Check out what the boys have dubbed 'The greatest line of all time!'

The boys grafted hard and have completed a full Fest line build in record time. They treated themselves to some sessions at Hellsend Bikepark, run by Justin Novella. Stay tuned for more testing in the coming week before the the rest of the crew arrive. Filmed by Thomas Sandell and David Clifford-Holmes Extra drone footage supplied by Dimitri Vaindirlis. Music: Macintosh Plus, Dan Scot and People I love by Runaway Nuns.

The crew continues on the new site, stringing the whole line together top to bottom. Stay tuned for daily videos and testing coming up this week. Media crew: Thomas Sandell and David Clifford Holmes.

Nico Vink, Sam Reynolds and Clemens Kaudela attack the Franschoek area with 3 massive diggers, in search of the most gnarly course built to date. Watch out for a new build update video every Monday. Music: DJ Smokey Film by: Thomas Sandell and David Clifford Holmes

The boys headed to South Africa with plans to take Pure Darkness to the next level. The result - Darkfest. Nico Vink, Clemens 'C-Dawg' Caudela and Sam Reynolds spent a month at the PD site refreshing the original step up and 'small' line, as well as building a new line (aka the twisty wizard). Nico and Clemens are the 2 most experienced builders in the scene, they killed it!! Andreu Lecondeguy, Cam Zink, Graham Aggasiz, Kurt Sorge, Adolf Silva, Kyle Jameson and Ethan Nel joined them (along wi...

Now having spent 2 weeks on the farm in the Garden Route, the boys are starting to feel at home with their surroundings and have got a sense of proportion with the jumps. This has helped with adding the final tweaks to the new and original lines which need to be tested by the time the rest of the riders arrive in a week, stay tuned! Film/Edit: Thomas Sandell Additional Drone footage: Sam Reynolds

Week One at the Garden route trail park and digging has started. This year the Sam and Dyl are joined by Clemens Kaudela and Nico Vink two excavator aficionado's. Over the next 3 weeks they will be building the darkest jumps of all time in preparation for Dark Fest. We've already moved a lot of earth, patching up the jumps and building new lines. All digging sessions end with a trip to the black snake river. Follow Pure Darkness on Instagram and Facebook to keep up to date with BTS...