Video: Darkfest highlights
The Fest Crew made their way down to South Africa to take on the infamous Pure Darkness jumps. Sam Reynolds, with the help of Nico Vink & Clemens Kaudela, revived the beasts and added a few more to the party and what a party it was! In true Fest fashion, these boys went faster, higher […]
Trail Daze | Jungle Fever in the Garden Route
About an hour’s drive further up the coast from last month’s Trail Daze destination, we re-visited the now world-famous Garden Route Trail Park, to round off our trip up the N2. Nestled at the foot of the Outeniqua Mountains and the Karatara River Gorge, lies one of South Africa’s top mountain biking destinations. Proper trails […]
Video: DarkFEST – Week 2 build progress
The 2nd week of building at DarkFEST is seeing massive progress, despite a bit of rain, the jumps are almost done. A few measurements and tweaks and they’re ready for testing! The end of last week saw the birth of a 82ft long and low that goes over the berm leading to the step up. […]
The FEST Series hits the Garden Route – DarkFEST: Week 1 Update
The boys from Pure Darkness are back at The Garden Route Trail Park but this time the plans are a bit different. Sam Reynolds has brought two master builders with him, Clemens Kaudela and Nico Vink, to make the massive jumps even more crazy for DarkFEST! I brought Clemens and Nico to help me make […]
Video: Dawn Of The Dirt 2016
A weekend of jumps, enduro, whips, fires, and laughs are the story at Dawn Of The Dirt 2016. Justin Novella (with a few helping hands) built a fresh new line to accompany the original jumps from last year at the Garden Route Trail Park. We had some issues with the dirt at the last minute, […]
Dawn of the Dirt II hits the Garden Route Trail Park
The previous weekend saw the Garden Route Trail Park host the second annual Dawn of the Dirt AKA #DOTD II Dawn of the Dirt (DOTD) is a highlight of the BMX and MTB gravity calendar. Riders from all around the country gather at the Trail Park to enjoy a laid back weekend of sessions, braais […]
Dawn of the Dirt returns to The Garden Route Trail Park
Monster Energy’s Dawn of the Dirt returns to The Garden Route Trail Park between the 9th & 11th December. An awesome day on bikes in one of the country’s best bike parks, covering a fun enduro, a pump track challenge, whip off and the crowd favourite a MTB & BMX dirt jump competition. With camping […]
Bike Check: The Bikes of Pure Darkness 3
You have seen Pure Darkness 3. Now check out the machines Matt MacDuff, Sam Reynolds, Andreu Lacondeguy, and Danny Pace used to launch themselves off the massive Garden Route Trail Park jumps. Photos by Eric Palmer. In the previous Pure Darkness videos, the riders used hardtail dirt jump bikes. They could have continued with these […]
Pure Darkness 3: The Trailer
The Pure Darkness crew brings you ‘Pure Darkness 3 – Going big will never die’. Featuring: Sam ReynoldsMatt MacDuffDanny PaceAndreu Lacondeguy Filmed at:The Garden route trail park, South Africa http://www.gardenroutetrailpark.com/ Supported by:Monster Energy Music:RL Grime & What So Not – Tell Me (Rudebrat Refix) The full film will be out in about a week’s time.
Video: Pure Darkness 3 | Build Week Three
It has been over 3 weeks since Sam Reynolds and Matt Macduff landed in South Africa and broke ground at the Garden Route Trail Park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJsf3tL8suwWith a project of this scale they were not sure if their vision for the ultimate dirt playground would actually be made a reality. But as final touches to the […]
Video: Pure Darkness 3 | Building Week Two
Week two of the build and things are only getting bigger. Sam packs in the lip and Matt paints a new set. They also jump off the biggest bridge bungee in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knjmF-J86O4 It’s like looking at a painting three quarters the way through and it looks terrible, right? Well, it’s the same with […]
Video: Pure Darkness 3.0 – Breaking Ground
Pure Darkness was first unleashed on the world in 2014 as Sam Reynolds, Matt Macduff and Danny Pace took to the road in the UK with one goal; to film in their words the ‘darkest’ MTB project ever. What that came to mean for the rest of the world was the most heavy hitting, action […]