Video: Loop Of Doom – Matt Macduff
On Saturday March 19th, Matt Macduff sustained a terrible fall attempting to make his way around the Loop Of Doom. After 3 years of research, determination and hard work, Matt managed to find everything he needed to make his project happen. Built in a month at the Garden Route Trail Park in South Africa, the […]
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 […]
Video: Pure Darkness 3 – Going Big Will Never Die
The boys are back with number 3, bigger and better than ever. A new guest rider, a new course but still that same Pure Darkness we all love. Music: Iron Angel – Nightmare IG: @PureDarkness_ Featuring: Sam Reynolds, Matt MacDuff, Danny Pace, Andreu Lacondeguy and Dylan Stone. Filmed at: The Garden route trail park, Knysna, […]
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 […]
Help build the Super Loop at Garden Route Trail Park
Help Matt MacDuff raise his Super Loop at the Garden Route Trail Park outside Knysna. Matt Macduff is about to embark on his most ambitious project ever; building the worlds largest wooden loop de loop at 12 meters (40 ft) and riding it on his Bicycle! Location: Garden Route Trail Park This is no easy […]
Pure Darkness 2: The Garden Route Trail Park Step Up
The Pure Darkness team visited the Garden Route Trail Park while down to compete in The Night Harvest in March. Rob Dormehl (the man behind the Trail Park) had big plans for their visit and surprised the riders with a gargantuan pit. Rob and the lads set to work to create possibly the biggest mountain […]
Video: Pure Darkness 2 – Trailer
When Ryan from Monster Energy gave me a call and asked whether I’d be keen to go with them to Garden Route Trail Park with some of the international riders down for The Night Harvest, I probably said something along the lines of “Ya, sure. Could be a jol to ride with the guys on […]
Video: The Night Harvest 2015 MTB Highlights
Check in with all the action from the 4th The Night Harvest hosted by Matt Macduff. On the 6th of March 2015, 2000 spectators lined Potato trails in Hout Bay to watch a field of international and local riders throw down. Following a week of blazing fires, the local scene pulled together to make another […]
Photos: The Night Harvest 2015
It was a mad week leading up to The Night Harvest for the crew. With the extensive fires blazing through Cape Town and the builders helping friends and family evacuate their houses in Hout Bay, there weren’t that many hands free to prepare the jumps. Despite these interruptions, the trail builders pulled it off in […]