Interview: Brendon Fairclough talks Deathgrip
The long anticipated feature movie puts the defining style of Brendan Fairclough with the progressive filmmaking of Clay Porter. Over two years in the making and following the critically acclaimed global premier tour, DEATHGRIP can now be experienced in the comfort of your own home. My goal for DEATHGRIP is for people to watch the […]
Interview: Cam Zink
Mountain bike freeride pioneer Cam Zink visited South Africa in February for the inaugural running of DarkFest at the Garden Route Trail Park. Zink has Rampage and Joy Ride titles to his name, he’s performed a 100-feet long backflip, and starred in a number of influential video edits over the years, just to name a […]
Interview: Graham Agassiz + new video “Digging for Galena”
Graham Agassiz is one of the world’s gnarliest free riders. From ripping edits to Red Bull Rampage insanity, he is always pushing the limits of mountain biking. Earlier this month Aggy was in South Africa for the inaugural DarkFest at the Garden Route Trail Park. We caught up with him to chat about his new […]
DEATHGRIP: First Glimpse Teaser – The New Film by Clay Porter and Brendan Fairclough
Today began more than ten years ago when BRENDAN FAIRCLOUGH – one of the sport’s most influential riders and CLAY PORTER – one of mountain biking’s most experienced image capturers, became friends. Now their vision for the future of the sport has emerged. The duo, born and raised worlds apart, have come together and this […]
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 […]
Photo Story: Loosefest 2016
Last week some of the best freeride mountain bikers, accompanied by a throng of onlookers, invaded the small and quiet Ferme Libert Bike Park in Belgium. The reason, the third running of Loosefest. Photos by Eric Palmer. When I got the call from Ryan at Monster Energy asking to join him and Eric Palmer (aka […]
The Night Harvest 2016
Saturday evening saw the return of the most prestigious dirt jump competition for BMX & MTB in South Africa, The Night Harvest. Locals and international pros made it out to Hout Bay for an evening which promised to deliver some of the best riding to Cape Town. Riding masterfully sculpted trails into the night with […]
The Night Harvest is going down this Saturday
Get amped for the largest and most unique BMX and MTB dirt comp in the whole of Africa, The Night Harvest is going down on the 13th of February, and we want you to be there. Now in its 5th year, The Night Harvest has become synonymous with big jumps, and even bigger tricks, making […]
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: A week of action at Suzuki Nine Knights MTB 2015
Though the contest part of Suzuki Nine Knights MTB often takes the limelight, in reality the whole week of freeriding in Livigno, Italy is equally important. The riders work closely with the media teams and photographers to capture some unforgettable moments in the picturesque setting of Mottolino Fun Mountain. It’s about perfecting the style and […]
Video: Big tricks on contest day of Suzuki Nine Knights
The freeride competition wrapped up a week of incredible film and photo shoots at the Suzuki Nine Knights MTB, a day early on Friday 4th of September in Mottolino Fun Mountain in Livigno, Italy. The jam format contest saw two categories of judging, with Italian Diego Caverzasi grabbing the “Castle Section” win, and the “Full […]
Video: The big tricks from Suzuki Nine Knights so far
The Suzuki Nine Knights has seen some big tricks going down. Nicholi Rogatkin pulled off a huge Cork 720 on his downhill bike and Szymon Godziek stunned the crowds with his perfectly executed flip whip. Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) stomping a huge Cork 720 on his Downhill Bike, a premiere at Suzuki Nine Knights MTB. “I […]