Insane New Darkfest Location! Week 1

Grosse ligne, gros jumps, gros tricks, un paquet de #bucheronawards ... Les Fest Series reprennent pour le grand bonheur de nos yeux ! Récap de l'étape à Stellenbosch en Afrique du Sud.

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!

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 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...

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...

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