A gnome-coming like no other! After a winter of hard graft, Sam Hodgson and Vero Sandler welcome back a stack of the sickest Freeride and Slopstyle Mountain Bike riders for a weeklong session in their backyard of dreams nestled in the Welsh countryside. Hit play for 13 minutes of endless lines and huge shapes in the 2025 Backyard Battle “Gnomes Edition” highlights ...
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The 2025 Monster Energy Backyard Battle series launched in the lush hills of Wales, United Kingdom, as Vero Sandler and Sam Hodgson welcomed over 35 of the world’s top Freeride and Slopestyle Mountain Bike riders to their backyard masterpiece. The kick-off event set the tone for what promises to be the most outrageous Backyard Battle season yet. Rather than a ...
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The Backyard Battle series presented by Monster Energy is back for the third year running and it’s coming in hot. Kicking off in June and rolling right through August until the wheels fall off. Five spots across UK and Europe will host some of the world’s most progressive Freeride and Slopestyle Mountain Bike warriors, with unreal course builds, and adding ...
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For the fourth stop of the 2024 Backyard Battle series, we venture deep into the woods in Boppard, Germany for Lukas Schafer’s inaugural Black Mass, where he and his crew conjured up the ultimate Freeride MTB line. Featuring: Lukas Schäfer, Sam Hodgson, Vero Sandler, Tim Bringer, Kaos Seagrave, Edgar Briole, Sergio Layos, Oscar Powell, Eliott Lapotre, Thomas Genon, Louis Reboul, ...
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The second stop of the 2024 Backyard Battle series fired off in Austria at Clemens Kaudela’s compound near the fabled village of Unterstinkenbrunn, treat yourself to 6-minutes of freeride mayhem with the official highlights video. Hosted by Daniel Ruso, Elias Ruso and newly announced Monster Energy team rider Clemens Kaudela, the trio were joined by a heavy crew who pulled ...
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