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After a month of solid building the DarkFEST course is ready to ride! Sam Reynolds, Clemens Kaudela, Theo Erlangsen and Ike Klaassen get to work on testing. The world’s biggest dirt jumps are now ready for the best Freeride MTB riders to get some big air.

The wait is finally over, as DarkFEST returns for another adrenaline-fueled edition from 17 to 22 April 2023. The event, which has become synonymous with massive jumps and high-octane action, promises to be bigger, bolder, and better than ever before. Adolf Silva DarkFEST brings together some of the world’s best freeride mountain bikers to push the limits of their sport ...

After 2 weeks of solid building on the DarkFEST site, the course is almost completed. In Episode 4, Sam Reynolds, Clemens Kaudela, Theo Erlangsen and Andrew Neethling get up to speed on the Hellsend table line with a few tricks before heading over to the new section with the 55ft Road Gap and the massive Step-Up. They opens things up and get to ...

The DarkFEST build crew are back with some exciting updates, as they begin to break grown on the new “110” gap jump. The new jump has been named that, as that’s how long the gap is planned to be. The line starts at the same spot, but then transfers over a new shark fin and into a new berm and road ...

Episode two brings us into the room where the bike was revealed to Nina Hoffmann, Jackson Goldstone, and Laurie Greenland for the first time. Then, the team’s test camp in New Zealand where the Syndicate do run after run, sharing what they’re feeling and how the bike is influencing their riding. Finally, they hit their first race of the season: ...