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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Could heaven be a place on earth? If you’re a Freerider then the answer is yes! Lock in for a big air fever dream as Sam Reynolds and a host of the sickest riders deliver 27-minutes of straight bangers in the official DarkFest 2025 highlights edit.
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The wait is over! One of the world’s most progressive Freeride MTB events, DarkFest, is back for 2025, bringing back massive jumps and an all-star lineup of riders ready for big air mayhem. Hosted by event creator Sam Reynolds, the legendary venue near Stellenbosch, South Africa, will once again be home to the planet’s gnarliest Freeride sessions from April 7-12. ...
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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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