The 2025 Backyard Battle series rolled into the world-famous Austrian onion capital of Unterstinkenbrunn, where Freeride Mountain Biking now rivals farming as the local export. Hosts Clemens Kaudela and the Ruso Bros dialled up the heat this year, shaping some colossal dirt sculptures that set the stage for massive sends and non-stop progression with an all-time rider line up of ...
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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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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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Take a behind-the-scenes look at our view of DarkFest 2025. The Freeride Mountain Bike event, where some of the world’s best riders take on the infamous course, featuring the biggest jumps in the world, set in the picturesque location of Hellsend Dirt Compound in Stellenbosch, Cape Town. Filmed and edited by Grant Lucas.
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The 9th edition of DarkFest detonated in Stellenbosch, South Africa with a six-day Big Air spectacle. The event. hosted by Freeride MTB legend Sam Reynolds, saw global MTB feeds taken over by jaw-dropping clips, savage haircuts and the electric atmosphere that DarkFest has become synonymous with. Matt Macduff The level of riding this year was through the roof, with a ...
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