Pure Darkness 2 - The Step-Up

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...

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

The 2016 edition of the Suzuki Nine Knights MTB in Reschenpass, South Tyrol, Italy is officially on! In the GoPro Course Check, Brits Sam Pilgrim and Sam Reynolds fly down the flow trail to join Syzmon Godziek (POL) for the main feature where they each choose between the quarter pipe, the trick jump or the corner jump into the right hip. Pilgrim does not hesitate to take on big Bertha, the huge big bike jump with its 4m take off and 3m step up and 10m gap to landing. This many features to pla...

The Suzuki Nine Knights MTB contest day in Reschenpass, South Tyrol, Italy was absolutely madness with the Focus Become a Knight video contest winner Adolf Silva taking both the top spot on the podium and the award for "Best Trick" ahead of Sam Reynolds and Nico Scholze. Filmed and produced by the Distillery: http://distillery.cc

The whole crew is here. Andreu, Aggy, Zink and Sorge arrive. Ethan picked up a locals 450 and hit the new 'twisty wizard' line for the first time. Adolf and Sam attempt the improved step up. The next week of sessions are going to be banger! Song: 95 til Infinity by Joey Bada$$. Media crew killing it! Filmers include: Thomas Sandell Tom Grundy Felix le Blanc Louis Lhomel Edit Thomas Sandell Stills Eric Palmer

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...