DARKFEST 2025 – Official Highlights (VIDEO)
Could heaven be a place on earth? If you’re a freerider, then the answer is yes!
The DarkFest 2025 official highlights edit just dropped on the Monster Energy YouTube channel and it’s been well worth the wait, prepare to lock in for a big air fever dream as Sam Reynolds and a host of the sickest riders deliver 27-minutes of straight bangers from the iconic venue near Stellenbosch, South Africa.
“Just when you think you’ve seen it all, DarkFest always takes it up a notch, and this year was no exception, seeing the progression from the women has been unreal to witness and the new invited riders keep opening up new possibilities, that’s why DarkFest has become such a great platform for progression in freeride MTB.”
Chelsea Kimball - ”I definitely had a few goals coming into this years event since I made so much progress last year getting more comfortable on these massive jumps, I finally flipped the step up after much encouragement from the crew and it worked out perfectly, I also did my first top to bottom run on the course this year and was the first of the women to open it up this year, I’m just incredibly stoked with the way the week went and to get the 2025 Queen of Darkness award is just the cherry on top. I always have the best time out here!”
Matt MacDuff - “Apart from being shocked after getting the 2025 King of Darkness award, I’d like to mention I’m really just a huge fan of DarkFest and super proud of Sam for continuing to take it to new heights, I think I’ve been to almost every single edition, to me DarkFest really embodies a part of freeride that isn’t always shown and I feel privileged to be included in the crew that’s pioneering where big air MTB is going.
Featured Riders: Sam Reynolds, Clemens Kaudela, Matt MacDuff, Vero Sandler, Vaea Verbeeck, Bienvenido Aguado, Ike Klaassen, Theo Erlangsen, Adolf Silva, Reed Boggs, Paul Couderc, Matt Jones, Sam Hodgson, Vinny Armstrong, Kaos Seagrave, Robin Goomes, Graham Agassiz, Daniel Ruso, Elias Ruso, Lucy Vaneesteren, Alessio Tonoli, Tomas Lemoine, Johny Salido, Brendan Fairclough, Lukas Schäfer, Dylan Stark, Chelsea Kimball, Natasha Bradley, Sergio Layos, Kaidan Ingersoll, Talus Turk, Finley Kirschenmann, Vincent Tupin, Louis Reboul, Dylan Lamb, Jack Schliemann, Duran Van Eeden, Alessio De Franchi.
