Video: Darkfest 2020 Full Line GoPro Preview

Feb 5, 2020
by James Smurthwaite  

bigquotesDrop into DarkFEST 2020 with a GoPro course preview from Sam Reynolds, Clemens Kaudela, and Nico Vink in Stellenbosch, South Africa.GoPro


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48 Comments
  • 60 0
 Ho-Lee-Fook Helmet
  • 22 0
 We two lo
  • 26 0
 Sum ting wong
  • 22 1
 Bang ding ow
  • 2 15
flag Gilmarques (Feb 5, 2020 at 8:20) (Below Threshold)
 braaaaap diii baaapp
  • 48 2
 My goodness all I saw was nutsacks dragging on the dirt lol
  • 4 5
 Best comment of the thread
  • 29 0
 I suck at mountain biking.
  • 15 0
 No you don’t. You (like most of us) just suck at fear management!
  • 26 0
 When road gaps are your run-in
  • 19 1
 Motocross size. Without all that motorbike mass and inertia helping you. Balls.
  • 1 0
 Insaaaane ! True @flattire
Dreaming of getting the chance to go out there, shred with the boys and eventually come out alive
  • 1 0
 That goes both ways - mass can help stabilize but if gets out of sorts your are screwed, not to mention a 200+ lb dirtbike raining down on you has broken more than one man....
  • 15 0
 First jump: "I could hit that."
Second jump: "I could hit that."
Third jump: "Ehhhh, GoPro effect makes it look smaller, I probably wouldn't hit it."
Fourth jump: "I'm not an astronaut."
  • 14 0
 I'm disappointed they did not show the easy way down.
  • 3 0
 Me too. IBMA had them put ride arounds for all of the features.
  • 1 0
 You mean a chicken pass that we could name, hmmm... "eagle pass"?
  • 6 0
 Via stopwatch, I measure around 2.1 seconds of air for the final two jumps. I like to check this for various events and I never see anything over 2 seconds. The scale increase needed to add even 0.1 second is huge. This is amazing!
  • 9 2
 This is so rad. I wish I could send stuff like that. Must be an absolutely insane feeling. Thanks for pushing the sport folks!
  • 8 0
 I didn't see any jumps. Did they get any air?
  • 9 0
 I only saw rocket launchers
  • 3 0
 @YellowFlowers: only shark fins
  • 7 0
 Those lips are bigger than my house.
  • 5 0
 The first little gap: "Oh yeah, I might be able to do that someday."

The rest of the course: "We must be different species, these riders and I."
  • 2 0
 I have had a recurring dream for the last 15 or so years where I'm abe to jump super high, over lamp posts, onto rooves, each jump long and extended and bigger than the last. Sometimes theres a fear of the pain of the landing but it's always fine. Sometimes I'm running from something but most of the time it's just for fun. Riding jumps like these must be a real-life version of that dream...but faster...
  • 4 0
 I love a contest where simply getting through the jumps is cause for celebration. These dudes are mental.
  • 4 0
 Man, they made those insanely huge jumps look easy and mellow. Crazy.
  • 1 0
 I love this! This is just a glimpse of what’s to come from these bold lads. True tactical balls and passion. These guys will be flipping these mega jumps like it’s NBT in short order. Get after it Nico!
  • 3 0
 I want the uncut drone footage
  • 3 0
 Damn.
  • 2 0
 Son of a mutha less goat!
  • 2 0
 I can only imagine how epic that must feel!
  • 2 0
 so amped to see this...and the footage using drones!
  • 2 0
 Shout-out to the drone pilot; well done sir or madame.
  • 1 0
 This shit is awesome! Just like a progression of Cowan and co from NWD era back in the day, just way bigger. Yeah boi
  • 1 0
 the smallest thing on that track would be the biggest thing I would never do
  • 2 0
 CGI... obviously
  • 2 0
 This course is long.
  • 2 0
 Sweet honey barbeque...
  • 1 0
 After seing the first jump.. I blackout, are they jumping it?
  • 2 0
 Mother of god.
  • 1 0
 best version of the line yet. can't wait to see what can be done
  • 1 0
 Superb aerial awareness whilst riding a bicycle, Nucking Futs!
  • 1 0
 Those lips are better than Angelina Jolie’s!
  • 1 0
 Flying free as a bird!
  • 1 0
 Bitchin'!
  • 1 0
 Just unbelievable!
  • 1 0
 Holy forking shirt







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