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mark-mcclure sarahmoore's article
Sep 30, 2021 at 15:50
Sep 30, 2021
Brendan Fairclough Withdraws from Rampage
@Hogfly: except it’s not
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 17, 2021 at 5:04
May 17, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@emptybe-er: Fest series was going in 2013 for sure, I was at Makkens event in Norway. Pure darkness was 2014.
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 16, 2021 at 15:24
May 16, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@chriskneeland: yes. I called one of the Fest series founders this afternoon and asked him in person.
Only two of the Fest founders are still (to my knowledge) sponsored by energy drink manufacturers.
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 16, 2021 at 14:58
May 16, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@chriskneeland: not Sam. He's doing as he was before, building his brand, representing his sponsor's. It would appear Reynolds is comfortable with corporate support from large brands such as Monster.
The Fest series is not about corporate brand building. It's a series for riders, by riders that does not receive it's funding from energy drink manufacturers.
This disparity in approach would seem to be the cause of this split. The fact that the general pinkbike audience doesn't understand this is no surprise.
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 16, 2021 at 14:35
May 16, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@chriskneeland: so people are ignorant, seems like a great reason to sell out.
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 16, 2021 at 14:27
May 16, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@chriskneeland: this is your opinion only, yet you write it like fact. How did it benefit from it hugely?
It certainly doesn't seem to be benefiting from it now which is why the founders of The Fest have moved to dissociate themselves from it.
Also note, pure darkness was not an event, it was a video series that echoed the values of the Fest series.
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 16, 2021 at 14:14
May 16, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@chriskneeland: I guess so. I'm just struggling with time travel. How can something that started later exist long before the entity it was 'co-opted' by? Dark Fest and Pure Darkness are not the same event.
How do you know that Dark Fest is not trading on the Fest Series name? How do you know who makes money or not? You are merely speculating.
Staying 'relevant' is subjective. As has been previously mentioned The Fest was set up to be anti-corporate / big contest. Dark Fest has evolved into something that is not representative of the original Fest Series ethos.
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 16, 2021 at 13:39
May 16, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@chriskneeland: are you dense? The Fest Series (2013) predates Pure Darkness (2014).
mark-mcclure jamessmurthwaite's article
May 16, 2021 at 12:52
May 16, 2021
Updated: The Fest Series Parts Ways with Darkfest
@Kustomango: finally someone gets it!
