Sam Reynolds: DarkFest 2025 Debrief & Building MTB's Ultimate Safe Space
The Ride Companion
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4.9 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Sam Reynolds is back in studio for a full DarkFest 2025 debrief! Sam shares behind the scenes stories about building the biggest freeride course on the planet, like the massive new Quarterpipe and the mind blowing progression of riders from this years event. We also talk about why DarkFest is the ultimate mountain bike safe space, how it stays true to the roots of freeride, what it's like coming home after a week of madness, the future of the event, the Nutty P tradition, unique bike set-ups and Sam also teases out the giant lake jump planned for 2026.
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| 0:00.0 | Shame, it's already over. |
| 0:01.6 | And then get back to here, drop the kids off at nursery. |
| 0:04.3 | I actually dropped, I flew straight home, landed at like five, |
| 0:07.7 | picked Freddy up and took him straight to nursery. |
| 0:09.4 | And one of the dads in the car park must be a mountain bike fan |
| 0:11.7 | because he was like, oh, let's see the hair then. |
| 0:14.3 | So I had to take it off and show him the Natty P. |
| 0:30.9 | Oh. Ladies and gentlemen, back in the studio, ride companion alumni, Sam Reynolds. |
| 0:31.9 | Hey! |
| 0:33.2 | Hi, guys. |
| 0:34.6 | He's back again. |
| 0:35.3 | Back again. |
| 0:36.3 | New studio, though. |
| 0:37.7 | Walking distance from my house now. |
| 0:38.4 | That's pretty nice. |
| 0:39.0 | Even better. |
| 0:40.1 | That is pretty nice, isn't it? The last one was like a jogging distance from my house. Now it's a pure walk so I can be in all the time. How long ago was it? It was when you got your new bike, wasn't it? Yeah, came in with the new bike. And just before I was kind of heading off to Darkfest, really, I think I'd literally got my bike that day, didn't I? |
| 0:54.1 | Yes. |
| 0:54.8 | And here we are. Just got back from Darkfest. |
| 0:57.0 | Back for a recap. I was kind of heading off to Darkfest, really. I think I'd literally got my bike that day, didn't I? Yes. |
| 0:54.8 | And here we are. |
| 0:55.5 | Just got back from Darkfest. Back for a recap. Yeah. The dream really, isn't it? Regular check-ins. I mean, it's happened, isn't it? We might as though eke one more bit of information out about it. Well, it's a good one. There's not many events. is like |
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