Event
Fest Sessions - Malmedy
Nico Vink has been racing DH World Cups for a decade, and he´s been killing it on the BMX since the 90s. When it comes to building jumps, he has some serious ideas in his head and his course is basically BMX trails with 24 meter gaps, buildt for a DH bike. The line he built for Loose Fest in the belgian bikepark “Ferme Libert” is probably the biggest jumps ever ridden on a MTB. Just making it through the jumps took the riders a few days, but at the end of the week they were sessioning the 24 meter gaps with no problem.
By riders for riders, The Fest Series has gained popularity worldwide by pushing freeride forward with massive jumps, insane tricks and heavy metal highlight edits. The crew is expanding their concept by presenting a new format: Fest Sessions. Fest Sessions take a back to basics approach by exploring all aspects of freeride. With the simple goal of enjoying sessions with friends, this format will take place on big jumps, in bikeparks and throughout the backcountry, bringing a wide variety of terrain to the world’s best and most stylish freeriders.
Fest Sessions kicked off in Malmedy, Belgium with the BikePark Ferme Libert Edition. Hosted by Nico Vink, the Sessions approach had Nico focusing on building an entire bikepark and creating a playground for freeriders. By the time the build was complete, BikePark Ferme Libert boasted a new medium jumpline, an enormous double-sided hip and more hidden transfers and gaps than there were people to ride them. While riding the big line is always the cherry on top, Nico knows how wind and weather dependent the world’s biggest jumps are, and with this new approach there wasn’t going to be a single missed day of riding.
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How to be there
Bike Park Ferme Libert in Malmedy can claim the biggest MTB jump-line in all of Europe,
and you have to be there to believe it!
The electricity in the air when the Fest crew starts their sessions, and the stoke from the crowd
is an experience well worth the visit! But then there’s contests, the people, and the possibility to bring your own bike
and ride the famous Ferme Libert bike park.
There’s a basic campsite where you can pitch a tent for 5€ pr.day, and plenty of hotels in Malmedy, a 10 minute drive away.
If you come by plane the closest airport is Brussels.
host
Nico Vink
If you’ve been in the downhill or freeride scene for any amount of time, Nico Vink is probably a name you’re familiar with.
Weather it’s through Red Bull Rampage, the bike parks and jumps he’s built all over the world, Fest Series, or his sick riding style, featured on countless films and edits.
Retiring from world cup downhill in 2012 Nico has since become one of the biggest icons of freeride mountainbiking.
Hosting both Loose Fest and Royal Fest he’s a force to be reckoned with, as both a rider and a builder.
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