Fest Sessions Malmedy 2020 - RAW

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 was being labeled as guys who ride big jumps, but that’s only a part of what we love
and we want to highlight all aspects of riding that we are passionate about. For me, Fest
Sessions is going to offer new locations for freeriding and sessions.”
Nico Vink
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.
With a warm and calm September week ahead, the Session brought together a scaled-down
crew of 11 riders. They were fortunate enough to get plenty of sessions on the big lines, with
veterans like C Dog and Sam Reynolds pulling massive trains while newcomers Ike Klassen,
Jackson Goldstone and William Robert brought their unique style to the line. Build crew Red
Belge and Kristof Lenssens proved they have just as much fun behind handlebars as they do in
a digger.
Nico Vink, Andreau Lacondeguy, Szymon Godziek and Adolf Silva all showed up to
enjoy endless sessions, a private setting and jumps you can only find in select locations
worldwide.
While the rider list of a Fest Session is undeniably smaller than at a Series event, the result
was exactly what Nico Vink had been looking for:
“The fact that it’s smaller allowed me to spend more time with the people who came from
all over Europe, where in the past we’ve barely had time to chat, hang out and ride. It was
very cool to do that this year.”
Fest is a shared vision for freeride focused on progression through riding bikes, building
bigger jumps and having good times with friends. It exists to create the ultimate freeride
environment by putting riders first and encouraging boundary-pushing.
Hosted by: Nico Vink
Built by: Nico Vink, Jeroen ‘Red Belge’ Meersman, Kristof Lenssens & Alois D’adamo
Ridden by: Andreu Lacondeguy, Szymon Godziek, Nico Vink, Sam Reynolds, Clemens ‘C Dog’ Kaudela, Adolf
Silva, William Robert, Ike Klassen, Jackson goldstone, Jeroen ‘Red Belge’ Meersman & Kristof
Lenssens
Sponsored by: Monster Energy, Reverse Components, Vink Creations
Filmed and edited by: CA Greenwood
Held: September 14-20 in Malmedy, Belgium in compliance with all local Covid-19 regulations
Special thanks to Jean-David and Marie-Helene for encouraging us to transform their ski slope
into huge piles of dirt!

[@viktorvandeneede2661]

Can't wait for ferme Libert to re-open!!

[@carsonpearce5980]

Andreau’s laugh is probably the most wholesome thing I’ve ever heard. He seems like such an awesome guy. Keep up the great videos guys!

[@darrenwilliams6827]

Good to see you boy's shredding,stay safe out there

[@MikuNEW]

So sick greetings form Poland

[@PossessedGaming07]

2:05 was steezy how he threw a crankflip in there

[@diegofcm92]

didn't even notice!

[@mtbshnik_dh7930]

Greetings from Russia

[@olivergernert7528]

Awesome🤩 this Bikepark is insane🔥🔥the riders are too👌💪

[@LOVEisTHEultimateLAW]

YES more footage please :) I WANT IT ALL !!!

[@realgoodmind]

This is good stuff. Love having a new channel with people actually riding and not doing so much talking. Keep crushing it.

[@godzillaxred]

still can't believe Jackson is riding with the OGs, absolutely great

[@timklocker_7]

Crazy

[@KennyRider24]

Unreal how big those jumps are!🤯

[@shannonelvey1574]

Man this is an awesome culture.
This has such a positive feel. Love it

[@zGJungle]

That drone footage will be amazing.

[@rickydlayaute5387]

Hi Nico !!! Thank's a lot for sharing that !!! 🙏😊🙏
So nice lines !!!!
Pleasure to see you back here with Vnty!!! 😄
Richard de Véron 👍😎🇫🇷

[@halfpipefreak]

INSAAAANE

[@Woolly_Jumper]

The stoke is real here!!

[@yannicklamoureux8058]

Welcome To belgium 😊

[@bronislavvanac9127]

Big jump, big fun :)

[@diegofcm92]

awesome! love these jumps... is this line open to the public regularly?

[@alcidesrodriguez9986]

Just perfect 🔝🔝🔝🙏🤜🤛🤘🔥⚔

[@rawclaw5333]

Raw is best

[@timberknuckle8281]

God damn. "How do they sit down with balls so big". Like serious, im 40, and young Jackson has balls bigger and more filled than me!! respect to all

[@yi-vanstudenov464]

I reckon next year if you make the 90ft stepdown have a larger lip you could go well over 130ft. However the berm might have to be pushed back quite a bit or there will be less dead space in between the third jump and the stepdown.

[@hasneez68]

so HUGE

[@Ryon_Davis]

😲😲😲

[@LashaZoidze]

[@ArtemiyOfficial]

Ух я бы там целыми днями прыгал))

[@lukedunne491]

when is darkfest??

[@flaviolarriantunesmarquesl2036]

A todos no gazz um forty abraço desse grande amigo BR RG do Sul Novo hamburgo🙏🏽🚵🏾‍♂️👍🏾🎂🥳👌🏾🤙🏽🧘🏽‍♂️🙏🏽

[@porta_patrols]

not normal!

[@lukasla1786]

When was this?

[@cagreenwoodmtb]

Back in September

[@aeiv1013]

How i can ride here?

[@lifewithsebastianstrauss2870]

Where is this?

[@DK-qr9mc]

Ferme Libert, Malmedy (Belgium)

[@hvheerden]

Looks warm and dry. Isn't it supposed to be cold and rainy (winter) in Belgium this time of year?

[@matejdimos5749]

@@hvheerden it was´t recorded in this time of year

[@outdooredits9949]

First comment!... Do I get something?

[@maxlebed9064]

No😂

[@J-OLange]

chuck norris coudnt do this!!!

[@gapz5774]

Im 14 and i promise i will jump those things one day i swear
My name would be Bien Ab****