2016 Hoff Fest Highlights Fest Series

Everyone has that one feature that they've been eyeing up all summer. You know it's do-able but it's definitely on the edge of your comfort zone. You shake your head in disgust every time you pass it on the trail. It creeps into your thoughts throughout the day and you find yourself falling asleep at night to visions of you sending it. Then there comes the day when you decide you've had enough, today's the day. You find some friends and pile in the back of a truck and head to the hills. You push your bike far enough above the impending monster so that you'll have plenty of speed by the time you arrive at it. Shocks shocking? Brakes braking? Well, now you're here. The heckles begin and you point your bike downhill. Here goes nothing....

The jam format of the Fest Series seems to evoke some of these same feelings. Out in the woods, sessioning jumps that even to the best riders in the world, induce a little bit of nausea. No announcers, no live stream, no judges, just pure stoke and perhaps the occasional heckle for a little extra motivation. Maybe that's why these jams produce such progression and camaraderie. It's all for the love of bikes and pushing your personal limits with the support of your friends.

The 2016 Hoff Fest highlights just dropped and its easy to see the good times and rad riding of the Fest Series continued at Retallack Lodge. Casey Brown came out and lit it up with the boys and was rewarded with the Hoff Award for absolutely sending. The progression seems never ending...but then again, it's that what sessioning with friends is all about?

The Awards:
Best Trick: Ethan Nell
Best Line: Jordie Lunn
Best Style: Nico Vink
Best Whip: Thomas Vanderham
Hoff Award: Casey Brown