THE ROCKET BLOG #3: KALNICA BIKE FEST - SLOVAKIA
THE ROCKET BLOG #3: KALNICA BIKE FEST - SLOVAKIA Night-time Whip-offs have become a classic show in Bike Park Kalnica. Photo: Lukas Neasi I first visited the famous Slovakian bike park, known for its progressive and technical jump lines, last year. Bike Park Kalnica is a special place, where the feeling of the freeride community can be felt as soon as you arrive and park your car. The park is managed and built by passionate local freeriders who have not yet subdued to the family-friendly flow-line trend, which has manifested almost in all western well-known bike parks. The park is built by freeriders for freeriders and this idea is felt in every single track in the park. On the other side, Kalnica Bike Fest is the biggest MTB bike festival in Slovakia and surrounding countries, which brings together all MTB disciplines, from Marathon to Slopestyle. The crowd, the atmosphere and good tracks convinced me to put this festival in my yearly calendar. This year I was participating in the p