Windfell

Born from destruction. Built against the clock. When Storm Darragh tore across the Welsh coast under a rare red weather warning, it left Dyfi in chaos. The bike park was shut for days. Several tracks were buried. And one entire hillside was considered a total loss. Trees were snapped, debris stacked head-high, and branches were pinned under load, ready to twist or recoil without warning. Even walking through it felt hostile. Working through it with saws was something else entirely. Most people would have cleared it and moved on. Geeisn't like most people. “This was a beautiful forest, something that was close to my heart. And I wanted to create something to remember it by.” The result is Windfell, the newest film project from the Athertons and one of the most demanding builds of Gee’s career. Ladder drops braced on shattered trunks. Sniper landings with no runout. Splintered wood everywhere. At one point Gee found himself browsing stab-proof vests in preparation to ride the line. “Through summer the zone had felt like a building environment. We were just cutting, shaping, grinding. Every day you were dodging bullets. The build was almost as, if not more, dangerous than the riding. It was the wrong way around for what we’re used to.” Filmed in Dyfi and ridden on Gee’s S.200 DH bike, Windfell is a mix of technical trail building, high-consequence riding, and a race against time before the approaching winter shut the project down for good. It is not a Ridgeline film, but it carries the same zero-margin-for-error focus that defines Gee’s most iconic work.