Kona Team rider and French phenom Antoine Bizet finishes third behind Sam Reynolds and Martin Sonderstrom at the Kona sponsored Monster Energy Whitestyle in Leogang, Austria. Check out Pinkbike for a report, or for French fans, check out 26in Magazine. More information to come soon. In the meantime, big ups Bizet, you rule!
Kona Team XC rider Spencer Paxson will be representing the US at the London 2012 Olympics this summer. The XC speedster has been busy chasing miles (and the sun) as he readies for one of the most important race seasons of his career. Read all about it on his blog. Keep the drive alive Spencer, we’re gunning for you.
“Der Kona –Riding- Room ist geöffnet für alle Fahrer. Origineller kann eine Indoor –Dirthalle im Salzburger- Land wohl nicht untergebracht sein- in einem Heustadel.”
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“Kunstflieger! Traumhaft sicher liegt das Entourage in der Luft. MB- Style- Experte Fabi Scholz genießt’s”
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2011 is now in the past, but what a year it was when I was in UK. I’ve met an incredible group of individuals, whom I consider my friends and I was able to share what I love doing the most. Seeing their determination, passion and love for mountain biking only made me want to pursuit my dream even more. Read More
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Après une saison 2011 ponctuée par son titre en Coupe de France de descente Junior et ses débuts en Coupe du Monde, Rudy Cabirou se prépare pour que 2012 soit encore meilleur. Intégré à la structure Voulvoul Racing, le voici en vidéo faisant ses premiers tours de roues au guidon de son Kona Operator 2012
So the final round of the World Cup has come and gone. It’s always a strange race when you have one eye on the overall and one on the race itself. Let’s face it, on a course like this there was never going to be a challenge to Vos. The course was wide, fair and pretty tough. Muddy sections led you into little runs and a long road straight. There were small variations to last years event, but you pretty much know what you’re going to get when you come to Hoogerheide. It wears you down as the race goes on and it’s pretty easy to hold a gap, but really hard to close one down. I was changing bikes every lap, and it was pretty noticeable that when riders skipped a change they were losing time carrying a heavy bike around.
Although you try to focus on the race in hand, it’s hard not to try to beat a rider who’s sitting only 2 points ahead of you in the World Cup classification. Those 2 little points equate to one place in a race, so it’s a big incentive. With Sanne van Paassen also not on the start line for this event due to ongoing illness, it meant there was a potential gain of 2 spots on the final classification. I entered the race in 7th overall, with Belgian champion Sanne Cant just in front.
Anyway, the race was pretty much as predicted. Vos set out in the front group, decided to destroy everyone at her chosen moment, she did that with style and grace, and left a race of everyone else behind her (I would like to point out here I’m not happy this is happening and I’m already plotting how I’m going to match her next season. Me and Kona, we are going to set the balance back next year….honest). The only disappointment for me was despite taking the early lead, I made a few silly errors and was lying back in 8th when all this happened. It also meant I missed the front group of 5. Read More
“Bergauf kletterfreudige 100 Millimeter, runter potente 160 Millimeter Federweg: Das Magic Link soll es möglich machen. Konas Konzept weckte mein Interesse, das Abra Cadabra musste für den Dauertest her!”
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In 2003, Dave Watson, then a rider on the Kona Clump team, set off to the 100th anniversary Tour de France with Freeride Entertainment and photographer Scott Markewitz with the goal of road gapping over the race. This sniper jump took coordination and balls and kicked off a flurry of protest, praise and more press than any other gap ever attempted. The inset image is part of a never before seen sequence, shot from one of the several vantage points Scott set up to capture this amazing feat. Now PinkBike and Scott Markewitz have worked to animate this sequence as part of PinkBike’s Sequence Saturday, a weekly series that features some of the most exciting photo sequences ever captured. See it there now. To see the famous main sequence Kona poster we made to celebrate this event, click here.
