Archive for the ‘Downhill’ Category
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Race Report by Kaz Shimizu
Asian Junior Championships since the first mountain bike. KAZUKI SHIMIZU (JPN) AKI Factory Team DH 1st.
Rain leading up to the race during the week made for a half-dry and partially muddy conditions. Warm sunny day during practices turned several sections into peanut butter…..but, there was a good amount of traction and I felt satisfied with the tires I used. The course varied for example, one part was gently sloping and another climbing up hill. I was able to keep both wheels on the ground and blaze hard.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Here’s a beauty vid by Karl Heldt featuring Kona Clump rider Graham Agassiz whippin’ and flippin’ his Stinky Deluxe in the freeride paradise that is Kamloops, BC.
http://www.vimeo.com/7637704
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Check out the latest video compiled by Kona Europe’s Joonas Vinnari
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
They’ve called it “the Great Canadian Gong Show”, and well, it is just that. A very cool idea though. The fellows at Bike Magazine have set out to test some 100 different enduro, freeride, XC and cruiser bikes in the wilds of Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton, British Columbia–during the heinous fall season no less! Whilst on a fall cycling tour myself, I managed to squeeze in for a couple of Squamish shuttles to see what I could see…
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Foot Out Flat Out 2 – Fast and Loose is the much awaited sequel featuring the 2009 UCI World Cup and World Championships and taking a closer look at the highest level of Downhill mountain bike racing. FOFO2 takes a front row seat and documents the action as Britain’s fastest racers like Steve Peat, Gee Atherton, Brendan Fairclough, Marc Beaumont and Joe Smith go head to head with the rest of the World’s top athletes including Greg Minnaar, Sam Hill, Sam Blenkinsop and newboy American, Aaron Gwin.
http://www.vimeo.com/7133065
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
This Saturday the 24th at 9:30am come to Dry Hill in Port Angeles to brush up on your downhill skills with some experienced local women downhill racers. This clinic is for women of all ages and skill levels.
Kona demos will be available.
More info HERE
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Joe went to Japan for the first time to race bikes. Here’s what happened.
I arrived in Osaka airport on Thursday afternoon, after 4 days of travelling from Schladming to home then straight onto 3 flights to Japan. Wing Hills resort was a 4 hour drive from the airport; I was asleep for most of it though. The next morning I walked down to the pit area at the bottom of the track. As I got there the guys from AKI corporation had built my bike up for me and after meeting every one from the company over there I nipped back up to the hotel to get my riding kit, so I could get riding.
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Joe Smiths best result of the year in Austria. Here’s how it all went down.
We arrived late Tuesday night and after a long sleep in our apartment right at the bottom of the track it was straight into course walk on Wednesday afternoon. The start of the track was the same as it’s been since I started racing here 3 years ago. It’s really fast and you are straight into the rough stuff right off the start. The top has some really fast chopped up corners split up with a couple of cool jumps and some small root sections. The track continues to take the same route down the mountain as normal with a few little changes this year where they have been making new forestry roads across the track which makes the track a little faster than before.
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Joe “Smitty the Red” Smith takes the Welsh National Championships and has his own little tale to tell.
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