Archive for the ‘Random Weirdness’ Category
Wheelie on a UTE
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Cartoon Hipster Hilarity
Thursday, November 19th, 2009This comes via our US office, where they ride everything all the time. It’s quite hilarious. Watch it here. Hipsters don’t get much love these days.
Brushstrokes of Shred
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Our good mate Scott Dickson recently revealed this beautiful painting of shredness. Fjord, berm, manual, surreal flow. Scott Dickson is the man behind Freeride Entertainment’s New World Disorder covers and we love what he does. Enjoy.
The Kona Coast
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009So it’s November, and for many of us the days of the bike are beginning to wane. Tires begin to slowly deflate as our trusted steeds stagnate in the garage. Rain, wind, shorter days, smaller lungs, it all adds up to those difficult, trying transition times between seasons. In the effort to ease the pain, we give you this shot of the Kona coastline. It’s where our minds drift when everything goes dark. Thank God we named our bike company after a place that never has to endure the long, awkward switch between fall and winter. For all of you who live in such a place, you are wise. But please, remember to ride, if only out of courtesy to us poor, cursed northern folk.
Barry and the Bear
Monday, November 9th, 2009
There is a bear living in my back yard. Not just metaphorically, but a real, live B.C. Bike Race, eat the small dog, massive apple sauce poop pile, growling, stinky, large black type of bear out there. I am not really too concerned about it, aside from the slight danger faced by the aforementioned small dog during night time bathroom breaks, but the bear makes me think about my place in the world. Before I came here, he/she probably just hung out on this hillside during the fall, gorging on apples, pears and blackberries and didn’t have to contend with shot gun wielding skinny bike racers yelling “cover me!” as they took the trash out or headed out for training rides.
Finding Amsterdam
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Just talking to beautiful, gas-free people in a country where a third of all journeys are made by bicycle. http://cog.konaworld.com/video/Amsterdam.flv
Bike Magazine’s Bike-A-Palooza
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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Kona Would Like to Wish You Happy Halloween
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Angi Nabs a Minxy
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Kona Brand Book Wins Design Award
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009These were some poster-style illustrations from Kona’s Brand Book. We released only these posters and they ended up shagging some Applied Arts Design Awards. Step on Two refers to our Rise of the Pedaltarian campaign, an urban, get off the couch and ride your bike to change the world initiative. Basically, a humanitarian with pedals.
Willy Wrangles
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Here’s our man Willy Warren in Colorado being all cowboy on his custom Humu. Nice leather satchel buddy.
The We Know JackShit Plunger Ad
Thursday, October 15th, 2009This was a real doozer. Designed specifically for Outcast Magazine. Our flashy dealer prize from 2003. Boy did these babies get the job done.
