Monthly Archives: April 2011

Kona 2012 Entourage Proto Testing with Aggy

Posted on 04/30/2011 by eddy

We sent Kona Team member Graham Agassiz into the wilds of his interior British Columbia homeland to see what he thought. With 170mm of super plush travel, ultra short chainstays and geometry that’s quick, intuitive, and totally committed to going down, the Entourage is all about progression Kona style. And if the feedback from one of the world’s best big mountain riders is any indication, we’re on to something good. Get the real lowdown from Agassiz and his fellow gang member, Kona’s Gravity Product Manager, Chris Mandell. Together they’ve crafted a jewel, one explained in detail through our newly released Proto Testing video, and in a Sneak Peek interview with Mandell where he breaks down the design philosophy and marquee features of the all-new 2012 Kona Entourage.

Check out the Entourage Sneak Peek microsite, featuring an interview with Kona’s Gravity Product Manager, Chris Mandell

Kona 2012 Entourage Proto Testing with Graham Agassiz from Christopher Halcrow on Vimeo.

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Tom’s Demotour 2011 (Dutch)

Posted on 04/29/2011 by joonas

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Grant Fielder- Average Thursday video!

Posted on 04/28/2011 by chopper

Been riding loads but unfortunately haven’t filmed those days but someone else did. That video will be out soon

So here is one i made today with Monster team mate Sam pilgrim. Not lots of riding but still a fun day out in this early summer of ours!

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Kona Shoot The Ride Photo Contest – Numero Quattro

Posted on 04/28/2011 by eddy

The much coveted, highly anticipated, spectacular photo producing 4th Annual Kona Shoot the Ride Contest returns with a new twist…we are no longer in control. In the past we’ve seen shots from all over the world. Bikes in Africa, bikes in Slovenia, Canada, Thailand, and all parts in between. Action, emotion, moments, seconds, stories, you name it and we’ve seen it.

This year, we’re opening the voting to you, the people. With a fast growing Facebook Fan base, and throngs visiting our Kona Cog on a daily basis, we figured we’d hand over the very important voting duties to you, all good lovers of the ride.

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Dylan Sherrard – Shredding Hard For Ten Long Years

Posted on 04/28/2011 by eddy

Birthdays have never meant much to me. Always seen as just another day, I brush them off and forget they even happen. But this year I am turning 21 and this birthday is special to me. Ten years ago on April 28th, I turned 11 and for my birthday that year I was gifted my first real mountain bike, a Kona Stuff. Riding that bike around the streets and trails in Whitehorse blew my mind at the time. It had a Marzocchi EXR comp fork with 4 inches of butter-smooth travel, super tough Ditch Witch rims and Shimano Deore mechanical disc brakes that were so strong they could probably have stopped a semi-truck. It was my dream come true to be riding a Kona bike and I rode it almost everyday. And I never realized it at the time, but every time I landed a no-footer and every time I wheely dropped a picnic table, that bike was changing my life.

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Decline Mag on 2012 Entourage Proto: “Pretty sweet little whip”

Posted on 04/26/2011 by mitchell

We recently did a little media swing through South California. After an afternoon sending it on a quiver of Operators and one 2012 Prototype, the fine fellows of Decline got into it with Kona’s Gravity Product Manager, Chris Mandell. Read the full report by clicking the photo below. Keep your eyes open for a Entourage Prototype testing video for global release very soon.

 

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Dirt: (The Operator is)….Bang On

Posted on 04/26/2011 by eddy

Click the image below to view the review at full size

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Dave Turner – Pedal to the Metal Article from AG Outdoor

Posted on 04/25/2011 by eddy

When mountain biker Dave Turner was contacted for this story, he was somewhere between Pakistan and China on a mission to find a mythical land high up in the Himalaya. Despite the logistical difficulties involved in interviewing a man currently living his greatest adventure, travelling unsupported and by bike, we thought this was a tale that really should be told.

Click HERE to read the full feature

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Rad Racing Launches a New Website

Posted on 04/25/2011 by eddy

Check out the new Revel – Rad Racing website by clicking the image below.

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Happy Earth Day

Posted on 04/22/2011 by mitchell

This is from our Japanese distributor. The life and death cycle of the Sakura. Enjoy Earth Day great people of this great planet. Stop to smell the flowers if you can.

–The Kona Crew

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AfricaBike: Transforming Rwanda

Posted on 04/21/2011 by eddy

By Steve Madden, vice president of creative services and digital production development at Rodale.

I can’t tell you his name, but I can tell you the circumstances of his birth. His father, a Hutu, raped his mother, a Tutsi, after killing her family. During the rape, she became infected with HIV/AIDS. And she became pregnant. She bore the child and has raised him these 15 years. But she has never loved him. They live in the outskirts of a village in rural Rwanda, outcasts in a country that still bears the scars of the 1994 genocide that left some 1 million Tutsis dead and left countless others to deal with the trauma.

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Galbraith Mountain Trail System May Soon be Closed to the Public

Posted on 04/21/2011 by eddy

The world renowned recreation area in Whatcom County could soon be closed to the public. Property that includes a massive trail system around Galbraith Mountain changed ownership and the new owners are ready to close public access. Please watch the video to find out more and learn if you can help save some of Kona’s favorite trails.

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