Monthly Archives: March 2012

Spot the AfricaBike in this Cel Phone Plan Ad for Metro PCS

With over 4,000 bikes donated to life-changing causes in Africa, it’s no wonder people are switching to the Kona AfricaBike

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Antoine Bizet at Vienna Air King

Unfortunately Antoine didn’t make it to the finals, but this sweet shot show us he gave it his all.

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Blast from the Past/Where are they Now? – Crank Brothers/Rad Racing NW Promo 2004


A brief rundown on where some of these guys are now…

Benny Swedberg won the 13/14 National championship that year. He is now a sophomore at UW and is a Cat-1 riding for California Giant Strawberries. He won multiple national championships while with the team and raced in the world championships. Read More

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Dylan Sherrard – Spring Check In


I was going to spend my evening sorting through laundry, vacuuming my truck and getting some other household chores out of the way. But I just got back from a killer photo shoot with Matt Miles and I really need to scribble some things down before they fizzle out of me. This evening was the first spring sunset I’ve spent shredding on camera and what a stellar evening shoot it turned out to be. One of many more, I’m certain. Spring hit me like a brick wall this time without a frustrating shoulder season to speak of. One week we were blanketed with snow, the next we were shredding in dust. Only a day or two of mud in between. But the aggressive alteration of weather systems hasn’t been the only part of spring to smack me in the face, an abrupt change of pace in my schedule sort of shocked me as well. Read More

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BLC to the Bering Sea Via Sutra and Canoe

From Adam Bradley’s FSTPKR blog: It has been quite a while since the last post here at FSTPKR. I have a ton of follow up posts about recent developments in the world of fastpacking, however I am a one man show here. I am swamped with work opportunities this winter, and as this post will document I am on a tight timeline. I have been hustling all winter to sock away as much cash as I can for financing this trip.

This summers trip is: BLC to the Bering Sea. BLC being Reno, NV my hometown and Bering Sea being the mouth of the Yukon River. There will be three modes of travel for this tour, bike/ hike/ paddle. Here is the breakdown on the mileage for each mode of travel: Read More

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Help Save the North Fork Trail System in Whatcom County (Washington)

Source: Whatcom Trails Co-Op www.whatcomtrails.com

What is happening?

Beginning on April 2nd the Washington State Department of Resources (DNR) will be decommissioning all user-built bike trails on Slide Mountain at the North Fork Nooksack in Whatcom County.

The work, estimated to cost $23,000, will begin on April 2nd and will be done by the DNR and a crew from Washington Conservation Corps. Work will include closure signage, removal of larger structures, blocking and revegetating trail entrances, and a gate to block all motorized access to Slide Mountain. Read More

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Spencer Paxson Checks In From The Road To The Olympics

Spencer Paxson has been traveling the globe in hot persuit of a spot on the US Olympic MTB Team. Click Here for a report from his blog about the last month of adventures.

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Aggy, Bass and Bizet Fill in the Holes

Want to learn more about some of the worlds best mountain bikers? Check out how these Kona riders filled out their FITH’s. Click here to read

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Monster Training Day- Grant Fielder


So yesterday i went out on my new Shonky. I didn’t realize how much i missed having a steel frame. I got every trick back in an hour and even got 360 superman seat grabs! woooohoooo, I’m on a mission to make loads of edits just for the cog so keep checking in now and again for new ones.

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Wheelbase Weekend with Grant Fielder

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Mountain Bike Action Tests the 2012 Operator: “Kona has been at the forefront of progressive mountain biking since its inception”

Click the image to read the full review

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Level Up Video by Marc Panaud

Featuring Thomas and Romain Lombart on the Kona Operator and Stab. Some nice cable cam work in this video from Marco44 as he films over the course of 4 days with friends in France.

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