We love the Kona Process range here at Dirt, so we are all over this. Mad for it. Here’s what Kona have to say:
Take one of the fastest cross-country racers in North America, a Top 10 World Cup downhill racer, and a Red Bull Rampage podium freeride superstar, plop them way up high in the middle of the mountains, and let the battle rage.
Kona Team riders Spencer Paxson, Connor Fearon and Graham Agassiz met on the top of Retallack Lodge’s Reco Peak, each with their own hand-selected model of 2016 Kona Process all mountain steed, and prepared to see who could tally the most points over 16 kilometers and 6,000 vertical feet of singletrack bliss.
With points awarded for cross-country power, downhill steeze and freeride flare, the goal was to see what Process-to-athlete combo would emerge the winner. Would it be Paxson on the 29-inch wheel, shorter travel Process 111? Fearon on the super-capable, 27.5-inch wheel, mid travel Process 134, or Aggy on the burly Process 153? And who might get a hold of the Rasta-hued 26-inch wheel, park-oriented Process 167? So many questions, so much stress. With a mountain of singletrack ahead of them, who will emerge victorious at the first ever Kona Process Challenge?
