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((Short description|American bicycle company))
((More citations needed|date=February 2022))
((Infobox company
| name             = Kona Bikes
| logo             = KonaLogoOrbitVertBlack.png
| logo_caption     = Kona Logo as of April 2022
| logo_size        = 250
| type             = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation       = ((start date and age|1988))
| location_city    = [[Ferndale, Washington]]
| location_country = United States
| key_people       = Dan Gerhard, Jacob Heilbron
| industry         = [[Bicycles]]
| products         = Bicycle and Related Components
| revenue          = 
| num_employees    = 
| homepage         = ((URL|http://www.konaworld.com))
| owner            = Kent Outdoors<ref>((cite web|title=Kona Joins Kent Outdoors (Formerly Kent Watersports)|date=19 January 2022 |url=https://cog.konaworld.com/kona-joins-kent-outdoors-formerly-kent-watersports/|access-date=January 19, 2022))</ref>
))
'''Kona Bikes''' is a [[bicycle]] company based in the [[Pacific Northwest]]. The company was founded in 1988 by Dan Gerhard and Jacob Heilbron in Vancouver, BC. Their world headquarters are in Ferndale, Washington, with Canadian distribution offices in Vancouver, and European distribution offices in [[Monaco]].<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.konaworld.com/contact.cfm | title=Kona Bikes &#124; Connect &#124; Contact Us ))</ref>

Gerhard and Heilbron worked initially with [[Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]] rider [[Joe Murray (cyclist)|Joe Murray]] to create a range of custom steel hardtails. Kona was the first brand to produce a complete range of sloping top tube design mountain bike frames. 
[[Paul Brodie (businessman)|Paul Brodie]] collaborated with the TBG and was likely instrumental in implementing the sloping top tube design from previous work with Rocky Mountain and with his own company.
The Canadian headquarters are located near the famous [[North Shore Mountains]] of Vancouver, leading Kona to develop a range of [[Freeride (mountain biking)|Freeride]] mountain bikes in 1998 known for durability as well as for their ability to handle extremely technical downhill terrain.
 
Kona has gone on to develop a complete range of road, commuter, [[cyclo-cross]] in addition to a complete range of [[mountain bikes]]. Using a range of materials including  [[carbon fiber]], [[titanium]], [[aluminum]] and [[steel]], Kona's bikes are sold in over 60 countries worldwide.

On January 19, 2022, the founders announced the sale of the company to diversified outdoor equipment maker Kent Outdoors.

== Kona Factory Team==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Kona team rider Helen Wyman.jpg|thumb|right|Kona Team rider Helen Wyman (UK) was the 2013 European and British Cyclo-Cross Champion]] -->
Kona has a long-standing tradition in the support of [[bicycle racing]], beginning with their first product designer Joe Murray who was also a two-time US National mountain bike champion. Many elite riders have been part of the Kona Team including 2012 Giro D'Italia winner [[Ryder Hesjedal]] (CAN),Two time World Champion cross country mountain biker 2001,2002 [[Roland Green (cyclist)|Roland Green]] (Can), World Downhill Champions [[Steve Peat]] (UK) and [[Greg Minnaar]] (RSA), 2004/2005 World Downhill Champion Fabien Barel (FR), World Cup Downhill Champion [[Tracy Moseley]] (UK), and US National Mountain Bike and Cyclo-Cross champions [[Ryan Trebon]] and Anne Knapp. Over 200 National and World Champions have been won by Kona riders. The current Kona Factory team competes in National and International events and includes riders from Canada, the UK, Australia, France and the US.

=== Cory Wallace ===

After finishing 4th in the World Solo 24HR Championships in 2015, and 2nd in 2016, Kona Factory Team rider Cory Wallace won the event 3 consecutive years, from 2017 to 2019. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the event was unable to proceed in 2020 and 2021, however in 2022 Wallace once again defended his world title. [[File:Cory Wallace Championship.jpg|thumb|Cory Wallace wins his first WEMBO Championship]]
Wallace won all four championships while riding a Kona Hei Hei CRDL. <ref>((cite web | url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/cory-wallace-wins-fourth-24-hour-world-championship/ | title=Cory Wallace wins fourth 24-Hour World Championships | date=30 May 2022 ))</ref>
== Advocacy ==
Kona has been an [[International Mountain Biking Association]] corporate supporter since 1994, and has developed fundraising projects including the Kona Buck-A-Bike program, the Kona Bro Deal program, the [[Interbike]] bowling tourney and Kona/IMBA Freeriding grants.

The Kona/IMBA bowling party, held at Interbike from 1998 until 2007, raised money for NEMBA, a New England IMBA-related advocacy group.  Its purpose was to help purchase a large area for mountain biking by funding the KONA/IMBA freeride grants. The Kona/IMBA Freeride grants helped clubs throughout the US and Canada including:[[Rapid City, South Dakota]]; [[Grand Junction, Colorado]]; [[Hood River, Oregon]]; [[Coquitlam, British Columbia]]; [[St. Charles, Missouri]]; [[Surrey, British Columbia]]; [[Anderson, Indiana]], and [[East Burke, Vermont]]. The grants helped build freeride features on trails, as well as building dirt jump parks in parks.

For 2008, Kona sponsored the IMBA Epic Rides program, helping fund four new rides throughout the United States and Canada. The trails set aside as Epic rides for 2008 were the Mid Mountain Epic in [[Park City, Utah]]; Comfortably Numb in [[Whistler, British Columbia]]; the trails sponsored by PAMBA outside of [[Peoria, Illinois]], and the Loon Lake Epic in [[Tamarack, Idaho]].

=== Kona Africabike ===

In 2006, Kona began its largest advocacy effort to date - [[BikeTown Africa]]. The Kona Africabike was a bike built in partnership with [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] and Bicycling Magazine. The Kona Africabike was designed specifically to assist health care workers treating [[HIV]] and [[AIDS]] patients with the delivery of home health aids and other services in African Cities, starting with [[Bobonong, Botswana]] and [[Gaborone]], [[Botswana]]. More recent projects have included Delft and [[Stellenbosch]].

For 2008, Kona pledged to donate 1,000 Africabikes for the project and due to the overwhelming customer support of this project, Kona set up a non-profit/humanitarian organization from their European HQ in Geneva, Switzerland called Kona Basic Needs. This organisation's aim is to continue to raise more funds and awareness of the Kona Africabike program and to continue the donation of these bikes. ((Citation needed|date=September 2009)).

== External links ==
* ((Official website|http://www.konaworld.com/))
* [http://vimeo.com/konaworld Kona's Vimeo page]
* [http://www.completesite.com/mbhof/page.cfm?pageid=6&year=2002&memberid=122 About Jacob Heilbron Founder]
* [http://www.classickona.com/ Classic Kona, a collection of past Kona bikes online]

==References==
((Reflist))

((Canadian bicycle manufacturers))

[[Category:Cycle manufacturers of Canada]]
[[Category:Mountain bike manufacturers]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1988]]

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