damn f*ck, its pretty sad unfortunatley, operator is one of the most beautiful frames ever and somebody did pretty hughe mistake in technology of these front tubes :/ damn... i had also supreme operator 2011 and after 3 or 4 years of riding also break tubes over head welding... but still, kona is my favorite factory and still riding other models except these old operators and every of them are absolutley without any problems about durability... right now i have SS bass 2010, stinky 2010, everything on a luxury components, and queit old legend stab supreme 2008, also on a TOP components... still love these big rockers, dope systems and everything what right KONA should had ! ride in peace guys!

 it is normal, i have 4 friends (1 of them was even a girl) who cracked operator and operator supreeme frame from the same spot.

 And people still love them. Guy bought full frame from me just to replace his already 3rd broken rear triangle :-D