IMBA Announces Kona/IMBA Freeriding Grants
For Immediate Release
03-23-05
Contact: Pete Webber, IMBA communications director
303-545-9011
Mountain bike groups looking to develop technical riding will again benefit from a grant program focused on building challenging trails. In 2005, Kona Bicycle Company and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) will award cash grants to fund the development of freeriding, downhilling, and dirt jumping projects.
IMBA-affiliated clubs in North America are invited to apply for seven $1,000 awards. The application deadline is May 1, 2005, and the grants will be awarded in June.
Funding for the program comes from Kona and the Kona/IMBA Bowling Party, m an annual Las Vegas fundraiser held during Interbike, the bicycle industry trade show.
The program's goal is to speed the development of freeriding opportunities on public land. Grants may be used for a variety of purposes, including gaining land manager approval, addressing liability concerns, trail and stunt construction, trailhead kiosks and signage, and freeride organization building.
The Kona/IMBA Freeriding Grants program builds on Kona's time-tested support of mountain biking advocacy. Kona has been a leading IMBA corporate supporter since '94 and has developed several creative fundraising projects, including the Kona Buck-A-Bike program, the ongoing Kona Bro Deal program (which asks all bro deal purchasers to become IMBA members), and the highly successful bowling tourney, which recently celebrated its seventh edition.
2004 Kona/IMBA Freeriding Grant winners.
More IMBA freeriding resources.
More IMBA Grant and Funding Resources.
