Corporate Update

IMBA Trail News
Volume 14, Number 4
Fall 2001

• The fourth annual Kona Bowling Tournament at Interbike in Las Vegas raised nearly $10,000 for IMBA. More than 300 bike industry leaders commandeered all 70 lanes at the Orleans Casino Oct. 2 to bowl three games as a benefit for IMBA's worldwide trail advocacy efforts. Special thanks to Carson Stanwood of Stanwood Partners Public Relations in Jackson, Wyoming, who donated $1,200 to IMBA during the event - 100 bucks for each strike rolled in the first frame of the night. Kona, an Above-and-Beyond IMBA corporate supporter, coordinated, paid for and set the tone for the high-spirited event. The Kona bowling tourney has raised more than $24,000 for IMBA since '98.

• IMBA thanks Interbike for their generous support of a new trailbuilding manual. Building Better Trails is a 72-page booklet covering the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable trails. Print a PDF from IMBA's website now or wait until January to order hard copies ($10 each) through IMBA's online store. Since 1992, Interbike has been an IMBA Above-and-Beyond Corporate Supporter. Now in its 20th year, Interbike is North America's largest and most comprehensive trade event for the bicycle industry.

• eBay, the world's online marketplace, has joined IMBA as a corporate member and has paid for a shipment of custom work gloves to help support volunteer trailworkers. The leather gloves feature both the eBay and IMBA logos and are being distributed to IMBA-affiliated mountain bike clubs coast-to-coast and beyond.

• Kenda's popular Klaw XT tire will soon carry IMBA's Long Live Long Rides logo. A portion of the tire sales will be donated to IMBA.

• Welcome to IMBA's newest Corporate Members: Headland Bicycle Accessories, Timberline Bicycle Tours, Stanwood and Partners Public Relations, Sock Guy, Ibex Outdoor Clothing, Purple Sage Adventures, Turner Bicycles and ZOLOtrips.