IMBA’s National Mountain Bike Patrol October eNewsletter
–IMBA Announces NMBP Regional Representatives
–Pearl Izumi Steps Up Patrol Support
–Patrollers Assist at Interbike Demo Day
–New NMBP Socks Available
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IMBA Announces NMBP Regional Representatives
IMBA is proud to announce our new patrol training program and 12 NMBP
regional representatives. The reps will organize NMBP instructor
training
conferences in their area. In the past, the NMBP instructor training
conference was held once a year and limited our capacity to certify
instructors. The new format will allow us to reach more patrollers and
help
us to train them more effectively. Regional representatives will also
be an
information resource for local patrols and encourage patrol growth and
effectiveness. The idea for the new training program was generated at
this
year’s IMBA Summit in Moab, UT where patrol leaders from around the
country
gathered to identify ways to more effectively train and certify
patrollers.
Regional reps were nominated by patrol directors in each region. The
following is a list of NMBP regional representatives and the areas they
represent:
North East Region (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, DE, MD, PA)
Regional reps:
Joseph Transue; transue@msn.com
Michael Flatley; mflatley@optonline.net
South East Region (VA, NC, SC, GA, TN, AL, FL)
Regional reps:
Tina Russo; tarusso@aol.com
Midwest Region (MI, OH, WV, KY, IN, IL,)
Regional reps:
Gregg Smith; smithg1053@aol.com
North Central Region (ND, SD, MN, WI)
Regional reps:
Hans Erdman; erdman@trailpatrol.org
Central Region (IA, MO, NE, KS)
Regional reps:
Bill Felkner; wnek@iowasocean.com
South Central Region (MS, AR, LA, OK, TX)
Regional reps:
John Southrey; amicovered@earthlink.net
Rocky Mountain Region (WY, CO, UT, NM, NV, AZ)
Regional reps:
Kevin Foote; kfoote@gj.net
Don Taylor; dtaylor@deervalleylodging.com
North West Region (MT, ID, OR, WA)
Regional reps:
Mark Dejohn; cyclist@bendcable.com
West Coast Region (CA)
Regional reps:
Karen Morgan; kmorgan@accesscom.com
Robin Lemonds; rlemonds@socal.rr.com
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Pearl Izumi Steps Up Patrol Support
Long time IMBA corporate member Pearl Izumi increased its support of
the
National Mountain Bike Patrol program to the tune of $4,000 this year.
The
company supplies NMBP patrollers with discounted NMBP logoed Vagabond
jackets. In addition to their support of the NMBP, Pearl Izumi makes
cash
contributions to IMBA, manufactures our signature IMBA logoed socks and
prints the IMBA logo on their clothing hang tags. The company also
produces
the popular Ben & Jerry’s cycling jersey, which raises funds for IMBA’s
Sprockids program. A special thank you goes out to the folks at Pearl
Izumi
for their generous support this year. Visit Pearl Izumi’s website
(http://www.pearlizumi.com/) to view their complete line of technical
gear.
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Patrollers Assist at Interbike Demo Day
The National Mountain Bike Patrol assisted riders at Interbike’s
OutDoor
Demo
Day for the fourth year in a row earlier this month. Interbike is the
cycling
industry’s tradeshow held annually in Las Vegas, NV. The OutDoor Demo
is a
chance for retailers and media to test ride the latest mountain bike
equipment on trails, located just outside of Las Vegas. With more than
4,500
riders pre-registered for the event, patrollers were plenty busy
performing
minor bike adjustments, directing traffic and attending to minor
scrapes and
bruises. Thank you to those patrollers who attended the event.
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New NMBP Socks Available
The new NMBP “Bike Patrol” socks are now available. SockGuy, a NMBP
corporate
sponsor, produces these high quality socks. The socks are available
exclusively to NMBP patrollers and cost $9 a pair. Visit
http://stores.yahoo.com/imba/nmmer.html to purchase yours.
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IMBA’s database is missing email addresses for some patrollers. Please
send
email addresses to kevin@imba.com to receive future editions of the
NMBP
eNewsletter.
Special thanks to Pearl Izumi, Camelbak, CLIF SHOT, Voler, SockGuy and
McKay
Insurance Agency for their assistance. Be a good patroller and support
our
sponsors!
