February 13/11 17:26 pm - Kona Factory Team Announces 2011 Riders

Posted by Editoress on 02/13/11
 

The Kona Factory Team has released the list of riders that will make up its 2011 squad. These eight riders cover the enter gamut of mountain bike disciplines - Cross-country, Super D, Enduro, Marathon and Downhill.

Returning members are the XC/Marathon crew of Canadians Kris Sneddon and Cory Wallace, plus American Barry Wicks. Newcomers include pro downhiller Mitch Delfs, plus fellow Australian downhiller Conor Fearon, Spencer Paxson (XC and Marathon), American Matt Slaven (Super D/Enduro) and Frenchman Karim Amour (Super D/Enduro).

"We're looking forward to the continuing dominance from our returning riders and some great results and film parts from our latest additions," said Smiley Nesbitt, Kona's Sports Marketing Manager. "With the support of our partners, we're quite confident that a lot of great things are going to go down this year."

2011 roster:

Karim Amour (Super D/Enduro)
Mitch Delfs (Downhill)
Connor Fearon (Downhill)
Spencer Paxson (Cross-country/Marathon)
Matt Slaven (Super D/Enduro)
Kris Sneddon (Cross-country/Marathon)
Cory Wallace (Cross-country/Marathon)
Barry Wicks (Cross-country/Marathon)