Florent Payet and Fabien Cousinie make up the Morewood United team for the 2010 season…

This presentation is already a first victory for the 2010 season. It was a long way and It took a lot of phone calls, mails, hours and hours of work to put all the pieces together.

With the help of our sponsors and friends finally we were able to make the team evolve to the international level.

To celebrate, the team spent 1 month in South Africa, back to where it all began. It has been a good opportunity to work on Fabien and Florent’s bikes geometry , to ride, to spend time with MOREWOOD’s staff and to bring back nice pictures.

United team are passionate people brought together to realise their dreams all in conviviality, have a good time and eventually jump on podiums…

Philippe Lasala of  Blackmountain

BLACKMOUTAIN is proud to continue and expand their partnership with MOREWOOD UNITED.

For BLACKMOUNTAIN it’s an opportunity to be closer to mountain bike riders !

To a lot of  people, snowscoot is a good way to practice their sport and feel the same sensations during the winter season.

We spent a lot of time with the team members who we now call  friends more than partners. Fabien and Florent use their experiments to work on developing the product.  

Blackmountain Snowscoot

Patrick Morewood & Richard Carter /MOREWOODBIKES

 MOREWOOD BIKES are happy to support the MOREWOOD UNITED team for the second year.

After a promising first season, we know what Fabien is capable of, and we’re also very happy to see Florent join the team.

As he’s shown in the past, he has a lot of potential and we hope he’ll have a fantastic come back season on his custom made Makulu.

We wish both Fabien and Florent all the best for the 2010 World Cup season and we’re glad that these two frenchies share the same values and enthusiasm as us at MOREWOOD BIKES.

Fabien, Pat and Florent

The Riders

Florent Payet / France / 23 years old, DH 2008 European Champion

“Fabien and I are on the same page and the atmosphere is really relaxed.

The outfit rocks and the sponsors are motivated which makes me confident for my come back on the circuit.

The South African trip helped me to work on the geometry of my MOREWOOD bike which is perfectly adjusted at my 1m97.

It’s really good to be back on a bike.

I can’t wait for Maribor !!!”

Fabien Cousinié / FRANCE /23 years old , DH, 4X and Enduro rider and owner of the team. 

This year is one filled with challenges !

I’m already in the starting blocks willing to make everything possible.

On the sporting aspect I want to be constant in the top 20 on world cups with still being able to be on the podium in 4X and Megavalanche.

On the other hand I will still be responsible to manage and develop new projects for the team.

But mostly too this year will be the last one of my Master degree at Pau Business school. After this I’ll be able to be at a 100% in the mountain biking.

Even if all upcoming  team responsibilities take a lot of my time, it gives me more motivation when I’m doing what I like the most, ride my bike.

I want to thank the team members, my family, but also my schoolmates who with their essential help made everything possible.

Florent and Couscous

The program

Simple: go to the nicest races and events in the world !

Sea Otter, Avalanche Cup, Mégavalanche, World cups, Crankworx and few France cups.

We wanted to use what’s  best out there for our bikes, I guess we are not that far off : 

Bike Setup

Frame /                                MOREWOOD MAKULU / http://www.morewoodbikes.com/
Fork/                                    BOS IDYLLE RARE “10 YEARS series”/ http://www.bosmtb.com/
Stem/ Handlebar /                SPANK SPIKE/ http://www.spank-ind.com/
Derailleur/ Shifter/               SRAM X.0 /   http://www.sram.com/sram/home
Brakes /                                FORMULA The ONE / http://www.formula-brake.it/en
Seatpost /                             THOMSON MASTERPIECE/ http://www.lhthomson.com/bikes.htm
Cranks/Pedalier /                  RACEFACE ATLAS DH/ http://www.raceface.com/
Chain guide /                        SHAMAN RACING HERO/ http://www.shamanracing.com/
Pedals & wheels/                   CRANK BROTHER MALLET& IODINE/ http://www.crankbrothers.com/

Sponsors:

Teeshirts /                             564clothnik/ http://www.564clothink.fr/
Kit /                                       SOMBRIO/ http://www.sombriocartel.com/
Protects/                                IXS/ http://www.ixs-sportsdivision.com/
Energy bar/                            FENIOUX/ http://www.fenioux-multisports.com/
Sunglasses and Google/        BOLLE / http://www.bolle.com/
Neck brace/                           Leatt Brace / http://www.leatt-brace.com/
Helmet/                                 Troy Lee design / http://www.troyleedesigns.com/

 photo credits: Damien Vergez

Hi guys

Here is some fresh news from the Réunion Island Megavalanche race.
For the last race of the season i finished 5th on the podium. “the machine ” Wildhaber won the race and some Enduro specialist and XC guys were in front of me.
I’m pretty glad because the race was so hard technicaly and physicaly and everybody was using enduro bikes 6inch travel and i used my makulu with a single pivot fork… not really my first choice but at the end it did work out well. Now everybody think the makulu is a pretty good pedaling bike

keep in touch

cheers

couscous

Mitch Delfs, Kenda Morewood Team Rider:
“My run was blistering up top. My Kenda Morewood was hookin’ up all the way until I got a bit tired. I got tired but held on and made one little mistake at the bottom. I punched through it and finally got into the top 10, first one of the season. Hopefully there is many more to come. I think it was the moustache that did it, aerodynamics. It kept me down on the floor so I could turn better. It looks good as well.”

Mitch Delfs now heads to Canada to spend a few weeks training in Bromont, Quebec for the next 2 rounds of the World Cup in 4 weeks.
Team mate Nathan Rennie was not present at Maribor as he is back in Australia in order to help heal up a few nagging injuries and train for the World Championships at home in Canberra, a track where he raced to a second place finish last year.
Just signed 3rd Kenda Morewood Team Rider, Fabien “Cous Cous” Cousinie would end up in 62nd place after having a trip over the bars mid course.

Fabien Cousinie, Kenda Morewood Team Rider:
“I had put on dry tires and it was going great on the parts that were exposed to the sunshine. I made a big error in the woods and I lost it completely in the rocks. I had lots of arm-pump at the bottom and I couldn’t hang on or brake. I had a big crash because of this and then just cruised to the bottom. I’m heading home now to train for the French National Championships and the Canadian World Cup rounds. My bike was perfect and I am really happy with the new team. I just need a new set of arms now!”

Peter Siulczynski, Kenda Morewood Team Manager:
“We are very happy how this race went for Kenda Morewood Team. I was quite sure about Mitchell’s performance on tracks like Maribor and obviously the 9th place is very satisfied for all of us. Additionally, the fact that Mitch was the 6th fastest at the first split time and made a mistake in the bottom part gives us some hope for even higher finishes in the future. Also Fabien was riding very solid. Unfortunately, he had problem with his arms and crashed in the race run. Fabien will be able to rest a bit before the next World Cup in Mont Saint Anna, Canada and we hope for a good result also for him.”

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Nathan Rennie, who finished the overall 2008 World Cup on 7th placed had a knee surgery at the end of 2008. The surgery should allow Nathan to ride his bike pain-free. Unfortunately, due to some injures sustained in competitions this season, it wasn’t the case and some additional resting time is necessary to achieve such level.

Team Managenent, Team Members as well as Team Sponsors wish Nathan all the best and hope to see him healthy and race ready in Canberra in 2 and half months.

The situation has given Team Kenda Morewood the financial freedom to offer its services to another rider during the remaining part of the 2009 season. After some analyses Team Management decided to offer that position to one of the best French riders out there, Fabien “Cous Cous” Cousinie.
Fabien represented Team Kenda Morewood together with Mitchell Delfs already during World Cup in Maribor (Slovenia) last weekend and will be also present at World Cup in Mount Saint Anne (Canada), Bromont (Canada), Schladming (Austria) as well as during Crankworx Bike Festival in Whistler (Canada). Simultaneously, Fabien will represent his personal sponsors and keep his personal race schedule.

For more information please email info@gravity-group.net