Press and Testimonials
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"Mountain biking continues to grow as a
sport, with help from Maxxis and visionary leaders like John Kemp, the key
founder of Team Devo. Team Devo supports and develops junior riders as they hone
their skills and mature within their sport."
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"The team, which will enter its 13th year in 2007, has produced three cross
country junior World Champions: Walker Ferguson, Matt Kelly, and Cecilia Potts.
Professional athletes who got their start with Devo include: Jeremy
Horgan-Kobelski, a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team; Willow Koerber, who
finished second overall in the 2004 NORBA National Series Women’s Pro XC
class; and Tom Danielson, who recently signed with a Division-One road team.
Maxxis is proud to sponsor Team Devo."
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"Team DEVO let me race bikes and have a
good time with it as a junior and aspiring elite. John Kemp created a perfectly
balanced, nurturing, no-pressure environment that emphasizes having fun racing
while still learning valuable lessons and gaining priceless experience."
Adam Craig
Former DEVO racer who currently races Pro for Team Giant
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“More than anything
else it’s a ray of hope for American junior riders. I know I probably wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for John Kemp and all the industry sponsors.”
Matt Gerkin ’95–‘98
’96 Junior National XC Champion and ’98 U-23 National XC Champion
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“DEVO provided me
with the opportunity to ride for a first-class team, with team mates I could
learn from in Jess Swiggers and Pat Bower.”
Matt Kelly ’98-‘99
1999 Junior World Cyclocross Champion
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“The DEVO
Team was great and I was honored to be part of it. John Kemp really has his heart in the program and it’s still the best
one out there dedicated to junior racers. I’ll
never forget when I got the letter after the ’95 season asking me to ride on
the DEVO Team. …If I hadn’t got on the DEVO team I probably never would’ve
had the chance to win that gold medal.”
Cecilia Potts ’95-’98
1997 Junior Womens XC World Champion
Personal Letters
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“DEVO
has uplifted the status of junior racers and consequently, it has raised the
quality of junior racing.”
Jed Schnider ’94-‘96
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“Riding on DEVO
gave me the ability to learn team values from my peers, and to race with a team
where fun was first and winning was second.”
Walker
Ferguson ’99–‘00
2000 Mens Junior XC World Champion and 2001 U23 World Championship Bronze medalist
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“As
you know, there are many talented juniors who simply cannot afford to travel all
across the country every summer, and of those who can, they are almost never
recognized for their efforts. You
have given juniors the means to travel and race at all the big racers; and at
the same time given these juniors the recognition they deserve. …Exposure for
the juniors is great; but equally important is the fact that you have done it in
such a way that we have an incredible amount of fun along the way.”
Jeremy
Horgan-Kobelski ’97–‘98
2001/02 RX Polo Sport U.S. Team member and 2002 U.S. XC National Champion
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“What I love about
DEVO is we’re all friends, and we have a great time and fun rides, but we’re
also serious competitors when we’re all out on the course. We race for ourselves, and we race for the Team.”
Jess Swiggers ’95-‘99
1999 Mens U23 XC National Champion and 1998 Mens Junior National XC Champion
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