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COPENHAGEN'S MARTIN LARSEN AWARDED 2008
MARKUS
COOK AWARD
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October 19, 2007
The International Federation of
Bike Messenger Associations (IFBMA) is
pleased to announce that Copenhagen messenger Martin “Banana” Larsen
has been awarded the 2008 "Markus Cook Memorial
Award" (MCA) for Services to the International Messenger Community
. The Cook Award is
presented annually to “to the courier who inspires and empowers the
wider messenger community, the messenger that puts all of us before
themselves.”
The MCA was conceived as a way for the international messenger
community to thank it's most dedicated workers. Nominations are sought
from the messenger community for those individuals who have done most
for us.
Martin is a veteran messenger who as IFBMA president, Andy Duncan,
notes “is “known for tireless hard work, organizing messenger races and
pulling people together.” Messenger championships all over the world
have benefited from his sacrifice and dedication. From Copenhagen, Oslo
and New York City to Sydney, Dublin and Toronto, Martin’s influence is
not only upon the Championships but also the messenger community.
Through his leadership in the IFBMA, the Copenhagen Bike Messengers
Association and the Toronto Bike Messenger Association, Martin has
fought to improve living and working conditions for all messengers.
At much personal and financial sacrifice, he spent much of the past
year in Toronto helping to organize the 2008 Cycle Messenger World
Championships. His experience, his diligent efforts and most of all his
example were a gift to the city, its cycling community and its
messengers. Before Martin left six months later he laid the ground work
to unite the struggling community and rebuild the city’s Bike Messenger
Association.
2006 Markus Cooke winner, Kevin “Squid” Bolger lauds Martin’s work at
the 2002 CMWC. “I was blown away with dedication and attention to
detail that he exhibited in producing the main event. I asked him to
show me how it worked and he gave me his completed notes and
instructions in a leather binder.” He also “helped enormously with the
main event. His ideas and execution were invaluable.”
Squid echoes the entire messenger community when he says “I am happy
and proud to be a part of awarding the Markus Cooke Award to Martin
'Banana' Larsen!!
More
at Martin's blog CPHFXT
And
more again at Moving Target
For more information see:
IFBMA
Markus
"Fur" Cook Award
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