no if you saw pics from the australian rounds or whatever then you might have noticed he was wearing alpinestars gloves not fox and that was to do with race rules aswell
sam didnt ride in the austraillian rounds. he rode in the 2010 Nz national cups. he rode the first 1 and in the 2nd round he broke his ancle.
the reason for him wearing gloves is cause MTBNZ policie is Gloves