2007 KHU Factory Team

[danger_uni]

Hey All,

Just wanted to announce the 2007 lineup for the KH Factory Team. Members are:

Ryan Atkins (Canada)
Kevin McMullin (Canada)
Shaun Johanneson (USA)
David Weichenberger (Austria)
Céline Novik (France)
Cecelia Ocana (France)
Amanda Gallacher (UK)

It's really cool to see the team get bigger and I'm particularly happy to balance the team out between guys and girls.

Also, David Hobbs is joining the KH Ambassador team, which was formed to sponsor top athletes outside the unicycling community. David is a member of the U.S. National Telemark Ski Team, and he already does quite a bit of muni riding.

Rider bios will be up soon at krisholm.com.

Kris Holm

[skianduniaddict]

man i wish i was in on that uni girls vid it looks like most of them got sponsered

[maximus unius]

Good job to the people who got sponsored! Didn't see some of those coming though. Great to see some girls on there too. Also nice to see some European riders being sponsored. Only one missing from that list is Zack Baldwin

[Borgschulze]

Originally Posted by maximus unius

Only one missing from that list is Zack Baldwin

Usually when you quit, you stop getting free stuff.

[maximus unius]

I know, I wish he hadn't quit is what I am saying.

[Spencer Hochberg]

Nice, that is really cool. Congrats to all of them.

[forrestunifreak]

Originally Posted by danger_uni

Also, David Hobbs is joining the KH Ambassador team, which was formed to sponsor top athletes outside the unicycling community. David is a member of the U.S. National Telemark Ski Team, and he already does quite a bit of muni riding.

I've ridden with Dave several times, he does crazy northshore muni... of which I am jealus...

[unifreak7]

Thank you Kris I didn't know half those people. lol. It's a good team. Kevin Mcmullin will be with me from march 11-18. Hopefully if all his footage won't be personal, I can get a vid out with us two in it. Help me out and talk him into it. lol. Thanks for the congrats, laters.

-Shaun Johanneson

[manu2015]

Originally Posted by unifreak7

Help me out and talk him into it. lol.

Exactly !
Kris ? When can we expect to see the KH DVD with you and this team riding ?

Manuel

[cathwood]

Sorry to be a bit dense. but what does being part of the KHU factory team entail?

[danger_uni]

Originally Posted by cathwood

Sorry to be a bit dense. but what does being part of the KHU factory team entail?

Good question. The simplest answer is that KHU provides a bit of support to help these riders do the thing they do best- ride- without having to worry so much about the cost of equipment. In exchange, I hope that they will help grow the sport through inspiring others to ride, and hopefully that will be good for business.

The more complicated answer is- what do companies (not just KHU) look for in a sponsored rider? After 10 years of sponsored riding I could talk for a long time about that but the main things are:

1) Riders who are motivated to ride because they love to ride and are good at it. Riding is the objective, and while sponsorship helps with this, getting sponsored isn't a goal unto itself for these people.

2) Riders who are good with people and who are good communicators through media, demos, or any other way of getting the word out about our sport. Being a good rider is only 50% of pro-riding, maybe less.

3) Riders who actually like KH gear- no fake promotion here.

Cheers,

Kris

[ntappin]

Thats really cool, I thought something was up when Kevin mentioned he was no longer riding his GB4 uni.

I also really like how alot of your sponsored riders and ambassadors are from across the world. This is quite the elite team and I hope you all do well in the future.

[maxcarriere]

weird how there is only 1 american rider..

[ntappin]

Why is that wierd? It's a Canadian company.

[maxcarriere]

Oh wow thanks for bringing me back to earth.. totally forgot and I am Canadian.. plz call me a fool