Sponsorship

661 is what you're looking for, if you can call it a sponsorship.

If I were you I would take your time to make a really nice,
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Because Im pretty small and I need a 16 inch uni. I can also grind and
do some pretty sketchy trials riding.

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mini-uni said:

Because Im pretty small and I need a 16 inch uni. I can also grind and
do some pretty sketchy trials riding.

Nimbus unicycles are unicycle.coms own brand so being sponsored by
nimbus would pretty much be being sponored by UDC and you will need to
get alot better before you get sponsored by them. At least I like to
think you need to be 😉 ,no effence

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but how does it feel??

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Really great!

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Holy [censored]!!!!! I learned unispins with your vid!!! Hey man, thanks for
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mini-uni said:

Holy [censored]!!!!! I learned unispins with your vid!!! Hey man, thanks for
the info. really appreciate it.

Haha. No problem, glad it helped, thats what I made it for.

I got frustrated when I was learning them because no one seemed to be
able to tell me what I wanted. I said when asking that I would make a
tutorial once I could land them, and so thats what I did.

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Sponsorship is not *just* about being a good rider, but portraying a
professional attitude, apearance, and supporting, buying and PROMOTING
their products! Sponsors are companies, and companies are in business
to MAKE MONEY!

So you can be the greatest rider in the world, but if you do little or
nothing to promote their product, or be seen as much as possible by
their target audience, you won't last very long.

On the other hand, if you Get them free, positive
publicity in print and TV, and they'll hold on to you like gold! That's
a "win win" senario where *both* you and the sponsor get what they
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MuniAddict said:

Sponsorship is not *just* about being a good rider, but portraying a
professional attitude, apearance, and supporting, buying and PROMOTING
their products! Sponsors are companies, and companies are in business
to MAKE MONEY!

So you can be the greatest rider in the world, but if you do little or
nothing to promote their product, or be seen as much as possible by
their target audience, you won't last very long.

On the other hand, if you Get them free, positive
publicity in print and TV, and they'll hold on to you like gold! That's
a "win win" senario where *both* you and the sponsor get what they
want! 🙂

Yea you dont have to be the best rider in the world but it certainly
helps. Obviously it is going to make the company look better if someone
is doing some insane trick whilst wearing there product. Also if
someone has been riding for a long time, frequently and they have spent
alot of money on it they are more likly to keep at it, promoting there
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sp4rky-m4rky said:

Yea you dont have to be the best rider in the world but it certainly
helps. Obviously it is going to make the company look better if someone
is doing some insane trick whilst wearing there product. Also if
someone has been riding for a long time, frequently and they have spent
alot of money on it they are more likly to keep at it, promoting there
products for longer.

Also, the average person is already pretty impressed by ANY type of
extreme uni riding, whether it be MUni, trial, street, etc. And it is
the average person they are targeting to buy their stuff, since there
are MILLIONS more average ppl than there are elite athletes with top
notch skills.

And then there's the older demographic which is less likely to be
either intimidated or think they could never ride like that in a
million years. And of course, the older demographic SPENDS MONEY!

And they are more likely to do so if they see a rider-who is very good
and competant-but also gives them the feeling that it's at least
*possible* to achieve some of the riding skills they see. Again, the
real bottom line is that the sponsor wants you to help them
successfully promote and SELL their products. It's all about MONEY to
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yeah. I dont only want to promote a company, of course I would, but I
also want to promote UNICYCLING as a whole! I have been asked to be in
the newspaper, and I wanted to wait so I could promote

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yeah. I dont only want to promote a company, of course I would, but I
also want to promote UNICYCLING as a whole! I have been asked to be in
the newspaper, and I wanted to wait so I could promote

Well, if 661 is your sponsor, simply wearing their gear, and getting
publicity showing you with it on is all the promotion I'm talking
about. Ride as usual. Lol, I'm not talking about getting on TV or a
newspaper and talking about the sponsor. Actions speak volumes. Just do
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haha thnx unigeezer!!!! I think I might try and just get way better. the
sixsixone pads are too big, so I got kris holm ones. I think Im gonna
wait till I own and then go for a sponsorship. All of the tricks I
listed I have learned in 3 months. I can wheelwalk and stuff too. I
like my nimbus, so Im gonna work on my crankflips, varial, and tre's.
Ohhh yeah, unI-geezer, love your vids!!!

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haha thnx unigeezer!!!! I think I might try and just get way better. the
sixsixone pads are too big, so I got kris holm ones. I think Im gonna
wait till I own and then go for a sponsorship. All of the tricks I
listed I have learned in 3 months. I can wheelwalk and stuff too. I
like my nimbus, so Im gonna work on my crankflips, varial, and tre's.
Ohhh yeah, unI-geezer, love your vids!!!

Well that's really impressive skills for just three months! Keep at it
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Sorry, i dont mean to be a stooge, and no, its not because i am not good
enough to get sponsored...
But, all these sponsorship threads are really starting to irritate
me,and for those of you who will say 'dont read them then' i DONT...
its the thread titles that pop up everywhere that are pissing me off
too.
I mean really, if you think your good enough to get sponsored and you
feel the need to post something about it on here BRING BACK A RECENTLY
USED THREAD OR AN OLD THREAD, there is no need to post another new
thread and clog up the forums even more.
My whinge for the day.
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mill_mobile said:

Sorry, i dont mean to be a stooge, and no, its not because i am not good
enough to get sponsored...
But, all these sponsorship threads are really starting to irritate
me,and for those of you who will say 'dont read them then' i DONT...
its the thread titles that pop up everywhere that are pissing me off
too.
I mean really, if you think your good enough to get sponsored and you
feel the need to post something about it on here BRING BACK A RECENTLY
USED THREAD OR AN OLD THREAD, there is no need to post another new
thread and clog up the forums even more.
My whinge for the day.
Peace.

More enough agree with you totaly. I only posted because I was bored.

Sorry for the threadjack.....

It seems that everyone is getting sponsored or trying to get sponsored.
And its mainly the newby people that arnt even that great. What do you
actualy get out of it? when you buy pads like every year or two you
save £10, WOW. Im fine with some of the beter riders in the sport
getting sponsored, they have earned it and deserve something to help
them keep it up. Most of the people asking for sponsorship seem to have
only been riding for a few months. Most of the sponsorship vids I have
seen I havnt even been able to watch all the way through because they
are normaly rushed, badly made and of poor riding ability. If it was a
BMX video aposed to a unicycle video I think most of you would get
laughed at, its only because unicyclings a bit different and not
everyone has seen it before.

I know alot of people say why not, it helps promote the sport. But does
it? I doubt they are going to ride more than they did just because they
are sponsored. Probably makes no difference.

This was not aimed at anyone in perticular, I just think all these
newbs getting sponsored is pretty stupid, almost degrades everyone
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More enough agree with you totaly. I only posted because I was bored.

It seems that everyone is getting sponsored or trying to get sponsored.
And its mainly the newby people that arnt even that great. What do you
actualy get out of it? when you buy pads like every year or two you
save £10, WOW Im fine with some of the beter riders in the sport
getting sponsored, they have earned it and deserve something to help
them keep it up. Most of the people asking for sponsorship seem to have
only been riding for a few months. Most of the sponsorship vids I have
seen I havnt even been able to watch all the way through because they
are normaly rushed badly made and of poor riding ability. If it was a
BMX video aposed to a unicycle video I think most of you would get
laughed at, its only because unicyclings a bit different and not
everyone has seen it before.

I know alot of people say why not, it helps promote the sport. But does
it? I doubt they are going to ride more than they did just because they
are sponsored. Probably makes no difference.

This was not aimed at anyone in perticular, I just think all these
newbs getting sponsored is pretty stupid, almost degrades everyone
elses, well earned sponsorships.

Thanks for backing me up, i was expecting to get crapped on for my
post.
I agree with your points too.
Glad to know i'm not the only one that feels this way.
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mill_mobile said:

Sorry, i dont mean to be a stooge, and no, its not because i am not good
enough to get sponsored...
But, all these sponsorship threads are really starting to irritate
me,and for those of you who will say 'dont read them then' i DONT...
its the thread titles that pop up everywhere that are pissing me off
too.
I mean really, if you think your good enough to get sponsored and you
feel the need to post something about it on here BRING BACK A RECENTLY
USED THREAD OR AN OLD THREAD, there is no need to post another new
thread and clog up the forums even more.
My whinge for the day.
Peace.

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About this whole sponsor thing, I decided I shouldnt worry about it and
If I get good, It'll just come to me. I have no reason to get
sponsored. Anyway, I unicycle all day every day and I have a bunch of
fun with it, so thats gonna be my main goal. Have fun. If I am
amazingly good someday, Ill get a KHu sponsorship, but right now, that
doesnt matter for me, I mean, Isnt unicycling just fun the way It ids
now?? Now that I think about it, I AM a newbie at it, and I am still
learning many tricks. Sorry about this sponsorship thread.
But still, most of us on here are unicyclers, and there really arent
many, so we shouldnt become foes.(that last line makes me laugh)

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My views:

I am of course in the same boat. I am getting tired of seeing these
sponsorship threads come up and up and up.... Simply using the search
feature would bring up tons of sponsorship related threads and with a
little reading the typical person wold realize starting a new thread is
pointless. All the questions have been answered. Tons of people have
given tons of time to writing things like, how, why, who, when, why
not, to get sponsored... If for some crazy reason they are not happy
with the pages and pages of info, they could add a question to an
already existing thread, making it an even greater resource for
inquiring riders.

With that said, I don't blame anyone for wanting to get sponsored. Tho
they should step back and think about why they feel they should be
sponsored. I think it has a lot to do with the emotions and sense of
reward you get from learning to unicycle and learning new tricks...
When you learns to ride a uni, and the same goes for learning new trick
on that uni, there is this natural high you get from the overwhelming
sense accomplishment. This feeling may be so powerful that someone
feels they have earned the right to recognition and should be
rewarded.

It is important to remember that all of us here feel that same "High"
we all get that same rush, that is why we are here. Its why we keep
doing it and pushing ourselves. Unicycling itself need be the only
reward you get, there is still more light at the end of the tunnel.

There are riders that deserve to be sponsored, some are and some
aren't. Should this change the way they ride... I think not. I don't
think being sponsored should force the rider to have a more
professional appearance, nor do I think riders should change themselves
to get a sponsor. You have to ride for yourself the way you want to,
and if that image is something that can sell a product, then do just
that help sell products.

At this point in the unicycling industry, sponsorships really are not
gonna help the rider a ton. Yes they will help with parts and sense of
importance... as well as often well deserved recognition. However there
is no BIG TIME. Its not like other sports where sponsorship will pay
your bills, fly you around the world, put in mass selling DVDs or get
you into the x-games.

If hitting the big time is your goal then as our industry grows it is
as much the non-sponsored riders as well as the sponsored ones job to
perform to the best of your ability with good spirits and creative
marketing ideas whenever you can... Being sponsored will not really
help this too much at this point in our sports growth.

Don't get me wrong. I was amped to try and get hooked up with sponsors
as soon as I could unispin and jump a few stairs. I had only turned 3
or so people onto the sport and had big dreams in my head. Where I was
coming from was a much different angle. From the beginning I have been
pushing the limits of what I can do with video, getting better
equipment, traveling to more spots, spending countless hours reviewing
footage. For me, this is my angle. Film is what I want to be doing, it
is where I want to be in this sport.. and I will keep pushing it with
or without help from others.

My point is just being able to ride isn't all are sport needs in our
sponsored riders as well as those who want to promote what we are
doing. We need creative minds. We need fancy ways to show off that
"high" we get and that anyone can share it with us. With a little
practice and a lot of heart we all learn that anything is possible.

I

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