KH Factory Team- Ryan Atkins and Kelly Hickman

Hey All,

Ryan Atkins has been a huge part of the KH Factory Team since the
beginning. He has also been a big driving force in our sport in all
kinds of ways, from raising trials standards to simply being an awesome
ambassador for our sport. In 2008 Ryan tells me he plans to ride more
casually and instead pursue XC mountain bike racing, which he is
already doing at a very high National level in Canada. This means
that Ryan has chosen to retire from the KH team in 2008. So sad!
But I really wish Ryan best of luck with his XC mountain bike racing
aspirations.

I'm happy to announce that Kelly Hickman is joining the KH Factory Team
for 2008! Kelly brings some awesome street riding and filming
strengths, and a friendly low-ego attitude that meshes well with the
rest of the team. Here's a link to a recent vid:
http://tinyurl.com/54q9nt

So- a big welcome to Kelly!

Kris


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congratulations to Kelly, he has grafted for that sponsorship and its
well deserved xx good luck to ryan


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Congrats Kelly! You've earned it after all of the hard work and
practice, and dedication you've had.

It's truly a disappointment seeing top-end guys like Zack and Ryan step
down at the height of their game. Ryan has been a great pioneer of the
sport, and has been a huge influence upon me, and the reasons why I
still ride. I thank him kindly for his contributions to the sport, and
more specifically to trials unicycling. He made it to the top in
unicycling, and it looks like now he's doing the same in XC biking.
Best of luck to you Ryan!

Now there is a big loss of excellent trials riders in NA. I'm 22,
starting to feel 'old' because so many drop away from the sport before
they reach my age. I'll keep going, and try to get better than I have
ever been, this summer. People of North America, I think it's time we
stepped up our trials game

evan


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Congratulations to Kelly, but sad to hear about Ryan.

Let's hope he continues to ride a bit and maybee make a comeback



I think this will open up a possible slot for a good trials rider who
is willing to do get a bunch of positive exposure for KHU, other
sponsor(s) and our sport.


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Finaly Kelly gets what he desserves.
But it's to bad Ryan leaves the KH team.
Hope he still keeps riding and post a vid once in a while.

Peter M


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Wow, Ryan is retiring He's one of my most favourite riders ever.
And a very nice person too(with a funny accent). He shall be missed
greatly.

And congratz to Kelly Hikman. Well done!

Does this mean that there are no trials riders in the KH team anymore?


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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I believe there's still Fredrik Justnes


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Ride everywhere and never just ride anywhere. If you can ride where you
are going within a hour, do it, and if you can do a trick 50-75% of the
time do it along the way.- Bob Burnquist

What next? 'IUF skill levels'
(http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/levels/)*'
Street'
(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia/Street)*'unicycletips.com'
(http://unicycletips.com/)*'Trials class system'
(http://tinyurl.com/yqpvxk)*'Trials Building'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64235)
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Great job Kelly. You definitely deserve it! Now we wont have to worry
about piecing together a hodge-podge uni for you everytime we ride! lol


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This is some cool news. Good luck to both Kelly and Ryan in your
respective sports.


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Ahah! So this is the rider that you mentioned beat me to it!

haha. Congrats Kelly!! Good job.


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