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Welcome to the Official Knotty Sponsored Kids page!
Sponsorship Period october 07 - March 08
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Alex Harper - Women's skateboarding champ------------------------------
Alex’s Mom has dreads herself and put Alex’s in for her, too, so now they maintain each others to keep ‘em purdy. Alex is also a huge fan of the tingly Knotty Boy Peppermint Cooling Spray (we love it, too). Welcome, Alex!
Kenneth bancroft - free ride mountain unicycler---------------------
This is some crazy stuff!! Sixteen-year-old Kenneth from Nelson, BC has been a Free-Ride Mountain Unicycler for four years, something we here at Knotty Boy had never seen before! We met him when he was in the Knotty Boy Lock Shop here in Vancouver for dreadlock maintenance and he blew our staff away with his tales of unicycle trickery, and now with this video of him in wheely-daredevil action. Kenneth has had his locks for almost two years and loves them dearly.
Ride on, Kenneth!
For more photos of crazy one-wheelin' Kenneth, click here!
lucas Harari
This eleven-year-old cutie Lucas has been skateboarding for three years and in this short time has won a whole load of competitions, including beating a ten, sixteen and eighteen year old in ‘Best Trick’ category! Lucas has been growing his locks since he was just three, and his Mom always uses Knotty Boy goodies to keep his locks looking amazing. SO CUTE!
Check out the past Sponsored Knotty Sponsored Kid Archives here!
Git Yer Nappy Ass Sponsored Here!
Are you a:
- skater/snowboarder/bmxer/other extreme sport-er
- DJ/MC/band member/musician
- dancer/breakdancer/performace artist
- writer/artist/involved in an ecological, relief or development project
- other
- all of the above
Well, foo', we want you!
Why Sponsorship?
Over the years we've become aware of the amazing talent many members of our Knotty family have, and decided that you could use a little encouragement and appreciation from us here at Knotty Boy! It's not easy to make it in the big ‘ol world doing what you love to do, so we're just trying to encourage fellow Knotty heads to follow their passions and live their dreams. We're doing what we can to support talented superkids of the Knotty kind!
What You Get As a Sponsored One:
As an officially sponsored Knotty kid, Knotty Boy keeps you pretty much stocked up on all your hair and apparel needs for the duration of the sponsorship session. (Cuz everyone knows being a rock star is tough business and the last thing you want to worry about is your hair or, heaven forbid, laundry.) Sponsorship typically includes loads of free apparel, Knotty Boy products, stickers, two sessions of pro dreadlock maintenance at 40% off at our Knotty Boy Lock Shop and Salon in Vancouver if you're in the area, and more publicity than you can shake a stick at (over 20,000 unique visitors per week checking you out here at knottyboy.com, to be precise). No money included at this time, but that still ain't too shabby, now is it!
What We Ask of You As a Sponsored One:
Again, this depends on the applicant, but some things that are typically required are photos of you in or with your new Knotty Boy loot (in action, if possible), quotes from you endorsing the products for our website and print ads, links to KB and sponsorship mention on your own website and, of course, you need to mention that you're an official sponsor of Knotty Boy DreadStuff when asked about your nappy ‘do in interviews and wherever else possible. We also require you to regularly keep us posted on what you've been up to (dates of upcoming shows or events where people can check you out, TV specials, newspaper clippings, etc.) so we can update your section of the Sponsorship page, thereby promoting you further! Upon acceptance, a contract will be drawn up detailing both party's obligations.
More Info…
Any current dreadhead and Knotty Boy product user is eligible for a six-month sponsorship plan. Every six months, from the website and eZine, we will be calling out for candidates to send us their moves in the form of a portfolio/promotional pack of information about yourself, including photos, videos, copies of press clippings and awards, your bio with details of how often you perform/ride/do your thang, and every other reason you can think of for why we should sponsor your tricky self. Be sure to include your contact information, and then mail it all off to us at the address found on the Contact page.
Don't worry, it doesn't take a lot to knock our socks off, so it's definitely worth a shot!
There are three categories for which we accept submissions: Bands/Music, Sports (extreme or otherwise), and Other. One special individual will be chosen for each six-month period for Bands/Music and Sports, and one individual will be chosen for Other. (Check out the current and past sponsored Knotty kidz to get an idea of what we like to see.) After undergoing an intense examination of the gathered submissions, we select the final sponsored Knotty kids for that period. If you are chosen, you will be contacted immediately to sign the paperwork, gather what we need from you for our website, get your loot sent off, and then we'll announce the new Sponsored Knotty Kids on the website and dedicate the following eZine to welcoming and profiling our new Kids!
So go on with your bad self - hook it up with Knotty Boy!
Upcoming Sponsorship Deadlines
The next round of sponsorship call-outs starts August 1st, 2008, submissions are due by September 15th and new Sponsored Kids will be announced October 15th, 2008.