I would like to thank everyone on the show committee who has volunteered time to make this show a success. Huge thanks to Richard and Justin, without those two, the show wouldnt be here.

Michaels's Koiphen username is moodymike and his e-mail address is michael@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact him with any questions!

Coby started with a small preform pond with a few goldies in her sunroom for her grandson 7 yrs ago. Soon the goldies outgrew the small pond, and she realized she was hooked on watergardening. She soon built a bigger pond outside. She has those same goldies today and many more. Coby has been a member of Koiphen since 2004.

Coby's Koiphen username is SouthernStarr and her e-mail address is coby@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact her with any questions!

As with most ponders, Richard and his wife started with the requisite preformed puddle for their first koi pond in 1996. The second pond they added was about 1500 gallons which has gone from 1500 to 1800 to 3650 gallons over the years, with multiple filter upgrades. A third pond was installed on the third year that was 4000 gallons and it has gone through 3 filter updates. He has served as President and Newletter Editor of the Central Virginia Water Garden Club. Richard gives credit for the koi to his wife, but takes credit for their environment. They were encouraged to start showing their fish at a MAKC Young Koi Show and won some ribbons and friendship awards. They have since shown several years in Koi America, once at the SKE in Winston Salem and Charlotte. They have won Best in Size, Best in Variety, Young Champion, Most Unique, Grand Champion Longfin, and numerous other ribbons. Richard helped with the production of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Annual WWKC Internet Koi Shows.

Richard's Koiphen username is RichToyBox and his e-mail address is richard@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact him with any questions!

Marie has always loved fish and it all began with aquariums 35 years ago. She started with a "pond kit" about 7 years ago. They decided to make it deeper to hold goldfish...So Marie and her nephew dug a hole that was too big for the pond kit liner. The pump wasnt big enough either. The pond was about 2,000 gallons. Marie went to a koi show with her sister. Bought lots of pretty fish (koi) and brought them home. They grew and the next year Marie had to dig a bigger pond. They aimed for 12,000 gallons and ended up with 16,500 gallons. Marie likes water lilies too and soon found out koi like to eat them. She now has two large lily ponds as well. Hubby says no more holes!! They finally gotten to the point where we can sit out by the pond and watch the fish wothout having to work on it all the time.
Marie is a K.O.I. Certified Koi Keeper.

Marie's Koiphen username is Marie and her e-mail address is marie@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact her with any questions!

Austin is 19, and has been in the koi hobby for two years. He started out with aquariums and slowly moved outside until he found Koiphen, and built his 4000 Gal koi pond. He made his own filtration and did all the construction himself. He lives in an area where the hobby isnt very big, and is becoming known all over the state as the go to guy with your pond questions. He has been traviling all over the US the last year helping others do work on their ponds and building entire ponds! He is a full time college student working towards his Bachelors degree in nursing!



Austin's Koiphen username is BigRedKoi and his e-mail address is Austin@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact him with any questions!

Cindy dug her first pond twenty plus years ago, bought some kind of spotted fish called koi and despite her mistakes, they lived and grew and had babies. With a new hubby, came a new pond for the koi, bigger, deeper and better.

The love of hobby now includes the koi pond, wakin pond, watania pond and an aquarium with fancies in the house. Hobbies include, you name it, I ve tried it and they all have koi on them.

Cindy's Koiphen username is Cindy and her e-mail address is cindy@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact her with any questions!

Mike started in the hobby of raising koi in 1964. He has had four different ponds at three different houses between then and now. Currently, the main pond is 10,000 US gallons and qtank is 1,250 US gallons. He is currently a charter member of the NorCal Chapter of ZNA and active member of the AKCA Santa Clara Koi and Watergarden club. In the past, Mike was a President, Vice President and Secretary. He has been a Show Chair five times between both organizations. He has also been involved in numerous ways with additional shows including benching, etc.

Mike has done lectures on different aspects of koi, pond building and filtration for both clubs. He has had the pleasure of traveling to Japan on six occasions between 2001 and 2007 including twice to the All Japan Koi Show. He is currently a licensed contractor along with his business partner and they specialize in designing and building custom koi ponds.

Mike's Koiphen username is Koiman1950 and his e-mail address is mike@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact him with any questions!

Justin developed the virtual koi show package and will continue to improve and support it during the show. Under the direction and financing of Stephen Height in 2004 he built Koiphen.com from the ground up. He was employed by Mr. Height until 2007 at which point the site ownership was transferred to the Worldwide Koi Club. These days he does free-lance work for Koiphen as needed and consults with the Koiphen board members on technical decisions.

As with Koiphen.com, any technical questions or issues should be directed towards him.

Justin's Koiphen username is JPennington and his e-mail address is justin@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact him with any questions!