Susan is a typical koi hobbyist. She started in the hobby with a 75 gallon formed plastic pond in 1994. Over time she developed greater knowledge and skill and larger ponds until she found herself with a 10,000 gallon pond in Georgia, circa 2002. At that time she gradually broke into showing her koi and has won many awards including Grand Champion Longfin at the 2006 Charlotte Show. Susan relocated to NC in 2005 and installed a 6,000 gallon pond in her new downsized property. Susan has had experience producing koi shows. After interning at several shows during 2005 and 2006, Susan produced the highly successful Southern Koi Expo at Winston Salem in May 2007. Subsequently, she has been active in the production of the WWKC Internet Koi Show for the last two years.

Susan's Koiphen username is Susan Reed and her e-mail address is susan@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact her 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 will be showing in Charlotte this year. 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 Annual WWKC Internet Koi Show.

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

Nancy has been ponding and water gardening for twelve years. She started in Ohio with a 275 gal. preform pond. When she moved to North Carolina, she had a pond with a stream and waterfall built. She moved all of her fish down with her. She still has those same fish today.

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

Jessie was exposed to fish keeping at a very early age. Her parents and older siblings kept fish. She started collecting wild fish from the creek in the backyard. As a marine biologist, keeping fresh water fish presents unusual challenges as well as unusual solutions. Starting with a small set up about 15 years ago with the main feature being a stream, the pond just grew and grew into a 20,000 gallon koi pond with the accompanying stream beds, waterfalls, bog gardens and lily pads. It is growing still...

Jessie's Koiphen username is Just Jessie and her e-mail address is jessie@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact her 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!

Bart has been ponding for about 9 years now. Started out with Lowes preform pond and the hobby grew. He has built several large koi ponds for himself along with a mud pond. He has been showing koi since 2006 and has attended many shows and helped with bowling and benching. Bart loves to talk and teach about koi.

He is the current president of the Middle GA Koi Society.

Bart's Koiphen username is Hammerhead and his e-mail address is bart@wwkcinternetkoishow.com, feel free to contact him 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!

I have been working with, showing, and judging animals all of my life. Competing and breeding have been my main interest for many years. I have even been a Pigmy African Hedgehog judge and a Candidate judge in the ARBA (American Rabbit Breeders Association). I have held many Champions and Grand Champions in Rabbits, Poultry, Hedgehogs, Goats, Sheep and now Koi. I have also won many awards for my goldfish throughout the years. I currently breed Longfin and standard koi and many varieties of Goldfish. I am currently working with "heritage" or hard to find Varieties of Goldies including Blue Phoenix, Philadelphia Veil Tails, Bristol Shubunkins, and Broadtail/Veiltail Moors. I also keep and breed Midnight Shubunkins; Yellow, Apricot, Yellow & White, and Tricolor Bluebelly normals; Telescopes; Tomasabas; Orandas; Shukins; Willows, and I am developing two lines of fish that I will release in a few years. I am a member of the Cascade Koi & Goldfish Club and the NWKG (NorthWest Koi & Goldfish Club) in which I have the honor of being named Goldfish Person of the year 2010. I am also an active member of the AGA and a co-founder of NAVA (the North American Veiltail association). I am honored to be asked to judge this year at the Worldwide Koi show and I am excited to see what everyone will enter this year.

Allen's Koiphen username is afertuna and his e-mail address is allen@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!