by ju5t h3r3 » November 28th, 2009, 12:03 pm
Hey Guys and gals,
Let me introduce myself, I'm Kyle one of the owners of New Breed Archery.
Looks like GaBear has shown you some of our products.
We are real excited to be growing in the archery industry and all the support we have received has been great. We offer some nice bows and great customer service.
I read a couple of post and maybe I can help out, on a couple of things.
Richard left New Breed because he chose to, so we didn't use him. It was written up that he would be consulting with others along with new breed in the beginning, because he had some previous design works still on going.
We knew being a new start up company that is was going to take some time to get everything in place, and Richard knew from the beginning that he would have a home with New Breed once things got going good. We have always stated we were a 2010 Company. As with any new company the first three years are the hardest, if it was easy everyone would be in the archery industry. We didn't want to hold Richard back, we merely wanted to grow to allow him to fully become an intrigue part of New Breed, there were many plans which included Richard becoming GM(General Manager) and head of operations here at New Breed, but unfortunately the time frame for New Breed to reach that level was not fast enough to meet Mr. Batdorf's needs. He decided to leave, and New Breed has continued as planned, we now have others who has been in and around the archery industry for many years but didn't get in the spot light to much because they feel just as we do, the company should be the focus. Jason and I have stepped in to fill all of the voids that were left unfilled.
I have been working in and out of Pro Shops since I was 14 years old. I worked for McPherson Archery in the early 90's when they moved to Alabama as the warranty tech, then warranty manager, and during that time I was also part of the Research and Development team. I then owned my own pro shop in the late 90's early 2000 era, and my last run was Full Factory Pro Staff before starting New Breed. So you are very correct I have been in the archery business along time and felt it was just the next step for me in our great sport. Jason has also been in archery for a very long time as well, he shares the same passion as all of us do, archery.
Jason nor myself were not born independently wealthy, we have worked very hard (just as many of you have) to get where we are today. I have two college degrees one in Computer Science and the other in Electrical and Industrial Design, I'm currently pursuing another degree in Drafting and Design. Jason also has a degree in Electrical and Industrial Design, so we are no strangers to the design side of things either. That is one reason we feel our company will offer some of the best products out there. Not only are we archers but we do know the ins and outs of the technical side too. I like to say "Archers first, business owners second". As for the statement that we are educators once again we don't hide the fact that we were. We view it as a privilege to give back to others by teaching them what has gotten us where we are today, if it wasn't for some of our college instructors we wouldn't be where we are today. So I feel honored just as Jason does to share our knowledge to allow someone else the same great opportunities that life has offered us. That is yet another reason we see our company going far, not only do we make a great product, but as time goes on we will be able to offer the education (due to our
backgrounds) to new comers of the sport and share with them what has been such a positive role in our lives for over 22 years now.
We certainly wish Mr. Batdorf the best in his new venture, but we would never stop our company or dreams because he left. We have negotiated a licensing agreement for the 970 patent side of our cam system(which we feel is the major part of the system, without it, it would just be another dual cam system), because we would never use something that doesn't belong to us without the proper paper work in place. We will also work with whoever gets the other side of the cam when that finally settles if it in not already covered under the 970.
If it turns out that Mr. Batdorf does in fact have that part of the patent, I'm sure he will work a license agreement with us and the other companies that helped promote and spend the money to do the research and development of the system which he is allegedly claiming invention of at this time. It would certainly show that he is a supporter of archery, and that us as a company hold no hard feeling for him moving in the direction he felt was right for him.
I hope this helps and clears up alot of rumors or myths that may be circulating due to Richard's recent announcements.
Thank you and if you have time give one of our bows a try you won't be disappointed, Kyle
... the Destroyer is what 350 with a 6" Brace .. the Genetix sounds very impressive. Bear I like the sounds of the smooth draw I like speed but not at the cost of shootability .. well my version anyway ..
