I agree dave, some riders seem to expect a sponsorship to come to them. Ali C mentioned in a recent post that he was sponsored ages before he started making vids, but he rode alot of comps and knew/knows all the major players in the UK trials industry so has a benefit there. Maybe people DONT care about it anymore, but there have been a few topics recently about getting sponsored in NMC. My advice would be to make vids and ride how YOUwant to ride, whether this be street / UCI street / natural etc etc and people who comment on vids have got to stop saying oh its just trying to be CLS or DAMO or Tunni, if thats how the person rides, that how he /she rides. this puts that person off and then negative thoughts on whether he/she are good enough to be sponsored and thus wont approach anyone. if you are lucky a shop / compnaywwill approach that person then your obviously a good rider and have been noticed, however keep making vids etc and then people will get sponsored.