Kyle and Hannah Klausing built Camp Shred out of a gap: plenty of good racing existed, none of it in the Midwest. The first attempt, at a state park closer to home, nearly did not happen at all. Rangers told them the day before the race that the trails were off limits, with thirty to thirty five riders already committed. "So we had to do it at the campgrounds. So we pivoted, made it work, and we had a blast," Kyle said. They built a course on the campground overnight.
Kyle and Hannah Klausing presenting the awards at Camp Shred.
Horns Hill Park in Newark solved the problem properly. The venue sits on a hilltop with camping and parking at the summit, and every trail runs down from there and feeds back together, which is what makes both a staged enduro and a single mass start course possible on the same terrain.
Kyle sees the whole sport heading this direction anyway.
"I think where one wheel in unicycle racing goes is a joint venture where one wheels and unicycles are at the same events on a regular basis because we're better together than separated," he said.
He counts the crossover as already underway: "there's a lot of riders that are following in my footsteps of racing unicycles and racing one wheels together."
An Event Built for Both Wheels
Kyle Klausing got into electric unicycles because they kept turning up on his workbench.
He had come to Onewheels first, in 2019, after trying one at a music festival two years earlier. As he got deeper into that community he started repairing boards, and unicycles began arriving for service too. He figured he had better own one. The shop was in downtown Cincinnati, which made for a good proving ground: "so it was really fun to ride around the city on a unicycle with all the power and speed and all that stuff," he said. Trails came later, once suspension arrived.
Hannah Klausing came to both machines the same way, through him. "I've been riding one wheel for about four and a half years, EUC for about two and a half years," she said. She and Kyle run Camp Shred together.
He now races both disciplines at pro level, and says he was the first rider to podium on a unicycle and a Onewheel at the same events. That dual-discipline habit is the reason Camp Shred looks the way it does, and the reason it is on the USA EUC National Championship Circuit in 2026.
Kyle Klausing racing an electric unicycle at Amped Electric Games 2023, where he also raced on Onewheel.
How the EUC Racing Runs
Two formats carry the weekend. A seven stage enduro spreads timed runs across the park, scored on your best of two runs per stage. On Sunday a mass start race combines six of those trails into one long course starting and finishing at the playground. Across both, the fastest EUC and the fastest Onewheel take the King of the Hill trophy.
USA EUC sanctions six classes at Camp Shred 4: Mens Pro EUC, Womens Pro EUC, Mens Amateur EUC, Womens Amateur EUC, Youth Boys EUC and Youth Girls EUC. Points earned at Horns Hill carry into the 2026 season standings, with no equipment restriction on what you race.
"We want you to ride what you wanna ride," Kyle said, as long as it has one wheel under it.
For Hannah, that equipment freedom is the whole argument for joining a circuit rather than a footnote to it.
"the biggest selling point is becoming a part of the inclusivity that is so necessary for this community," she said. "a big downfall was not really feeling like they had the freedom to ride what they wanted, race what they wanted."
Saturday racing starts at noon rather than at first light, which was a response to rider feedback about racing cold. "So when we implemented our racing, I've changed that to be noon so you could get warmed up so you'd have less injured riders and more people feeling like they did their best," Kyle said. Practice runs from sunrise to the racer meeting.
Gear is not negotiable on the EUC side. "if you're racing the unicycles, you gotta be fully padded up," Kyle said.
"So the trails at Camp Shred can vary from intermediate to very challenging," Hannah said, and the requirement follows from that: "you need to wear a helmet, wrist guards and preferably body armor or knee protection."
Alongside the sanctioned racing the weekend carries a jump competition and a skatepark trick competition, both run by the event rather than sanctioned by USA EUC, plus the Friday night Rumble and a Saturday glow ride. The jump comp sessions each rider's own favourite feature rather than one assigned jump, with four judges following the field.
Bradley Moles sending it on his KingSong F18 at Camp Shred.
The Trojan Horse
The most interesting thing Kyle says about where EUC racing goes next has nothing to do with EUC events. It has to do with mountain bikers.
Camp Shred donates anything it makes over break even to the park's mountain bike nonprofit, which maintains the trail system. That relationship started with the association loaning Camp Shred its timing equipment, and it has gone somewhere more useful than equipment.
"Our local combo mountain bike association for Horns Hill allows me to go to any of their races and to register on my unicycle," Kyle said. "They're willing to put us in there."
His advice to riders who want the same access is not to ask for it but to earn it: "get out there, talk to your local mountain bike associations, become friends with them, do trail days, get elbow to elbow with them working and they will treat you like an equal."
It works both ways. Kyle calls it the Trojan horse, and he means the mountain bikers who end up trying a wheel.
The same logic governs how the event treats the park itself.
They used the park, they didn't abuse the park and they left it better than what they saw when they got there.
What a Ticket Gets You
Camp Shred runs as a give back rather than a business. The budget is published, anything over break even goes to the park, and anything left after that is split up as prize money. When the numbers do not work, Kyle's PEV shop covers the gap.
"When you buy a ticket at Camp Shred, you are entitled to full access to the event for the entire weekend," Hannah said. "You receive five free raffle tickets towards our mass raffle and you have unlimited access to our Camp Shred Snack Shed."
The Saturday family dinner is included too, along with a mass raffle of thirty to forty prizes. Nights are for the campfire, and Sunday closes with grilled cheese and s'mores before Monday teardown.
The dates are deliberate. "So what we did with our event is we put it on a weekend where there's time off," Kyle said, so riders are not burning vacation days on the drive.
Hannah ties the two together, the price of a ticket and the size of the sport: "the only way to truly do that is to continue to offer events that are all inclusive, but also affordable."
For anyone who has never raced an event and is not sure they belong at one, she offers a warning rather than encouragement.
"my one bit of advice to you is be careful, because after you go to your first, you're gonna be hooked. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about that," she said.
Night life at Camp Shred often involves communing around the campfire.
Camp Shred 4
Horns Hill Park | 1250 Horns Hill Rd NE, Newark, OH 43055
September 4 to 7, 2026. Organized by Kyle and Hannah Klausing.
EUC competition sanctioned by USA EUC as an official stop on the 2026 National Championship Circuit, alongside Onewheel competition sanctioned by USA FLT. Classes: Mens Pro EUC, Womens Pro EUC, Mens Amateur EUC, Womens Amateur EUC, Youth Boys EUC, Youth Girls EUC. Formats: seven stage enduro and mass start. Registration and additional event details at usaeuc.com. Athlete registration at usaeuc.com. Follow @usaeuc on Instagram for championship updates.
