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= Rudis =

Rudis is a sporting goods company which aims to develop, produce, market and sell athletic gear and clothing that specifically caters to the wrestling community. Rudis is currently headquartered out of Marysville Ohio, near the state's capital of Columbus. The company employs between 29-50 personnel and has rapidly grown since their founding in 2013. President of Rudis Jesse Leng largely attributes this growth with their ability to connect with their core demographic and a fundamental understanding of the needs of a wrestler. Embodying what it means to be an athlete in the sport of wrestling is often stated by Rudis as a cornerstone of their philosophy. Additionally, while the company is still relatively young, the brand has chosen to always offer to sell their product line directly to the consumer and this has allowed them to rapidly become available nationwide.

History
Rudis was founded in 2013 by notable wrestlers Jesse Leng, Jeff Jordan, and Tommy Rowlands. All three individuals can trace their roots to wrestling at Ohio State University  located in the states capital of Columbus Ohio. Not very far from this college campus is is the city of Marysville were Rudis is currently being headquartered. Since their founding Rudis has worked in establish a brand strongly associated with the wrestling community and have worked hard to cater to the needs of that sport. As part of this marketing strategy Rudis has sought to team up with a number of past and current figures within the culture. With this they begun Team Rudis, a group of associated celebrity wrestlers who fall into either the category of either active athlete or past legend. Included with being on team Rudis, these notable wrestlers have developed personalized product lines and film technique and exclusive videos as apart of the brands media involvement. One of the first of these partnerships was announced on June 25th, 2015 with Nancy Schultz and allowed Rudis to have exclusive rights to to the name and likeness of former American Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz. Since then team Rudis has expanded to include 10 former wrestling "legends" and 11 current athletes.

Shoes
The Rudis line of shoes include the Kyle Snyder KS Infinity (as part of his personalized line of gear), the Sly Fox SF-Tbilisi (named after the Tbilisi wrestling tournament in Russia), and the Alpha, Alpha 2.0 and Colt models. In addition, to this Rudis also sells Rudis slides (sandals).

Gear Packs and Bags
For all day tournaments Rudis also offers a line of backpacks. Models includes the RUDIS Scout Gearpack, the RUDIS Tactical Flag Scout Gearpack, RUDIS 4082 Hiker Gearpack, RUDIS Flag Genesis Gearpack IV, RUDIS Genesis Gearpack IV, RUDIS Tactical Gearpack, Rolltop Gearpack, Sly Fox Tactical Gearpack, RUDIS Voyager Gearpack.

Other Wrestling Gear
Rudis also sells a number of other things that a wrestler might need including, Headgear, Knee pads, and Singlets.

Apparel
In addition to strictly wrestler related gear Rudis provides several lines of normal wear. Rudis has broken down several of their male shirt options into collections which include the Thermal Collection, the Outer Wear Collection, the NTN (next to nothing) Collection, the Eco Etched Collection, the Classic Collection, and the Super Soft Collection. For both men and women Rudis offers hoodies, crewnecks, jackets, 1/4 Zips, bottomes, shorts, joggers, compressions wear, socks and underwear many of which that are branded with specific athletes from the Rudis team and with associated brands and organizations.

Custom Team Apparel
In addition to selling to individuals, Rudis will also sell custom wrestling gear for entire teams. Options for Gear to have customized include wrestling singlets, wrestling board shorts, t-shirts, backpacks, warm-ups and hats.

Team Rudis
As part of Rudis's over arching marketing strategy and efforts to connect their brand with the epicenter of activity within the wrestling community Rudis began Team Rudis. Team Rudis has grown to include 21 former and current prominent wrestler. These Team members promote individualized product lines, model new products, produce inspirational videos and wrestling commentary, host and participate in podcasts, and teach new technique in short videos. The distinction between Rudis Athlete and Rudis Legend is whether the individual is still an active wrestler. An additional distinction is given by Rudis for their brand ambassadors. These offilated coaches, Ben Askren, Cary Kolat, Micah Jordan, Logan Stieber, are chosen by rudis for their outstanding accomplishments and personal lives.

Affiliated Associations
Rudis has partnered with several official wrestling associations including the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Massachusetts Usa Wrestling, Ohio RTC, OHIO USA Wrestling, Pennsylvania RTC, Georgia USA Wrestling, and the Sunkist Kids.