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Paddle Council Now Accepting Applications
05.06.2010
The Paddle Council, a coalition of top paddlesports manufacturers, retailers and stakeholders, dedicated to the advancement and sustainability of the industry, today issued a call for nominations to its advisory panel. The Paddle Council serves as an ad hoc steering committee on industry issues including youth outreach, tradeshows and consumer engagement. Serving as a unified [...]
Johnson Outdoors Announces Sale of Lendal to Nigel Dennis
05.06.2010
Johnson Outdoors Inc., a leading global outdoor recreation company, today announced the sale of the Lendal® brand and all of its assets to Celtic Paddles LTD, owned and operated by Nigel Dennis, renowned sea kayak adventurer and designer. The deal was signed and closed on May 6, 2010. In 2009, Johnson Outdoors launched a comprehensive [...]
Apply Now to Attend the Outdoor Nation Youth Summit
05.05.2010
On June 19-20, 2010, up to 500 young leaders will gather in New York City to celebrate and champion an active, outdoor lifestyle, and Confluence Watersports wants to send you. You may know us better as Dagger, Wave Sport, Perception, Wilderness Systems or Mad River Canoe. Just like you, we have different interests and paddle [...]
Eddie Bauer Partners with Teva Mountain Games
05.05.2010
Teva Mountain Games, the nation’s largest outdoor adventure event, is proud to announce Eddie Bauer as an official partner. Along with sponsoring several sporting events at this year’s games, Eddie Bauer will also offer three educational clinics and various activities (see overview below). Select Eddie Bauer retail locations also held contests to award four lucky [...]
Werner Paddles Catalog Photo Facebook Contest
05.03.2010
Werner Paddles has announced a unique way to choose their catalog photos. They are engaging their friends on Facebook. “Werner Paddles has a ton of great friends on Facebook. A lot of our friends tag their pictures with “Werner Paddles” when they post them. This is gone a little viral and we think it is [...]
Confluence announces 2010 team rosters for Dagger, Wave Sport, Wilderness Systems
05.03.2010
Confluence announces 2010 team rosters for Dagger, Wave Sport, Wilderness Systems DAGGER The 2010 North American Dagger team roster of paddlers includes world-record holders, elite level competitors, explorers and teachers, with hundreds of first descents combined. There are environmental activists and humanitarians whose personal missions are as lofty as their paddling achievements. They paddle all [...]
Confluence Lead Sponsor of Outdoor Nation Youth Summit
04.30.2010
Confluence Watersports is a lead sponsor for the Outdoor Foundation’s Outdoor Nation Youth Summit. Backed by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), and in conjunction with “Backpacker” Magazine’s Adventures NYC, the weekend long event is an industry wide effort to promote youth participation in outdoor activities. As the sole “platinum” level sponsor from the paddlesports industry, [...]
First Ever Kayak Polo Game to be Played at Outdoor Retailer
04.29.2010
Canoe & Kayak magazine and Delta Kayaks invite you to the first ever “Kayak Polo Pitch” during the Open Air Demo at Salt Lake City’s Outdoor Retailer show. It will take place on Jordanelle Resevoir on August 2nd. Two games will be played, at 11 and 3 o’clock. Some experienced volunteers are wanted to play [...]
Kokatat Sponsors 2010 River Bassin Tournament Trail
04.20.2010
Kokatat, the 39‐year‐old independent watersports apparel and accessories company, will support its newest kayak fishing ambassador Drew Gregory and his company, Deep Creek Ventures, in executing the 2010 River Basin Tournament Trail. Gregory joined Team Kokatat this spring with a plethora of experience and contacts in the fishing world. He has logged over 600 river [...]
Nominations Sought for Whitewater Gods, Goddesses in Year 6
04.15.2010
Whitewater Hall of Fame Also to Auction Signed Jackson Kayak (Silver Spring, MD) – The International Whitewater Hall of Fame has announced the beginning of its sixth march toward honoring the world’s most accomplished whitewater Pioneers, Explorers, Champions and Advocates as Inductees in the International Whitewater Hall of Fame. The 2010 IWHoF nomination forms, instructions, [...]
PADDLE FOR THE POLAR BEARS!
03.29.2010
PADDLE FOR THE POLAR BEARS! Stand Up Paddleboarding Challenge Series Hits the Waters of Lake Wingra This Summer in Madison Madison, Wi.—The up-and-coming sport of stand up paddleboarding (SUP) is making a formal debut on the waters of Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin with a series of six on water challenges beginning Sunday, June 6, [...]
NOC to Open New Locale
03.22.2010
Nantahala Outdoor Center, a privately held, employee-owned company opens its brand-new experiential retail environment in Gatlinburg, TN Easter weekend, April 2–4. A $4 million project, NOC’s Great Outpost intends to increase participation in the outdoors while providing a new attraction centered around Gatlinburg’s prime location at the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [...]
Kokatat Co-Sponsors Canoecopia Paddlesports Exhibition
03.09.2010
US’ Largest Paddle Expo Educates, Entertains, and Sells ARCATA, Calif., (March 9, 2010) – Madison will soon be abuzz with paddlesports junkies as the annual Canoecopia exhibition takes over the Alliant Energy Center on March 12-14. Kokatat, the 38-year old independent paddlewear manufacturer, is one of the presenting sponsors of Canoecopia and will have staff [...]
Northern Forest Canoe Trail Auction Raises Nearly $30,000
02.17.2010
WAITSFIELD, Vt. – The 5th annual winter online auction for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) ended recently with a record $29,801 raised for programs along the four-state waterway. More than 300 people placed 2,600 bids on 496 auction items during the month-long event to help NFCT beat its revenue goal of $25,000. One hundred [...]
Freedom Hawk, Jackson Kayak enter into contract manufacturing partnership
02.08.2010
Sparta, TN – Freedom Hawk Kayaks is switching its manufacturing home base in a move aimed at improving quality and customer service.
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