Outdoor Adventure Show - Toronto

Don't miss Canada's largest outdoor adventure & travel show!

With over 300 exhibitors from a wide variety of recreational pursuits, this show has something for everyone. For those who like to get their feet wet there will be a variety of paddle sports and scuba diving options to explore. Or if you prefer to stand on solid ground visit our comprehensive camping showcase and travel destinations pavilion.

This well established event combines a retail shopping experience with simulated outdoor, interactive features and education. The end result - an awesome day out, the chance to expand your knowledge of outdoor adventure and travel pursuits, while upgrading your equipment to ensure you are well equipped for the 2010 season.

The International Centre Hall 5 6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga, ON
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Click: http://www.outdooradventureshow.ca/toronto/index.html
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Fri, February 26, 2010, 12 Noon - 9pm
Sat, February 27, 2010, 10am - 6pm
Sun, February 28, 2010, 10am - 5pm

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $12
Youths 12 - 17: $10
Children 11 & under are free

Contact The Outdoor Adventure Show at 905-477-2677 or 1-800-891-4859.

JOIN US AND OUR FRIENDS AT THE SHOW:

• Booth #860 - ALGONQUIN OUTFITTERS
  
• Booth #860 - BOATWERKS
• Booth #840 - SWIFT CANOE & KAYAK
• Booth #729 - WHITEWATER ONTARIO
• Booth #833 - BADGER PADDLES

Download the floor plan for the show and the brochure

Werner Paddles, 2nd best?

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Voted 2nd Best Company To Do Business With For The Second Year In A Row

Werner Paddles     was voted the second best company to do business in the Outdoor Industry, in the 2009 SNEWS Outdoor Retailer Dealer Survey.  The survey appears in the Winter 2010 issue of SNEWS magazine and full results will be posted on line February 1, 2010.

Werner captured the number two position for the second year in a row after moving up two places, from number four, in the same survey in 2007.  “It is such a great honor to be named in top positions three years in a row.  This is especially important to us, in that it is our dealers who cast the votes.  It takes our entire team; great product design, quality production, on time delivery, and our sales, service and marketing teams focusing on helping our dealers sell through.  These seem like basic concepts, but it is our area of focus”, says Jim Miller    , Werner’s Marketing Manager.

The SNEWS full survey lists the best and worst vendors to do business with.  Werner landed right behind The North Face who took the number one "Best Supplier To Do Business With" position. 

"We look forward to working in partnership with our dealers in the coming season. Our service really is a margin builder and a reason we repeatedly get recognized by our dealers,” says Miller.

To get the full results you will need to be an All Access SNEWS subscriber. You can login to view the results or subscribe by visiting the SNEWS site.

Yep that's me and my Werner Bent Shaft Camano Carbon Paddle in the middle of Hailstorm Creek watching a moose graze in the middle of the river.  Wouldn't have got here with out my Werner

You can read the Werner paddle blog at

http://www.wernerpaddlesblog.com/blog/

Snow Kayaking

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What do kayakers do in the middle of winter?

They Snow Kayak.. see the full video online

Damon Gold, doing more of his famous stupid human tricks.

Once upon a time it was the snowboarders who were poaching the ski hills, now it's the whitewater kayakers.

See this video of white water paddlers raiding this ski hill with their kayaks

Beth, from our Oxtongue Lake store forwarded some snow kayaking photos to me, so I thought I would add them to this post.

Here's some winter Kayak pics on the Schmanda Luge Run.

Matthew and Jake in one and Beth and Jake in the other!!

Good times in the snow!!

PS if you ever want to try, big creek boats work well!!