We left on Monday and were in Nuremberg for Monday evening. I had had a bit of a cold and was still suffering a little from my ear op. The first full day of meetings was Tuesday.
These shows are great, we get a chance to speak to the owners and designers of the gear we sell in store. Above, here we are speaking to Robert Somer owner of Robson. They produce paddles as well as canoes and kayaks. Here we are discussing his new 16ft sea kayak due out early next year. This was the first one out the mould and was only produced on the Monday.
A new brand to pop up at the show was Totuga. They are producers for a company already so we know their quality. They will be producing a range of Touring and Fishing Sit On Tops to start with. Above, Steve is going through the range of Fishing SOTs for us.
Shred Ready were there on the SystemX booth and showing off there all Carbon Super Scrappy. They also had a great new range of the odds and sods you are always looking for from Select Designs. Look out for these in store very soon.
Sweet Prophecy Cag
It was great to catch up with Danny from Werner. Arguably the best Tech Rep in the business right now. He was going through some great ways to help us sell what is already an easy brand to sell. With his techniques we will sell even more Werner's.
Alex from Avoncraft who sell us Prijon kayaks amongst other things was there and proud of the new Prijon Pure range of whitewater Kayaks. Above he is telling Craig our Lancaster Store Manager the finer points of the Footrest System
Mad River had on display there new Journey 158. Maybe not an ideal boat for the UK Market. But I may have to eat my words.
One of the highlights of the show was the changes Palm have made to their range. Almost a complete revamp of all their cags. New colour ways and some unique new designs. Look out for these to hit the store in 2011
On the plus side all the features have stayed with all the cags and they have been replacements not additions. So this will make things a little easier to work out.
Lorna here trying on one of the 9 new woman's specific garments added to the 2011 range.
Ben the technical rep for Palm and Dagger Europe here going through the new products with us.
Yak were also on the case with some new colour ways and some new PFD's Pete Ford here showing off the new colourway on the Force Jacket.
Tahe Marine were there showing off a new entry level brand. Marine Fit. They also had there new Zegul Range of sea kayaks including this Bairdarka with Teak deck Fittings. The Zegal range comes in Carbon Kevlar and is truly stunning.
Gatz Canoes based in Germany were there and Olaf Gatz was there showing us just how string their Carbon Kevlar construction is by happily standing on this £2000.00 boat.So that is my brief outline of KanuMesse 2010. We look forward to getting in the products and selling them over the next 12 months.
