The paddle industry was out in force for the 15th edition of Europe’s only specialist paddle sports tradeshow, PADDLEexpo. Brands from SUP, kayaking and canoeing completely filled the hall. The show moved to a slightly bigger hall for this year and all three days saw a steady stream of traffic. Source spent two days visiting the brands on show with SUP products.
Paddleexpo moved to a new hall this year nearer entrance OstInside the new hallAround the showActionsportsjob.com job and distributor search platform.. presented by Muck MullerAirboard's Discovery built for 3 people and their luggage for use on the seaAirboard's Rocket with carbon for stiffness and dolphin nose presented by Carmen Zuercher.AquaDesign boothAquaDesign's award winning Bidrop has two chambers for increased paddle efficentcyAquaDesign's Leesy designed for women.Aquadesign's Terry Barbier, Inge Waes and Francis BardotAquatec Europe's Robert Schmidt and Antoine Zagari design and manfacture SUP's for brands BIC's Tough-Tec entry level hardboard, good combination of price and strengthBIC's Wing inflatable, lightweight with stringersBlue Planet dugout raceboard designed for city racing. Blue Planet from Hawaii is now distributed in EuropeBlue Planet's Paco Freens with the surf SUP board, which is built broader to cope with winds and currentsBoardwork's Naviagator touring board with ABS shell and EPS coreBoardwork's Rick Karr and Andrew MencinskyBoardworks's Rogue Joker is designed specifically for foil boardingBote's Corey and Magda CooperBote's Rover paddle board can take an outboard motor so you can travel further Bote's Traveller inflatable Arrow board for touring, takes many of SUP hardboard accessories that the brand is known forBravo 21 available from Jan 2018 comes with dial in pressure gaugeBravo Pumps Francesca Fossati and Francesco Caramaschi Bravo's 20 high pressure pump, with integrated lead battery and battery status indicator, works upto 20 psi Camero's Dominik Kopplmayr with womens 3mm SUP wetsuit Camero's laminated Dry Deck Pro dry suite comes with neoprene socks Cee Coach waterproof bluetooth communication systemChoppy water crew handling Bic, Sic and Oxbow F2 are launching hardboards for 2018F2's Free inflatable entry level boardFanatic Falcon Air inflatable raceboard has new tail to increase glide performance.Fanatic's Diamond Air comes with stringer technology, screw for a windsurf rig and backpack and pumpFanatics Axel Wallem and Thomas GoeseleFocus Freedom all round flat water touring board with wood veneer construction, only avaiable in Europe.Focus's Philip Mandeau with the Blue Fin that has the same shape as the board that Mo Freitas won the ISA technical race world championships withFusion's rugged waterproof speakersHala's Atcha designed specifically for superior white water river performanceHala's Nass with inflatable carbon technology, bridges the gap between inflatables and hardboards.Hobie's boothHobie's Michel Corigliano.Howzit's George and JPHowzit's neoprene car seat cover comes in 6 coloursHowzit's roll up boardbag takes surfboards of any sizeIndiana boothIndiana Totem with graphic from top to bottomIndiana's Maurus Strobel with the limited edition 16 foot Totem for heavier guys has compression and tension stringers top and bottom.Indiana's new Carbon Innegra surfboard come with strong graphic and are shaped by Phil GraceIndiana's new inflatable surfboards, provide an easy travel solution, no more airline dents or high transport costsInfinity's Black Fish technical race board with punky graphicInfinity's Christian Relling, Eveline Relling, Mattias Hartrott and Jimmy Lewis's LeonardoJimmy Lewis Hovercraft designed specially for SUP foiling Jimmy Lewis long SUP board designed for nose ridingJP Australia's All Water GT sporty touring board, has features from their open ocean race board but is wider for increased stability.JP Australia's Outback general purpose board has AST construction for strength and hull is designed to produce a silent glide JP Australia's Philip Mackenbrock Level Six offers a full range of SUP clothing including neoprene womens bathing suitesLevel Six's Alison Hull with their Yoga boardLightcorp's Gerd WeisnerLightcorp's MFTICT uses carbon composite top and bottom to add stiffness.Lightcorp's Signature hollow raceboard, won the German sprint championships this yearLokahi demonstrate the toughness of their new polycarbonate, foam and fibreglass board the ACA.Lokahi's Canoa Pro lightweigh fusion construction and shaped for stabllity in open waterLokahi's Freddie Kortenhaus and Tobias HammerMistral's junior board comes with smaller pack for the board that children can carryMistral's Maurits Huismann and Sports Vibrations Wolfgang Svoboda Mistral's Vanquish all round board for flat water or open oceanNaish Quest Alana specifically designed for women and Bossi Güven from the German distributors Kailua SportsNaish's Glide touring board has new nose and is made of wood both top and bottom to reduce weight Norden's Andy WirtzNorden's school surfboard with colour coding for teaching feet positioningNorden's touring soft top designed for inland rentalsNSP's Cocomat boards use a coconut husk material top and bottom that gives natural flex, strength and lightnessNSP's Cocomat fibre manufacturing enables the milk from the coconut to be bottled as coconut water and exportedNSP's Element longboard series has completely new shape for 2018 with sharper rails and double concaveNSP's Sander Blauw and Andreas MenckeOnda Wetsuits Paulo Green Onda's Shield 3mm for those winter tripsOnda's SUP jacket made from vanteprene, a more flexible and breathable version of neoprene.Oxbow's Glide is a high end touring board with new graphic and bamboo constructionOxbow's wind 10.6 can also be used as a windsurf boardPoolstar are launching a new brand Coasto for the premium market Poolstar's Patrice Barbe, Neal Elbazand Monique RidderPoolstar's Super giant inflatable with d rings to tie kayak chairs Red Paddle boothRed Paddle red repeater embossed graphicRed Paddle's most popular board in 10th anniversary burgundy and blue coloursRed Paddle's new embroided logo strapRed Paddle's Voyager dual person board has space for luggage and two valves so you can share the inflationRestube's Laura Rosberg and Julia SchroderRestube's quick release mechanism, which works under tensionRiber's Becky HunterRiber's inflatable roof rack uses a number of their SUP technologies to keep your boards safe and strapped downRiber's latest SUP range uses fused drop stitch technology, has 2 years guarantee and a camera mounting systemRRD standRRD's Air Cruiser inflatable has dynamic belt on bottom to increase stiffnessRRD's Jacopo Giusti and Dylan Duffus RRD's long SUP full carbon board, so extremely light and solid and designed with a spoon for nose ridingShow hallSIC's Bayonet lightwind downwind board, with flatter rocker and narrower beam to incease gllding speedsSIC's Christoph DworzakSIC's Rocket ship is an open ocean board that is designed to perform in flat water as wellSIpa's award winning battery operated internal pressurising system takes 5 mins to unravel and fully pressurise the board SIpa's Domen SitarSiren's 3 part paddle extends to 2.5 metres for tall paddlersSiren's Rubio for women with wooden top layerSirens Axel, Marcus, Joeg and HolgerStarboard's Airline has cable from fin box to the nose for greater stiffness and better control of the rockerStarboard's Airline is patent pending and award winning.Starboard's Clement Morandière, Florian Bruner and Karl MullerStarboard's Deluxe technology with double chamber. StandOut lightweight stretchable race dry suite for more extreme conditionsStandOut specialist SUP longjohn made from Airprene breathable material and below the knees full neoprene StandOut SUP apparel booth Christian Kotter, Alek Ljutic and Veronika Luczak STX offer the Evolve 5 piece windsurf sailing rig for their SUP boards.STX's Guydo Denblanken and Edwin Honsbeck Weds evening 1 The Annual paddleexpo dinnerWeds evening 2 Everyone at the show is invitedWeds evening 3 Paddleexpo Award ceremony takes place during the dinner, Level Six win the apparel award.Weds evening 4 AquaDesign win the SUP sectionWeds evening 5 Starboard win the Jury Special PrizeWeds evening 6 SIpa win the inflatable sectionWeds evening 7 All the winners togetherWild SUP's Indigo range is a completively priced entry point board that comes with bag and paddleWild SUP's King Lion made specifically for 2 persons and carries 250 kilos with ease
