PaddlePalooza!
Ohio's Outdoors Expo

A big thanks to the guests and exhibitors who helped make the first PaddlePalooza a success! 

Stay tuned for details regarding the next PADDLEPALOOZA! event.

PaddlePalooza! Ohio's first "silent sports" expo succeeded in bringintogether the people, products and places that make "paddling, packing and pedaling" three of the most popular activities among active outdoors enthusiasts of all ages -- not only here in the Buckeye State but coast to coast!

Guests attending PaddlePalooza! saw the latest kayaks, canoes, bikes, backpacking  and camping gear and received expert instruction on how to select the best equipment -- be it boat, bike or backpack -- for their outdoor adventures. An indoor pool permitted trial rides by paddlers considering a new craft, as well as a watery venue for allowing certified instructors to demonstrate kayaking basics.

Workshops ran nonstop in the three seminar rooms: "Pedal,"  "Paddle," &  "Pack"  for more in-depth instruction on everything from how to select and tune a mountain bike, picking the right tent and rigging a kayak for fishing here in Ohio. For seminar schedule, click here

Exhibits from ODNR's divisions of  Watercraft, Wildlife and Parks were on hand with information and opportunities for taking advantage of their personnel, publications and natural resources, and local retailers featured boats, bikes, tents and accessories for sale. Kayak and canoe liveries were on hand, as well as pedaling, paddling and camping clubs and organizations.

"PaddlePalooza! The Ohio Camping, Biking & Paddlesports Expo" was held Friday, April 30 from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday -- May Day -- May 1 from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. in the Lausche Building at the Ohio Expo Center on the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus and will return in 2011.

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