pad·dle ex·po /ˈpædl ˈɛkspoʊ / –event The International Sports Trade Show and home to the international sea industry. Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows) I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure... It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. There is stagnation only in security. William Orville Douglas The isolating power of the sea works with astonishing rapidity and strength. You can drop clean out of society in a day and find yourself at the centre of a world where the concerns of society are of Martian remoteness compared with the grinning swoop of the bottle-nosed dolphin in your wake. Jonathan Raban In my opinion, these baidarkas are the best means yet discovered by mankind to go from place to place... G.H. von Langsdorff, 1814, cited in ‘Baidarka, The ’ by George Dyson A man of wisdom delights in water. Confucius Never put your body where your mind hasn’t been first. Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that’s always changing. Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows) It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. Ursula K. LeGuin Sea Kayakers are internally and externally strange people. A quote by Finnish Sea Kayaker Auli Köresaar’s daughter in a junior high school paper on kayaking Of the fact that the earth is round they were aware as a result of the following event: their forefathers had sent out two baidarkas in which the travellers had set out young and had returned old men, and they still had not found the edge of the world. So they concluded that there was no edge to the world and therefore it must be round. Hieromonk Gedeon, 1804 The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man’s breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery! Mark Twain “A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned,” he said, “for he will be going out on a day he shouldn’t. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again.” John Millington Synge from The Aran Islands, 1907 sea kay·ak / siː ˈkaɪæk / –noun ‘A portable way to escape. Roll it to the water on wheels with everything you need for a day out, and watch the horizon quietly spread before you! You’ll get as much exercise as you need to stay healthy and fit, and return with a smile in your heart!’ Nigel Foster The biggest range of models worldwide. Sea from all around the globe: Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia, Asia, America, Portugal, Italy, Germany and the UK will all be showcased or have exhibited previously at PADDLEexpo.

Where manufacturers from all over the world maintain and build their international relationships.

A Trade only show.

A meeting point for the sea kayaking community: manufacturers, distributors, dealers, designers, opinion leaders, media people (print, web, photo, and video), professional athletes, instructors – they are all at PADDLEexpo.

An annual event held between the middle of September and early October. Please visit PADDLEexpo.com to see the date of the next event.

Is sea kayaking and all other paddle sports: Touring, , Whitewater, Stand-Up-, Sit-On-Tops, Rafting – all under one roof.

Was started in 2003 in the ballroom of a restaurant, then moved to an international fair center in 2006.

Is constantly growing.

Is free for registered trade visitors. Visit the website and fill out the visitor registration form to register and get your ticket.

A platform for every area of paddle sport. The focus is solely on paddle sports and therefore PADDLE-expo is able to provide expert advice of the highest quality. For attendees from the recreation sector such as camping, caravanning, watersports, outdoors and fishing PADDLEexpo is the right place to get professional information about paddle sports.

Is a trade show, it is not a public show. If you are unsure of your eligibility please contact us before travelling. Presenter: Horst Fuersattel If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water! Office address: Loren Eiseley Kleedorf 37 91241 Kirchensittenbach, Germany Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment Phone: +49 9151 86 22 04 [email protected] passes! ‘Tis but a banging of the door behind you, a blithesome step www.PADDLEexpo.com forward, and you are out of your old life and into the new. Kenneth Grahame PADDLEexpo is held at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre Address for your GPS: Messezentrum What, pray tell, would I buy? There is nothing out here that is not free for the Karl-Schönleben-Strasse asking. Can you buy a sunrise? Is there a price to the exhilaration we feel from the 90471 Nuremberg thunderstorm that rages outside? Nature is the truest democracy, and not the richest man in the world is served a grander sunset than the beggar. Booklet Production: Michael Furtman Paddle Press Media / Ocean Paddler Magazine Richard Parkin If I have learned one thing in my 54 years, it is that it is very good for Paddle Press Media the character to engage in sports which put your life in danger 16 Alderney Avenue from time to time. It breeds a saneness in dealing with day to day Poole Dorset BH12 4LG trivialities which probably cannot be got in any other way, and a United Kingdom habit of quick decisions. Nevil Shute Phone: +44 1202 730691 [email protected] www.paddlepressmedia.com I remember when kayaking was dangerous and sex was safe! www.oceanpaddlermagazine.com Anonymous

With thanks to: Saturday morning I got up early, put on my long johns, dressed quietly, and slipped quietly into the garage to Jorgen Magnus, Steve Rogers Photography, P&H put the kayak on the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. Arrow Kayaks, Bryan Hansel Photography, Kokatat Misha Hoichman, Eric Boomer Photography, Jens Klatt There was snow mixed with the rain, and the wind was blowing 50 mph. I turned on the radio and discovered Vaughan Roberts, Romany Productions, Douglas Wilcox that the weather would be bad throughout the day. I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and Jennifer Wilcox, Point65, Paul Robertson, Alexander Vogel slipped back into bed. There I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, Duncan Smith, Jeff Allen, Olly Sanders, Palm Equipment “The weather out there is terrible.” Tim Trew, Gemma Parkin, Nigel Foster and Daniel Bowes. My loving wife of twenty years replied, “Can you believe that idiot husband of mine is out kayaking in that sh*t?”