The event opened its doors on Friday in Hall 7A of the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre. There were more exhibitors and brands than ever before with 158 exhibitor stands and 309 brands spread across 5088 sq metres of booths. The first two days of the show were busy with brands happy with the level of attendance and the interest shown in their products. Whilst The show dinner on the second evening was as always one of the highlights of the event with the show awards followed by Rai Puig presenting his new film Solo in Papua. Click through for the Source photo review of this year’s event.
1 Paddleexpo entrance2 The main man at Paddleexpo Horst Fursattel3 Show hall3c parking for exhibitors is right next to the hall so super convient4 Around the show 5 Around the show8 Evening dinner10 Award presentation at the dinner12 Awards NSP for best paddlesport product12 Show night dinner13 Awards All the winnersAirboard bag with roll top pump system Airboard paddle with integrated air pumpAirboard Whitewater built for easy manouvering in fast flowing rivers Airboards Jo Steiner and Camen Zuercher.Anomy's Chavi Rovira and Carlos PalomaAnomy's The Way of Quyen Dinh, is tattoo style Anomy's The Way of Tito Morello is their latest artist collaborationAquaDesign's new four man race boardAquaDesigns Inga and Terry BarbierBIC's Cross 110 uses their tough-Tec technology and is aimed at schools looking for longlife durabilityBIC'S Performer is a price point entry pack of board, pump, paddle and bag BIC's Peter DurhamBoardworks Parlay carbon construction raceboard Boardworks Rick KarrBoardworks The Froth high performance softboard Bravo's GE 25 pump for inflating multipul boards so good for schools and clubs Bravos Bravo's Nano easy transportable micro pump xx Dyna-trade is now offering SUP paddles from Supr manufactured in HollandF Ones Marc Hollenbach F Ones Material is a lightweight all round family board with a high weight carrying capabilityF Ones new raceboard with redesigned hull to offer increased speed and stabilityFanatic boothFanatic is now producing foils inhouse for SUPFanatic's new Strike raceboardFanatic's Sven Richter Hala's Jimmy Hostetler and Josh FixHala's Playita combines their carbon technology with their double stack technology that uses two chambers to add stiffness and a stronger rail.Halas Radito now has twin fins and stomp box to improve performance in a variety of river environmentsIndiana have launched a new mid price point brand Apatcha, all boards come with paddle, pump, bag and kayak seatIndiana is now also offering a full SUP foil set upIndiana now offers a smart fin bolt fast change system with integrated screw and plate Indiana's Claudio Cureger, Maurus Strobel and Niki DietrichIndiana's 16 foot fast touring board built for the heavier user Jobe boothJobe's Deska comes with dual dropstitch construction with has reduced the weight by a kilo while maintaining the boards strengthJobe's Hank Hurenkamp and Sven Krekels Jobe's womens lightweight, breathable and water reppellant 'stretch legging JP Australia's boothJP Australia's Cruisair light edition comes with hard tail edge which helps board glide JP Australia's Cruisair light edition tail close up JP Australia's foiling SUP board has bevilled rails to stop edges catching the water and special tail cutout to enable you to pump the board without touching the water. jpgLight Corp's Gerd Weisner and Delko Canda Light Corp's inflatable comes with hydro dynamic hulls which create less drag due to raised central spine. Light Corp's Signature V2 raceboard with hollow construction comes in at under 9.5 kilosMistral boothMistral's Lombok is an enrty level board designed to make those first experiences as east as possible Mistral's Mauritz HuismanMistral's slipstream air has 4 chambers (front, side tubes and main chamber) to add stability and stifnessNaish's Glide is a true adventure board with lots of carrying capacity front and back for longer distance trips.Naish's Maliko race board has double carbon stringers top and bottom so stiffer is really betterNaish's Matte Naetzel and Damien GirardinNorden SUP longboard ,they are finding these bigger boards have recently become much more popular Norden's Free Racer a combination of free riding and multi purpose racingNordens Andi Wirtz and Kalle Graeprer jpgNRS now offer a second brand called Star which offers affordable technology for the price point marketNRS SUP's come with automatic release valve for when boards are over pressuried NRS's Mark Deming NSP's awardNSP's Cocamat Allrounder which won the SUP award Is built using coconut fibre and other environmentally friendly materials NSP's Protech is a combination of moulded eps core with lamination gives the feel of a custom surfboard at a good price point NSP's Sander Blauw, Trent Pedersen and Andres Mencke Onda is now offering a customisation service called Custom Factory for brands and retailersOnda's Anna Monty and Paolo GreenOukai SUP's Tim AagesenOukai SUP's Wide Rainbow uses woven stropstich that makes it stiffer,stronger and lighterOxbow's Astec Search which is made in France, is the strongest and lightest in their rangeOxbow's Bamboo glider has a bamboo deck and their traditional colours and graphicsPagaja is the first pan European booking system for paddlingPlastex based in Poland is now offering SUP race boards, following their huge success in the canoe marketPOD also is the owner of Roller bone balance boards, this is their artist collab with NanePOD distributes Aquamarina, the Rapid is a white water board with double layer constuction and six fins POD's Richard EmsProwave's Stefan Bretthauer, gold medal winner Sebastian Brendel and Dyna-trade's Phil MandeauRed Original's full range of accessory products was on showRed Paddle boothRed Paddle's Christian Pellissier and Matteo Cau and Sarah Vosper Red Paddle's recently launched compact SUP pack was put together to offer a lightweight easy carry solution for those looking to travel and explore RRD boothRRD's Air Venture Pro is a multi purpose board is super wide for added stability and has 3 attachment points for fishing accessories. jpgRRD's Airace V5 has an anti torque system with 3 belts one down the centre and the other two crossed to stop the board from twistingRRD's Paolo Jimmiereis , Dylan Tuffus and Jacopo Giusti xxxSafe's Air Surfer easily transportable inflatable surfboardSafe's Daniele Cimattiand Luca LombiniSafe's East Ride multi purpose beginners boardSIC'S Mark Raaphorst , the man in the advertSIC's RS inflatable has a wide tail with rails on the bottom to improve board trackingSIC's RS is designed to offer the best combination of capabilities to get you first across that finsh lineSIC:Oxbow: BIC boothSiren Snapper has vary high rocker line which makes it extremely manouvrableSiren's Tiburon HCT long touring board is built for stability with heavier loadsSirens Jorg Haustein and Axel Bischoff Slastic eyewear have magnetic join on the front and ajustable arms to keep them stay securely on your head Standout mens Airlong shirt combines stretchable lycra with air neoprene to provide a breathable water resistant topStandout womens Airlong shirtStandouts Aleksander LjuticStarboard boothStarboard's Florian Brunner and Jorcani's Clément Morandière and Eliane DroemerStarboards inflatable dual chamber construction uses a central chamber to add extra stiffness and offers extra floatation in case the outer chamber punctures Typhoon's Ezeedon waterproof breathable dry suit comes with fabric sock for greater comfortTyphoon's James Tinkley and NanTyphoon's latest top of the range 3 mm Kona comes with leg and shoulder color pops Wave Hawaii's bamboo ponchoes are made from a combination of cotton and bamboo yarn which offers high water absorbantcyWave Hawaii's Carsten Raphael Woo Outriggers Feline (orange and blue)is designed for European conditions where we have a shorter gap between wavesWoo Outriggers Kawan is for beginners, so easy to use and the go to outrigger for renters.Woo Outriggers Mikael Schlub and Guy Ringrave Young Pirates John Smith and Schorschi Schauf Young Pirates Onesie with Kama-Tec water reppelant technology and polygieneYoung Pirates online custormisation system for personalised garments
