Surf Expo again proved that it is an important market place for all action/water sports.
Buyers from 48 states and 71 countries were in attendance with a cumulative 3 day total of more than 11,000 buyers representing 6,400 retailers, an increase of more than 13% over last year’s numbers.
A diversity of categories included Surf, Skate, Wake, Kite, SUP, Free Dive, Swim, Resort and Gift.
Highlights of the show included an offsite demo day at the Orlando Water Sports Complex, the 8th Annual Transworld Wake Awards, The AWSI Awards for Wind & Kite, the Transworld Business Showroom Fashion Show and on-floor demo areas for free-dive, wake, and SUP.
Here’s a video recap:
To see the video on Vimeo, visit https://vimeo.com/29600332.
Bottom line is that our September show continues to evolve in to a true international water sports and water lifestyle show. Our growth categories included SUP, Wake, Kite and our newest addition, free-dive.
With our numbers approaching our record-setting 2008 totals, we feel that once again Surf Expo delivered a great product and we look forward to accelerating that momentum with our January 12-14 trade show.
