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Join Werner's Brian Good and Danny Mongno and New England's fastest SUP racers tomorrow at the Newport SUP Cup. Demo boards and of course Werner Paddles will be on site in the vendor village in the historic town of Newport Rhode Island. So even if you are not racing come by and hang out. Thanks to the team at Coastal Urge for putting this great event on, should be a good one.
Jim and the gang may have used the tag line "Explorers Welcome" as a marketing tool to promote their paddle sports shop, Hayward Outfitters in Hayward Wi. But it is no gimic, these guys are living the lifestyle and spreading that love with their customers, so I thought it would be cool to share it with the Werner Blog readers. Jim rush ordered two Werner Compulsion, flat water canoe paddles, for a week long trip in MN's Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) One of the gems in the world of canoe tripping Jim and his partner were treated well by the paddles and the BWCA's amazing scenary and fishing. Nice trout above but check out this pike!
Thanks for the photos Jim.
Pictured left to right with Werner's award, Doug Ragan US Sales Director, Ant Perkins, owner of System X-Werner's UK distrubutor and Danny Mongno Field Marketing.
Adding to the Werner Paddles trophy case we are so proud to be recognized by Canoe and Kayak UK for their Reader's Choice best white water paddle of 2011 with the Stikine. Thanks to Ant and his team at System X for helping the UK and Europe feel the Werner love and of course to the reader's of Canoe and Kayak UK for their votes.
Team Paddler Nicole Mansfield says no waiting in line, easy eddy service and steep fast sections make "M-Wave" her favorite play spot in the world. Paddler's like Nicole are always looking to protect this amazing spot, the farmer who allows boaters to access this Colorado gem on his private property is super nice and nobody wants to ruin the relationship.
Thanks as always Nicole, great photos and you are ripping! Want to see your pic on the Photo of the Day? Send it over.
With the Battle of the Paddle, the world's biggest Stand Up Paddle race, only a week away in Dana Point, Ca the best SUP paddlers gathered and took to the Hennessey US Paddle Board Championships this weekend in Hermosa Beach. Congratulations to Werner Paddle's Dave Boehne and Dan Gavere for smoking fast top 15 finishes in their classes. (Dan 12th in the 14 foot class and Dave 13th in the 12'6" foot class.) See the results here, without a doubt this race was stacked with some of the best SUP racers out there, killer showing guys! This puts Team Werner in a great position for next weekend's big event and with female star Nikki Gregg always a threat there is no telling how high we can place. Congrats gentleman! If you plan on attending the Battle next weekend please be sure to swing by the booth and say hello to the Werner team, including owner Bruce Furrer. See you at the beach!
Few people put on a better party, I mean the largest paddle sports specific trade show in the world, I mean party...as Horst Fürsattel. Werner Paddle's own Doug Ragan (Sales Director) and Danny Mongno (Field Marketing Coordinator) have travelled for the US South East to support Horst and his team in Germany, our amazing world wide distributors, and of course Werner paddlers at this year's Kanumesse-SUP Expo. Be sure to keep up with their Face Book page to see updates from the event with new products, guest speakers and action from the always fun after hours parties in gorgeous and historic Nuremberg, Germany. Stop by and say hello if you are at the messe!
The newest American Girl Doll, Kanani, loves to "ride the ocean standing on her paddleboard." She is only available until December 31st so get yours today.
This coming weekend is the World Famous Gauley Fest and hanging out in the Werner Paddles booth will be our very own, and West Virgina local, Brian Good, mid west ambassador Laurie Levknecht and her darling little Daughter, World Team member Adriene Levlnecht.
Started in 1983 to celebrate the derailment of a hydro-electric project that would have disrupted whitewater flows on the Gauley, Gauley Fest has grown to become the largest river festival in the world, posting attendance numbers of over well over 5,000 people. Werner will be partnerning with American White Water by donating the new 2012 Power House Bent Shaft and the new color 2012 Nantahala canoe paddle. Stop by and see the TEAM and have a beer, play some games and support AWA by buying some raffle tickets. We hope to see you there!
