This week in Sacramento is the International Sportsman’s Expositions at Cal Expo….I’ll be attending, looking for new and interesting outdoor adventures for our AdventureSports Directory.

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International Sportsmen’s Expositions (ISE) produces America’s premier fishing, hunting, outdoor and travel shows. ISE sportsmen’s shows provide a profitable show tour for our nearly 1600 exhibiting companies, and an annual, unforgettable outdoors-indoors experience for 150,000 show attendees in four western states. Typical exhibitors found at ISE sportsmen’s shows are leading fishing and hunting gear manufacturers, fishing and hunting guides, adventure travel resorts and lodges from nearby the event and around the world. Outdoor sports companies participating in ISE marketing events sell their products and services to targeted, qualified and enthusiastic fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation consumers.

Dear Friends,

As we all prepare our homes and harvests for the Thanksgiving holiday, we’d like to pause for a moment to give a special and heartfelt thanks to our clients.

You are receiving this message because you have been part of our Adventure Sports/OutdoorMind family this past year. We sincerely appreciate your business and support.

As part of the Thanksgiving tradition of sharing with family and friends for what we are grateful, we invite you, as a member of our Adventure Sports/OutdoorMind family, to share with us what you are most thankful for this year.

We welcome your comments on our Facebook page or you can tag Adventure Sports or OutdoorMind in a comment on your own page.

Happy Thanksgiving,

The OutdoorMind Team

Looking for a winter get away? You’ve come to the right place!

We have lots of companies just waiting for you to book a trip! Start by clicking on our Winter Sports Directory link.
Choose your activity of choice;

• Cross-Country Skiing
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• Downhill Skiing
• SnowBoarding
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Once you’ve picked your destination, don’t forget to visit our online gear store and stock up with some warm winter gear!

Happy 15th Anniversary to Adventure Sports Online!!!

Yep, that’s right. This year we are celebrating our 15th year marketing to the needs of Outdoor Industry Companies of all sizes.

Join us as we celebrate our milestones, successes, and adventures throughout this upcoming year!

We will be launching a new AdventureSports.com website this year and will be previewing some mock ups at next week’s AOA’s International Marketing and Management Revolution. OutdoorMind will be attending the show on Dec. 7-9, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Greetings all:

As a wise old sailor once said: “The pessimist curses the wind, the optimist wants to change the wind, the realist adjusts the sails and moves on”.  Pam and I are here in Hawaii being realists.  Perhaps a better explanation is needed …

The start of the Pac Cup for Bequia, our ride back, was filled with a bit of frustration, followed by exhilaration, followed by frustration.  The Pac Cup fleet was greeted by mostly zero wind right outside the Gate.  One of the crew, in exasperation, coined the saying “The fun race to the Farralons” which are about 15 miles out.  Finally, after two-and-a-half long days, the wind filled in and it was Game On for the crew of Bequia.  Reports were coming back about glorious sailing with high boat speeds and a shot at third place overall.  When sailing, problems sometimes aren’t recognized as such right off.  Apparently, the lack of steering ability on Bequia during this time was one such instance.  Innocently enough, I’m told the boat was quite balanced under the current sail plan and moving along nicely until it came time to gybe.  Let me set the scene:  The Gybe is the act of turning the boat with the stern coming through the wind.  A consequence of this is the sails have to be adjusted, in particular the Spinnaker can be a handful when its really blowing, which it was.  The timing between the driver, the foredeck person and the spinnaker trimmer is critical to pulling it off without breaking something or hurting anybody.  Unknown by anyone on the crew was the lack of steering due to a sheared bolt holding a steering cable pulley.  When it came time to gybe, the story goes the spinnaker overpowered the uncontrolled boat and ended up ripping itself to pieces.  I’m sure the deck of Bequia at that moment was definitely not G-rated.  Fortunately, nobody was hurt during all of this and things were cleaned-up and stowed away in time.  The sheared bolt however, was a tougher issue to tackle.  Ultimately, the choice to return was made and Bequia limped home under jury-rigged steering.

For us, we chose to fly out to Hawaii as planned.  Our dear friend Paul has allowed us to enjoy our time on the islands as a vacation rather than just a stop on our journey.

Fair Winds,

Pam & Roger

Hi

I know it’s been awhile, but we have been doing much research and updating of all of our resource pages.

Newest link just in…Water Filters, check it out!

http://www.adventuresportsonline.com/waterfilter.htm

Hello again!

Do you remember reading about the adventures of Pam and Roger and their first Pacific Cup sailing adventure? Well, July 25Th they have the privilege of joining the crew of the Bequia again …here’s what they posted today;

Greetings all:

As many of you know, Pam and I are going to be crew delivering the racing yacht Bequia back from Hawaii after the 2010 Pacific Cup Yacht race.  The race itself has a staggered start beginning July 5.  We should be on the water for the return sometime around July 25.  Since this will be our second time making the return trip, I guess we we can’t use the excuse that we’re newbies when something goes wrong on the boat…  For those unfamiliar with the race, its run every even-numbered year from San Francisco to the island of Oahu.  Thats about 2300 miles straight line.  Anywhere from 50 to 70 boats compete in the race.  The boats range from 24 to over 70 feet in length and are “handicapped” using a complicated formula to theoretically even-out the field.  The event is billed as the “fun race to Hawaii” but don’t think for a minute that the skippers and crews are going to be lax on the sailing.  Its not uncommon for each fleet of 5 to 8 boats to battle each other at the start as if the race is just a short distance around the bouys.

The race organization has a terrific website www.pacificcup.org that you can track each of the boats individually or by fleet with background stories, pics and links to many of the participants’ websites.  The great thing is that a lot of the boats have the ability to send e-mail during the race that can be accessed on the website.  Fortunately, Bequia has e-mail and the race crew will be sending back regular updates (blogs) as the race progresses.  Of course, Pam and I will be keeping a regular blog on the return trip also.

Check the Pacific Cup website for the race crew blog.

Roger & Pam

Hey,

All you cycling fans…next week is the big ride….. The Tour of California comes to town! I will be following (and blogging) about the Tour on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week so stay tuned!

That’s right folks! Spring is here, the water is flowing and many of the rafting outfitters have put out the OPEN FOR BUSINESS sign! My inbox has been filled with many newsletters this week from Rafting Outfitters with this announcement…don’t delay in booking that perfect trip.

We hope you will take advantage of our Adventure Sports Directory to find the perfect Whitewater Rafting trip for you and your family. You can search by State, Trip Length and even by River. Start your adventure today!

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Did you miss it?

We had a BIG Announcement last week at the America Outdoors Association Confluence in Reno. If you missed the show or haven’t heard the buzz here is the skinny:

Marketing Medley and OutdoorMind have formed a strategic partnership making OutdoorMind the biggest and most comprehensive marketing company for the outdoor industry. This partnership will allow OutdoorMind access to all the resources of Marketing Medley to extend services to their large client base. Terri Berbena-U’Ren, co-owner and face of OutdoorMind, is excited at the prospect of teaming up with a large scale marketing firm to strengthen their dominance in the outdoor industry.

Though Marketing Medley continues to provide marketing services to all businesses current and future, they will be creating opportunities through OutdoorMind to help outfitters grow their business. OutdoorMind will focus solely on outdoor industry driven businesses as targeted marketing for the outdoor industry.

We have many exciting announcements coming as the end of the year approaches. The excitement and growth that has been experienced by Marketing Medley is a direct result of their ongoing philosophy that “great businesses aren’t created by themselves, they are made with the collaboration of great minds”.