Can we please go outside to play?

"Grassroots fully supports The Big Gear Show as our paddlesports buying show. The unique demo-centric format of the show allows our members to see, feel, and test gear in a way that allows them to be strategic in times of unprecedented demand and challenges that our retailers face."

"The NBDA and our 600 members proudly endorse The Big Gear Show, the only national tradeshow for the cycling industry. The Big Gear Show team clearly sees the importance of specialty retailers by providing us with an exciting experiential buying and educational event. This B2B format is long overdue and we now feel we have the perfect partner going forward."

"The Big Gear Show represents a new approach to helping retailers, both buyers and key employees, better assess which products they want to get behind and support. The idea of providing retailers the chance to try products before they arrive in their store takes what the ski and bike industries have done for years and brings this confidence building program to the rest of our Outdoor Industry gear makers. Anyone who has ever tested a product prior to purchase knows the value of these experiences and Petzl sees this as a unique opportunity to enable the valuable individuals to experience the Petzl difference well before the products arrive in store."

“What’s been the game changer with The Big Gear Show is the all-outdoor format. Everybody’s embracing this and loving it and everything being outdoors is just wonderful. We’re outdoor people. We shouldn’t be underneath neon lights for eight hours a day and then go back to our hotels. It’s the future of trade shows. Next year, if you’re a retailer that didn’t come this year, definitely get on the list to be invited. This is the trade show to bring us back into a new era of outdoor. COVID introduced a whole new population of participants to outdoor. Now we need to curate them, so we need the exchange of ideas. We need to see new product. We need to bring new things in order to get these participants to be enthusiasts, and ultimately evangelists.”