For me and the other presenters I talked to, it’s been a buzz. I’ve seen more people taking notes than ever before. Classes have been big and full of people who asked fantastic questions. Sam Manicom - Presenter, Writer, Around-The-World Motorcycle TravelerĪttendees' curiosity is in full flow. team for continuing to expand with the overland market and for providing vendors with a top-tier venue to showcase products and services. Wow, another amazing year of Overland Expos is in the books! A big thanks to Anthony and the O.E.X. Rin Oostydk - North America Brand Manager, Alu-Cab The raffle helped put us on the map to say the least! We will be sure to give many more stickers in future raffles as the results were epic. The number of people that came up to my booth the day after hearing about our stickers was overwhelming. Thank you so much for taking the time to include Among The Wild in the giveaway raffle. Jack Rabinovitch - Owner, Among The Wild Co We will be back next year and are already planning for it. For these reasons, we would not be surprised to see attendance grow considerably over the next few years. We, along with all the attendees, really enjoyed the size and feel of this show. The attendees were very engaged and extremely excited about our products. The show has always attracted people from the Eastern USA, but we also noticed a very large presence of folks from Eastern Canada. It had a wonderful feel to it that is unique to this incredible venue. We will definitely be back.Īrnold Baker - Managing & Founding Partner, Overland Expedition Vehicles (OEV) The Overland Expo team did a great job keeping us organized and on track building our course. Everyone who came by had a fun time and appreciated the activity. On Friday and Saturday, we had over 380 attendees sign up. We had a great location on the main track and our ride-and-drive course was very popular. The Overland Expo East event was a huge success for Nexen Tire. Jason Yard - Marketing Director - Nexen Tire Attendees learned to ride motorcycles with the Motorcycle Industry Council’s Ride With Us program.Attendees demoed Nexen Tires driving overland kitted Jeeps on an off-road ride-along course.We are excited to help support their new US-based initiative in Navajo Nation! Saturday’s moto party raised $1000 for Rally for Rangers.The raffle raised $11,500 for the Overland Expo Foundation. Hundreds attended the Friday night raffle with thousands of dollars worth of prizes donated from exhibiting companies.INEOS Automotive hosted a public debut of the new Grenadier prototype.Potential Motors hosted the first public debut of their electric off-road utility camper van.The Kid’s Adventure Area welcomed a new mother-daughter teaching duo, Julie and Cora Dieguez! The Overland Expo EAST education program included 173 fresh, new demos, seminars, and classes including topics like “Working Under the Stars with Starlink,” “Overland Cyber Safe,” and “The Reluctant Overlander: Getting Your Partner to Go With You.” Sessions taught by international instructors, Sam Manicom (UK), Reece Gilkes and Matt Bishop ( The Sidecar Guys ), and Taylor and Mike Bennet (Canada) were overflowing.135 of the 240+ exhibitors present were new to the East event.With 15,000 attendees, thousands of campers, and 240+ exhibitors, Overland Expo East 2022 was officially the largest East event on record.It got us by and we figured we would just get food on Friday. By the time we got camp setup we were out of time to go get food so Mike and I ate some beef jerky and peanuts for supper. Thursday night the camping was good, but the owners of Taylor Ranch decided that nobody could get back in after 7:00 PM. We had a view of the mountains and the port-a-potties were close enough to be convenient, but far enough away to not be bothersome. When we settled down we realized that we picked a great spot. It took us a while to find a campsite that was level enough. It is a very scenic place but the hills were rolling, and I don't mean from all the overland vehicles. This event was held at the Taylor Ranch in Fletcher, NC. The check in process was really easy and afterwards we went campsite shopping. Our original plan had us getting to the expo around 3:00 on Thursday, but life had other plans and we arrived around 5:30. We purchased the full Overland Experience ticket so we got access to all the classes and camping. I’ll be honest, Mike talked me into it, but I am glad he did. Mike and I bought our tickets as soon as they went on sale for the Overland Expo East.
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