COSTA MESA, CA (09.19.22) – The Orange Country Fair and Event Center was the site of the annual Sand Sports Super Show September 16th through 18th. The weather was cool throughout the event but the Powersports category was white-hot for hundreds of exhibitors that showcased their latest products to the crowd of attendees that was forecast to top 25,000.
The Powersports category has had an amazing growth pattern over the last several years among 12volt vendors… both large and small. At the 2022 Sand Sports Super Show a growing number of 12volt vendors exhibited. The 12volt Central Studios’ staff contacted several companies and include highlights of their show activity below. Watch for more detailed coverage in coming days.
KICKER rolled the 83’ XRV from Stillwater OK to Costa Mesa on the 13th for the 1400 mile trip with Jeremy Wynn behind the wheel and Josh Alexander as the copilot. Company staff members traveled to the event as did Lorin Morrell with Maddog_Media and the KICKER truck. Tracy Focht, Western Regional, was on site from KICKER HQ to work with area rep firm Murphco Sales and area dealers with their SXS creations under the KICKER tents.
In a brief statement from the event on Sunday Focht relayed “The foot traffic has been amazing. It is so awesome to see all the families that take SXS events as a family affair. People were lined to experience the BoomRoom in the XRV and the experience SXS demos in the booth during the day and shined with LED lighting Friday and Saturday nights.”
PowerBass returned to the Sand Sports Super Show with a 40×30 booth that included a SXS demos, products displays and a full staff to spend time attendees in the busy booth. Jeff Falk, National Sales Manager based in Florida, scheduled a trip to the Northwest that included dropping down to California to work the event.
Erik Harbour relayed “It’s not far from our LA area office to the event. Dave, Meny, Raekwon, Jake and I loaded up the truck and set the display up in our booth area on Thursday. We were all set on Friday when the event opened with Jeff, Dave, Rick and myself in the booth. Sarah was in the booth showing all our portable Bluetooth speakers and handing out freebees. Athena, our very popular PowerBass model, was also in the booth for the event. Our product displays show the wide variety on products we offer in the Powersports category and the speaker bar speakers and rack speakers drew a lot of interest.”
The MTX crew travelled from the Phoenix HQ to set up a very large booth on the grounds. The large MTX trailer and tents with inventory stacked underneath provided an easy booth for attendees to spot on the huge Event Center grounds. Loaded SXS’s in the booth and adjacent to the Polaris building added to drawing attendees to the MTX booth.
Jason Planck, Steven Abdelahad, Ceasar Olaes and Jason Fickas were on site and spent the 3 days delivering the MTX message to SXS enthusiasts. Olaes, Regional Sales Manager, related “For MTX this show was better than last. It was great to see so many customers and industry friends.”
The MB Quart booth was set up under a large tent assembly with displays, products stacked and SXS’s for demos. At the event MB Quart showcased the award winning UTV Audio tuned kits that include Polaris RZR, Can Am X3, Polaris General and Ranger, Honda Talon and Universal Kits.
“MB Quart booth certainly had a lot of action on Saturday. We had product displays set up with inventory stacks also. The new Kawasaki build definitely grabbed eyeballs” Eddie Ramirez-RPM, representing MB Quart stated.
SSV Works had a huge display that surrounded the corner of the Costa Mesa Building on the Sand Sports Super Show grounds. Over a half dozen SXS’s plus other demos were set up. At the event SSV Works unveiled the new Phase Q Powersports amplifier destined to set the standard for SXS Audio.
“The DSP Technology in our new 800-watt Phase EQ amp with ‘Rock & Ride’ is the same as that found in luxury cars with premium audio systems” Trevor Kaplan SSV Works CEO explained.
At the Sand Sports Super Show additional leading 12volt companies exhibited including Rockford Fosgate, Memphis Audio and BOSS Audio. Trust we will have input from these exhibitors, and any others, that would like to showcase their activities at this huge event.
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