SWMBRD Sports Inc (CSE:SWIM) said it has launched its online pre-sales portal at www.swmbrd.com and has also commenced its planned Canadian spring trade show schedule.
The company said its management believes the online pre-sales portal is an important milestone before SWMBRD launches its retail and commercial sales efforts. The company anticipates accepting payment for pre-orders in March 2023.
In a statement, SWMBRD president, Justin Schroenn commented: “We are very pleased to have arrived at this critical milestone in the story of SWMBRD – the launch of our online pre-order portal will allow SWMBRD to refine our online ordering processes, inventory management and customer care in partnership with our logistics and fulfilment partner, Farrow Logistics, prior to activating full payment mechanisms in March 2023.”
READ: SWMBRD Sports kicks off mass production of proprietary swimboard at Tahe Outdoors in France
Russel A. Farrow Ltd is Canada's largest independently owned customs agent, with over 100 years of expertise in international trade. Farrow is able to provide SWMBRD with all essential supply chain services, including international shipping, customs brokerage, warehousing, and North American fulfillment services to Canada, USA and Mexico.
Additionally, SWMBRD said it plans an intensive outdoor recreation-oriented trade show roster between February and April 2023, including a variety of mutually complementary sub-sectors (ie. boating, RV, cottage life and outdoor recreation).
The company commenced the spring 2023 season by attending the five-day Vancouver International Boat Show (estimated attendees of approximately 30,000) at BC Place Stadium from February 1-5, 2023.
A timeline of future spring 2023 trade shows at which the company’s attendance is currently confirmed are:
- The Outdoor Adventure Show, Toronto, February 24-26, 2023 (estimated attendees of 30,000);
- The Outdoor Adventure Show, Vancouver, March 4&5, 2023 (estimated attendees of 17,000);
- The Spring Cottage Life Show, Toronto, March 23-26, 2023 (estimated attendees of 40,000); and
- The Victoria Outdoor Adventure Show April 21-23, 2023.
The company's management said it believes that the cumulative attendance numbers of these trade shows will provide a broad foundation for potential board sales in the Spring of 2023.
SWMBRD Sports is a Vancouver, BC-based sporting goods company looking to enable millions to rethink their way of recreating in the water. Its management believes that SWMBRD’s proprietary aquatic sports board, by virtue of its patented design, is revolutionary in how it empowers the human body in the water like nothing before, giving water lovers of all ages and abilities the freedom to explore all aquatic environments with ease.
By offering an aquatic board sport that is versatile, easy to use, easy to store, and which can be used by all ages and body types in any body of water (rivers, oceans, lakes and pools), the company believes SWMBRD and the sport of swimboarding have the potential to become one of the most popular board sports in the world, and a great aquatic brand.
The company has refined manufacturing techniques most relevant to the SWMBRD and has successfully produced demonstration fleets of fully functioning boards, which have been in rigorous real-world use in Hawaii, Canada and Greece.
SWMBRD has now commenced large-scale mass production under an OEM agreement with Tahe Outdoors, Vannes, France - the preeminent board sport manufacturer in Europe.
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