Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show

The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show was launched by Brand Events in March 2002 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The show was acquired by dmg world media in 2003.

The Outdoors Show is within the Consumer UK division of dmg world media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT).

The show, which takes place in March each year, has been consistently sponsored by Ordnance Survey every year since launch.

In 2008 the three-day show attracted around 350 exhibitors (outdoors brands, retailers, membership organisations and travel operators), 15 sponsors and 35,505 visitors [ [http://www.abc.org.uk] Audit Bureau of Circulations UK figures] .

Show Overview

The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show 2009 will be made up of four zones which are:
• Outdoors
• Watersports
• Adventure travel
• Adventure sports (see Adventure and Extreme sports)

Within these broad sections, numerous sub markets are covered, including the following outdoor activities:

• Adventure travel• Bird watching• Bushcraft & Survival skills• Camping• Canoeing• Kayaking• Caving• Geocaching• Ice climbing• Kitesurfing• Mountain biking• Mountain boarding• Mountaineering• Navigation• Orienteering• Paintball• Parkour• Photography• Rock climbing• Sailing• SCUBA diving• Slacklining• Surfing• Trail running & fell running• Walking & hiking (see also Walking in the United Kingdom)• Windsurfing

The SkyMasters Challenge

The SkyMasters rock climbing competition, which took place on a timed route at the 2008 show, will be returning in 2009. The competition is open to professional and top-level amateur climbers.

Climbers will race head to head on a parallel course. The SkyMasters route is entirely suspended from the roof of the NEC with competitors scaling stalactites and then negotiating a variety of overhanging boulders and other features, some of which move dynamically with the climber.

The 2008 Ford SkyMasters competition was won by Michaela Tracey and Dave Barrans.

Partner Organisations

The following organisations were involved in the 2008 show: • British Caving Association (see Caving organizations)
• British Mountaineering Council (BMC)
• British Orienteering Federation
• Girlguiding UK
• National Trust (see National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty)
• PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)
• RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
• Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)
• The Ramblers Association
• Royal Yachting Association (RYA)
• The Duke of Edinburgh%27s Award
• The Scout Association
• Youth Hostel Association (YHA)

Features

Feature areas at the 2008 show included:

• BaseCamp• Caving Experience• The Climb Zone• Craghoppers Rainforest Retreat• The Cumberland Arms pub with Jennings Brewery• The Ford SkyMasters Challenge• Ice climbing• Mountain Boarding Big Air Show• Outdoor clothing fashion show• PADI Dive Pool• Royal Marines Combat Display (see Royal marines)• Slacklining• Trespass High Ropes Experience• Volkswagen Beach Festival• WD-40 Bike Arena• Wilderness Camp• World Theatre

External Links and Sources

Official website: http://OutdoorsShowExtra.co.uk/
Show organisers, dmg world media: http://www.DMGWorldMedia.com/
Title sponsor: O.S.: http://www.OrdnanceSurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/
Daily Mail and General Trust plc: http://www.dmgt.co.uk/

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