What COVID Did to the Paddlesports Industry — And What’s Happened Since
In the spring of 2020, as the world locked down and outdoor recreation became one of the only acceptable forms of escape, something remarkable happened to the kayak industry: it ran out of kayaks. Not metaphorically. Literally. By summer 2020, most kayak manufacturers were backordered for months. Dealers couldn’t get inventory. Customers were waiting six […]
How the Kayak Industry Has Changed: From Touring Boats to Fishing Machines and Electric Motors
If you walked into Economy Tackle fifteen years ago looking for a kayak, you would have found a very different selection than what fills our showroom today. Long, sleek touring kayaks. Recreational sit-insides. The occasional fishing-rigged sit-on-top for the more adventurous customer. The industry’s center of gravity was somewhere between flatwater recreation and wilderness touring. […]