If you’ve ever been to one of ARC’s Demo Days, you know you don’t want to miss the next one. If  you’ve yet to experience our Demo Day, you have been missing out! Scheduled for Saturday June 9, 2012, Appomattox River Company’s “Super” Demo Day is the place to be.

• Manufacture Reps from all of our major vendors
• Special pricing on paddles, gear and accessories
• Hundreds of kayaks to try before you buy
• Clinics

MANUFACTURER REPS FROM THE FOLLOWING VENDORS:
Aquabound Paddles
Astral Buoyancy
AT Paddles
BIC
Boardworks
Dagger
Eddyline
Elie
Esquif
Feelfree
Hobie
Hurricane
Jackson
Liquidlogic
Mad River
Malone
Native Watercraft
Necky
NRS
Ocean Kayak
Old Town
P & H
Perception
Prijon
Pyranha
Stohlquist
Surftech
Thule
Wavesport
Werner Paddles 
Wilderness Systems
Yakattack
Yakima
and more…

 

FISHING CLINICS WITH THE PRO STAFF
Join the region’s fishing experts for demonstrations and discussions of rigging, outfitting and fishing strategies. Presentations will be held at Wilcks Lake Island near registration pavilion. Click here for schedule.

 

SUP COURSES
There will be even more SUP’s at Demo Day 2012. In addition, Black Dog Paddle will offer 3 Basic Stand Up Courses. Black Dog Paddle, the ONLY ACA certified SUP instructors in Central Virginia, is offering a discounted Basic SUP class June 9th at the Super Demo in Farmville. Reservations are strongly encouraged at www.blackdogpaddle.com. Go to the Calendar page and request a lesson! Put “Super Demo” in the Date requested to get the special pricing. $39 includes a 2 hour Basic SUP* class. Start times are 9:00AM, 11:30AM, and 2:00PM.

Please arrive 10 mins before start time. Space is limited to 10 people per start time. No discounts for groups. Minimum age is 14 for this event.

 

LOCATION:                                                
1623 West Third Street
Wilck’s Lake Island
Farmville, VA 23901

DIRECTIONS:
From Raleigh/Durham, NC Area: Travel 85 North to Oxford, VA. Next, take 15 North to Farmville, VA. In center of downtown Farmville, turn left on West Third Street. Go approximately 1.5 miles, and Wilck’s Lake Island will be on your left.

From Richmond, VA Area: Travel 360 West passed Amelia, VA. Turn right onto Route 307 to Hwy 460 West. Take 1st Farmville exit, 460 Business Route, which turns into East Third Street. Pass through center of town, cross Main Street, go approximately 3.7 miles and Wilck’s Lake Island will be on your left.

From Charlottesville, VA Area: Travel 20 South to 15 South. Travel 15 South to Farmville, and turn left onto West Third Street. Go approximately 2.5 miles, and Wilck’s Lake Island will be on your right.

From Lynchburg, VA Area: Travel 460 East. Take 1st Farmville Exit/15 North. Take first right onto West Third Street. Go approximately 2.5 miles, and Wilck’s Lake Island will be on your right.

 

*More info. coming soon.

 

Tuesday May 22nd – Chuck Wrenn (Hobie)
“Inshore Saltwater – Speckled Trout”

 

Tuesday June 26th – Mark Wheeler (Jackson Kayak)

“Redfish, Puppy Drum”

 

Tuesday July 24th – Kevin Whitley (Ocean Kayak)

“Fishing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel”

 

Tuesday August 28th – Tournament Fishing Forum:

Join us for a discussion on tournament struggles, rules & ethics, planning, equipment, etc.

Wayne Badby (Malibu, Yak-Attack)

Marty Wood (Hobie)

Mark Lozier (Native Watercraft, Astral Buoyancy, Werner Paddle)

 

Tuesday September 25th

Four days until the tournament…. Let’s get on the water for some last minute scouting!!!

 

Tuesday October 30th – William Ragulsky (Hurricane Kayaks)

“Fly Fishing for Striped Bass”

(Maybe we’ll start fly tying “gatherings” for the feather-fishers.)

 

Saturday December 1st – Luther Ciphers (Yak-Attack owner, Kayak Rigging & BBQ Guru)

“Yak-Attack Products & Kayak Rigging”

End-of-the-Year BBQ with Yak-Attack & ARC

 

January 2013

“Videotaping and Documenting Your Trip”

 

And it’s not too late to order boats and accessories to meet your holiday needs. We are offering FREE local deliveries in the Central Virginia area. Place your boat order no later than December 21st. We will store boat(s) until Santa’s sleigh makes deliveries on Thursday, December 22nd. Call for details and to make arrangements. 1(800)442-4837

 

Our Midlothian store will officially reopen tomorrow, Thursday December 15th, 2011.

‎14213 Midlothian Turnpike, Midlothian, VA 23113

Regular Hours: Thursdays: 11am – 6pm

Fridays: 11am – 6pm

Saturdays: 9am – 5pm

 

Business hours through the holidays will be as follows:

Thurs. Dec. 15th: 11am – 6pm

Fri. Dec. 16th: 11am – 6pm

Sat. Dec. 17th: 9am – 5pm

 

Thurs. Dec. 22nd: 11am – 6pm

Fri. Dec. 23rd: 11am – 6pm

Sat. Dec. 24th – Christmas Eve: 9am – 12pm (all stores)

 

Thurs. Dec. 29th: 11am – 6pm

Fri. Dec. 30th: 11am – 6pm

Sat. Dec. 31st – New Year’s Eve: 9am – 12pm (all stores)

 

Exciting changes are in the works for our Newport News location.

More details coming soon!

 

As the year draws to an end, Appomattox River Company would like to thank our customers for making 2011 a success, and we look forward to fulfilling your boating needs in 2012!