Clintonville Outfitters Blog

This week the local paper Columbus Alive put out their yearly "Best Of" edition. Every year readers vote on their favorite things/places in Columbus, from best park to best place to play pool, best live music venue to best karaoke, all sorts of fun categories. We were happy to be reading the paper Thursday night at one of our favorite haunts in town, Fat's Bar & Billiards, and found that Clintonville Outfitters was voted second best Sporting Goods Store, with the winner being Dick's Sporting Goods, who have a bunch of locations around Columbus, some of which used to be Galyan's stores.  Now we aren't exactly a "sporting goods" store, but there wasn't a category for Outdoor Shops, so we will gladly take the high complement.

Not too shabby for 8 months in business! Thanks Columbus!    

March 20th is "Wont You Wear A Sweater Day" celebrating the 80th birthday of the late Mr. Rogers. Check out the YouTube link at the bottom of this post. Who doesn't remember and love the television show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood? Heard about this special day a few weeks ago and after the wave of childhood memories flew by it was decided we'd help out in our own way. Anyone who shops on March 20th and mentions any one of Mr. Rogers' world famous quotes can take 20% off a single item in the store, excluding kayaks (even though the weather right now seems to warrant having one!) Wear your favorite sweater at the same time and we'll bump the single item discount up to 25%!

Let's Make The Most Of This Beautiful Day!

 

Doesn't seem like it today but Spring is right around the corner. Had an intersting time yesterday as the snow was flying delivering a couple kayaks to a customer.

With the weather still on the wintery side we are surprised at how many kayaks we've already sold. Simply shows us how strong our paddlesports lines will perform this year and that we made an excellent decision to choose the brands we did and lock them up as the only central Ohio source for Hurricane, Heritage and Native kayaks.

This weekend marks the final days of our clearance sale to make room for the new products that are already starting to arrive. Shirts, pants, skirts and shorts from Kavu made from materials like soy, bamboo and hemp are already here (and selling!) with warm weather clothing and sun protection from Outdoor Research and Mountain Hardwear shipping this coming week as well. We also recieved our first shippment of Mion footwear, including the ever popular Pen Shell Clogs. The 5.10 trail shoe line has expanded beyond the bomber Camp Four to include new men's and women's models. We are also very happy to announce we will be adding Montrail footwear to our line-up this Spring as well!

Everyone can also keep an eye out for Smartwool, MSR, Thermarest, La Fuma and other new lines getting added to our arsenal as we continue to grow as centrail Ohio's best destination for outdoor adventure gear!