Overland Expo West 2022

[Dave]

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming: Overland Expo West is back to it’s normal timing in May! But with only six-odd months having passed since the last Expo event, like many of you we had to wonder what could really be new here if anything.



Cool new stuff was definitely a little harder to come by at this event (don’t worry we still found a few things) but thankfully, Overland Expo is much more than just an exhibitor bazaar. Newly revamped for this year was the training team that handled all of the vehicle based training, and the new team certainly came out strong. Several OEMs had an official presence, and many of the long standing vendors were upping their booth game with bigger displays. Big money also seems to be testing the waters of this Overland thing, with brands like 4Wheel Parts and Ebay motors posting up for the show.



Overland Expo is definitely continuing to grow, but the growth seems to be biased toward big money at the expense of the smaller...

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[Herbie]

Great writeup!

 

[Tim R.]

Great write up @Chad! Thanks for doing what you do.

 

[WashingtonTaco]

Awesome Chad!

We are heading to the NWOR next week, we are looking forward to the circus atmosphere for the first time in two years!

 

[Chad]

Thanks all!

@WashingtonTaco looking forward to hearing about it!

 

[Dean]

Overland Expo is definitely continuing to grow, but the growth seems to be biased toward big money at the expense of the smaller brands and sense of community we’ve always loved

That's putting it mildly.

In our opinion, the quality of training and education provided at Overland Expo saw a decline in recent years.

Well, instructor pay has been stagnate for the last 10 years. So it's understandable why many veteran, experienced, professional instructors are reluctant to show up anymore. Especially when admission fees, vendor fees, and overland experience fees have continued to go up every year. Makes you wonder where that money is going.