NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUNDOG SPORT
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
SUNDOG SPORT Announces SPONSORSHIP of the
2023 KLONDIKE DOG DERBY
Located in Downtown, Excelsior Minnesota on Lake Minnetonka, this event runs Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, 2023
EXCELSIOR – LAKE MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY 3 and 4, SUNDOG SPORT, is pleased to be partnering with the race organizers of the KLONDIKE DOG DERBY. For SUNDOG SPORT this is a wonderful new sponsorship opportunity that SUNDOG hopes will be a long-term partnership supporting this amazing event organization and our shared interests in dog sport.
Come out and see all the activities and meet the sled dogs. Friday’s activities include:
- SLED DOG VETERINARY CHECKS
- PM SLED DOG RIDES
- HUG-A-HUSKY & MEET-THE-MUSHERS
- HOT CHOCOLATE & MUSIC
- SLED DOG DECORATING CONTEST
The race day events begin at 9 AM Saturday February 4, in Downtown Excelsior, MN.
Meet the Mushers from the SUNDOG SPORT community that are racing at this year’s event (https://www.klondikedogderby.com/2023-mushers):
Aaron Campbell 🇨🇦
Andrea DeBoer 🇺🇸
Anna Anderson 🇺🇸
Ashley Thaemert 🇺🇸
Billie Thompson 🇺🇸
Blake Freking 🇺🇸
Bucky Tippett 🇺🇸
Carl Knudsen 🇨🇦
Chloe Beatty 🇺🇸
Curt Laboda 🇺🇸
Curtis Erhart 🇨🇦
Dave Hochman 🇨🇦
Dusty Klaven 🇺🇸
Elena Freking 🇺🇸
Eva Robinson 🇺🇸
Jessica Joyal 🇨🇦
Joanna Oberg 🇺🇸
JR Anderson 🇺🇸
Kevin Mathis 🇺🇸
Liam Conner 🇨🇦
Martha Schouweiler 🇺🇸
Moe Ladouceuer 🇨🇦
Morgan Martens 🇺🇸
Nick Turman 🇺🇸
Nick Vigilante 🇺🇸
Rita Wehseler 🇺🇸
Sam Louters 🇺🇸
Sarah Keefer 🇺🇸
Scott Edgett 🇺🇸
Sheldon Gregoire 🇨🇦
Steven Peterson 🇺🇸
Talia Martens 🇺🇸
Tom Kruger 🇺🇸
Tommy Bird 🇨🇦
William Sima 🇺🇸
Sundog Sport is pleased to sponsor this event alongside many other wonderful sponsor partners including: NutriSource, Chilly Dogs Sled Dog Trips (Ely), Wintergreen (Ely), Gray Duck, and Kwik Trip.
“We are thrilled to be supporting this event in the Twin Cities Metropolitan landscape. For Sundog Sport, an Ely-based company, sled dog sport is something that is woven into the fabric of the community; we are ecstatic to see such an overwhelming musher roster for a Minneapolis-St.Paul event. We hope that our support of this wonderfully organized event will be a blessing to the mushers, especially those who’ve supported our commitment to the sport for so many years.”
-Kristofer Johnson, Kondos Outdoors / Sundog Sport
“It’s such a wonderful opportunity to be able to be a part of promoting history, the love of working dogs, and keeping this sport thriving. More importantly the opportunity to provide the gear and equipment that allows these teams and athletes to be their best and furthering the dog mushing culture into the future”
-Michael Larson, Portage North/ Sundog Sport
About SUNDOG SPORT
SUNDOG SPORT (formerly Kondos Outdoors) has been providing the most trusted gear and equipment for professional mushers and active dogs since 1980. Supporting mushers around the world, Sundog Sport is proud to be the trusted sled dog manufacturer for mushers enduring such events as the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, Klondike Dog Derby, Iditarod, Wolftrack Classic, Copperdog 150 and numerous others.
Media Contact:
SUNDOG SPORT/HOMEWOOD MARKETING
Kristofer Johnson
Marketing
612-715-1595
Media Contact:
SUNDOG SPORT/PORTAGE NORTH
Michael Larson
Owner/CEO
218-365-4189
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